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  1. AGS experiments -- 1991, 1992, 1993

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    Depken, J.C.

    1994-04-01

    This report contains: (1) FY 1993 AGS schedule as run; (2) FY 1994--95 AGS schedule; (3) AGS experiments ≥ FY 1993 (as of 30 March 1994); (4) AGS beams 1993; (5) AGS experimental area FY 1991 physics program; (6) AGS experimental area FY 1992 physics program; (7) AGS experimental area FY 1993 physics program; (8) AGS experimental area FY 1994 physics program (planned); (9) a listing of experiments by number; (10) two-page summaries of each experiment; (11) listing of publications of AGS experiments; and (12) listing of AGS experiments

  2. Interanual variability os solar radiation in Peninsula Iberica; Variabilidad interanual de la radiacion solar en la Peninsula Iberica

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    Pozo-Vazquez, D.; Tovar-Pescador, J.; Gamiz-Fortis, S.; Esteban-Parra, M.; Castro-Diez, Y.

    2004-07-01

    The NAO climatic phenomenon is the main responsible for the interanual cloud cover variability in Europe. We explore the relationship between the NAO and the solar radiation spatio-temporal variability in Europe during winter. Measured monthly sums of sunshine duration and short-wave downward solar flux reanalysis data have been used. Correlation analysis between the NAO index and the measured sunshine duration shows a maximum positive value (+0.75) over the Iberian Peninsula. Accordingly, solar radiation in this area undergoes an interanual variability that can reach up to 30%, with the derived consequences for a reliable solar energy resources evaluation. (Author)

  3. A survey of radiation synovectomy in Europe, 1991-1993

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    Clunie, G.; Ell, P.J.

    1995-01-01

    We have evaluated radiation synovectomy practice in Europe over the period 1991-1993 by means of a postal questionnaire. More than 2300 European members of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine were questioned about the number of treated patients and joints, disease prevalence in their patients and the use of radiopharmaceuticals. Overall, 119/490 (24%) of centres replying to the survey practised radiation synovectomy during the 3 years. There were 13450 different joint injections in 8578 patients. Rheumatoid arthritis was the most prevalent disease in patients treated (71%) and the most frequently treated joints were knee (46%) and finger joints (20%). Eight different radiopharmaceuticals were employed. Yttrium-90 colloids were most frequently and widely (100/119 centres) used, mainly employed for knee synovectomy but were also used to treat most appendicular joints. Erbium-169 colloid was almost exclusively used to treat finger joints (31/33 centres). Corticosteroid was routinely co-injected in 36/60 (60%) centres. Radiation synovectomy was widely practised throughout Europe during 1991-1993. There are variations in practice illustrated by the diversity of treated arthritides and injected joints and by the use and application of different radiopharmaceuticals. (orig.). With 7 figs., 1 tab

  4. US photovoltaic patents: 1991--1993

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    Pohle, L

    1995-03-01

    This document contains US patents on terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) power applications, including systems, components, and materials as well as manufacturing and support functions. The patent entries in this document were issued from 1991 to 1993. The entries were located by searching USPA, the database of the US Patent Office. The final search retrieved all patents under the class ``Batteries, Thermoelectric and Photoelectric`` and the subclasses ``Photoelectric,`` ``Testing,`` and ``Applications.`` The search also located patents that contained the words ``photovoltaic(s)`` or ``solar cell(s)`` and their derivatives. After the initial list was compiled, most of the patents on the following subjects were excluded: space photovoltaic technology, use of the photovoltaic effect for detectors, and subjects only peripherally concerned with photovoltaic. Some patents on these three subjects were included when ft appeared that those inventions might be of use in terrestrial PV power technologies.

  5. Biology Division progress report, October 1, 1991--September 30, 1993

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    Hartman, F.C.; Cook, J.S.

    1993-10-01

    This Progress Report summarizes the research endeavors of the Biology Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory during the period October 1, 1991, through September 30, 1993. The report is structured to provide descriptions of current activities and accomplishments in each of the Division`s major organizational units. Lists of information to convey the entire scope of the Division`s activities are compiled at the end of the report.

  6. A plan for administrative computing at ANL FY1991 through FY1993

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    Caruthers, L.E. (ed.); O' Brien, D.E.; Bretscher, M.E.; Hischier, R.C.; Moore, N.J.; Slade, R.G.

    1990-10-01

    In July of 1988, Argonne National Laboratory management approved the restructuring of Computing Services into the Computing and Telecommunications Division, part of the Physical Research area of the Laboratory. One major area of the Computing and Telecommunications Division is Management Information Systems (MIS). A significant aspect of Management Information Systems' work is the development of proposals for new and enhanced administrative computing systems based on an analysis of informational needs. This document represent the outcome of the planning process for FY1991 through FY1993. The introduction of the FY1991 through FY1993 Long-Range Plan assesses the state of administrative computing at ANL and the implications of FY1991 funding recommendations. It includes a history of MIS planning for administrative data processing. This document discusses the strategy and goals which are an important part of administrative data processing plans for the Laboratory. It also describes the management guidelines established by the Administrative Data Processing Oversight Committee for the proposal and implementation of administrative computing systems. Summaries of the proposals for new or enhanced administrative computing systems presented by individual divisions or departments with assistance of Management Information Systems, to the Administrative Data Processing Oversight Committee are given. The detailed tables in this paper give information on how much the resources to develop and implement a given systems will cost its users. The tables include development costs, computing/operations costs, software and hardware costs, and efforts costs. They include both systems funded by Laboratory General Expense and systems funded by the users themselves.

  7. RA Research nuclear reactor, Part 1, RA reactor operation and maintenance in 1993, with comparative review for the period 1991 - 1993, Annex 3; Projekat Istrazivacki nuklearni reaktor RA - 1 Deo Pogon i odrzavanje nuklearnog reaktora RA u 1993. godini, uz uporedni pregled za period 1991 - 1993. - prilog 3

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    Sotic, O; Cupac, S; Sulem, B; Zivotic, Z; Mikic, N; Tanaskovic, M [Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Beograd (Serbia and Montenegro)

    1993-12-15

    RA reactor was not operated during 1993 because of the complete instrumentation exchange. Although it has been planned to exchange the complete instrumentation until the end of 1993, and to start reactor operation in the first half of 1993 this was not fulfilled because the instrumentation was not delivered until the end of 1993. Main activities during past seven years were related to construction of the emergency cooling system; repair and reconstruction of the system for handling the spent fuel and improvement of spent fuel storage conditions; exchange of the aged instrumentation. Other reactor components and systems, reactor core, primary coolant loop and gas circulation system are in good condition concerning future start-up. [Serbo-Croat] U 1993. godini reaktor nije bio u pogonu zbog zamene njegove celokupne instrumentacije. Iako je bilo planirano da se celokupna instrumentacija zameni do kraja 1993. te da reaktor pocne sa radom u prvoj polovini 1993. Ovo nije ispunjeno jer celokupna oprema nije isporucena ni do kraja 1993. godine. Osnovni zahvati koji su u proteklih sedma godina izvrseni, odnosili su se na izgradnju sistema za udesno hladjenje, rekonstrukciju sistema za rukovanje ozracenim gorivom i poboljsanje uslova za stokiranje ovog goriva, zamenu instrumentacije. Ostali sistemi reaktora, reaktorsko jezgro, primarno kolo hladjenja i sistem za cirkulaciju gasa su u dobrom stanju i mogu se nesmetano koristiti u buducem radu.

  8. Inter-annual variation (1991-1993) of the substratum-leaf colonization dynamics for aquatic fauna in different habitats of the lake of the hydroelectric of Balbina, Amazon Central, Brazil; Variacao interanual (1991-1993) da dinamica de colonizacao de substrato-folha por fauna aquatica, em diferentes habitats do lago da Hidreletrica de Balbina, Amazonia Central, Amazonas- Brasil

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    Vela-Pena, Gladys

    1996-07-01

    Experiments on fauna colonization of submersed vegetal substrate in different depths of water column were done to evaluate the benthic community structure in three habitats of the Balbina hydroelectric dam in 1991, 1992 and 1993. In these experiments substrate exposition periods of up to 60 and 75 days were done. The fauna associated to the standard substrate (Mabea caudata) belonged to seven phyla: Arthropoda, Coelenterata, Nematoda, Bryozoa, Annelida, Mollusca an Chordata. The most abundant and frequent families, during the studied period, were Naididae (Tubificida), Chydoridae (Cladocera) and Cenestheridae (Conchostraca), suggesting the persistence of these groups. In general, the pattern of colonization indicates some tendency to increase gradually with time of exposition of the substrate in the environment. Probably, the discontinuity of the tendencies is associated with the insects mobility and emergence. The initial colonization always was higher and quicker in the margin habitat, which indicates that the source of organisms is this habitat. This is due to better conditions of the environment such as availability of food and protection, associated with the submerged vegetation and wood. The community mean density during this study was 7, 312 ind/m{sup 2}. The density, the species richness index, and the diversity were correlated with abiotic variables such as pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, habitat and depth. Also, the density was correlated with total carbon and ammonium. Species richness was correlated with total carbon, ammonium and water color. The density, diversity and species richness were proportionally inverse to depth of the habitats and total absence of organisms ago 10 meter of depth, different from what is found in bottom of natural environments. This fact was attributed to the high concentration of nutrients, such as ammonium and dissolved iron, to the existence of toxic gases such a sulphide, and to the conditions of hypoxia in the deep

  9. Geophysical investigations in the 100 Areas: Fiscal year 1991 through December 1993

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    Mitchell, T. H.

    1994-09-01

    The geophysical investigations identified in this document were conducted by the Westinghouse Hanford Company (WHC) Surface Geophysics Team, Geophysics Group, between October, 1991 and December, 1993. The investigations supported 100-Area activities for the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensations and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). The primary intent of this document is to provide a general map location and the associated document number for investigations that have been conducted as of December, 1993. The results of the individual investigations are not included here. The results of all of these investigations have been previously reported individually in WHC supporting documents. The investigations conducted during Fiscal Year (FY) 1992 are summarized in a single WHC document, WHC-SD-EN-TI-204, Rev. O. A brief summary of some of the successful applications of geophysics in the 100-Areas is included.

  10. Muerte extrahospitalaria en menores de 1 año, 1991-1993

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    Felipa E. García García

    2001-12-01

    Full Text Available Se presenta un estudio retrospectivo de 43 niños menores de 1 año, fallecidos fuera de un centro hospitalario, en el período comprendido de enero de 1991 a diciembre de 1993 en Ciudad de La Habana. Los resultados se compararon con un trabajo realizado previamente para los años 1989 y 1990. La muerte violenta predominó sobre los diferentes tipos de muerte natural y dentro de ésta la bronconeumonía constituyó la principal causa. El maltrato se presentó en el 44,2 % de los casos; el intencional y el provocado por negligencia se comportaron de forma similar, 47 y 52 % respectivamente. No se identificó la muerte súbita, aunque sí se hallaron aspectos relacionados con ella, como el sexo, horario de defunción, edad al morir, así como el escenario de la muerte.A restrospective study of 43 children under 1, who died outside of a hospital center from January, 1991, to December, 1993, in Havana City, was conducted. The results were compared with those of a previous paper that analyed the same situation between 1989 and 1990.Violent death predominated over the different types of natural death and within them bronchopneumonuia was the main cause. Child abuse was present in 44.2 % of the cases; the intentional maltreatment and that caused by negligence behaved in a similar way, 47 and 52 %, respectively. No sudden death was identified, though there were aspects connected with it, such as sex, death time, age on dying, and death setting.

  11. Research nuclear reactor RA - Annual Report 1991; Istrazivacki nuklearni reaktor RA - Izvestaj za 1991. godinu

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    Sotic, O [Institute of Nuclear Sciences Boris Kidric, Vinca, Beograd (Serbia and Montenegro)

    1992-01-01

    zahvat, koji se odnosi na zamenu celokupne instrumentacije je u toku, ali njegova realizacija u 1991. godini kasni zbog zastoja u isporuci opreme koja se izradjuje u Sovjetskom savezu. Izradu ove opreme finansira Medjunarodna agencija za atomsku energiju kroz ugovor sklopljen decembra 1988. godine sa moskovskom firmom Atomenergoexport. Prema tom ugovoru trebalo je da celokupna nova instrumentacija za reaktor RA bude isporucena Institutu u Vinci do kraja 1990. godine, ali je do septembra 1991. godine isporuceno svega 56% od predvidjene kolicine. Od tada je svaka isporuka obustavljena, a razlog je privremena zabrana na sve isporuke opreme za Jugoslaviju izrecena od strane ove organizacije Ujedinjenih nacija. U 1991. godini na reaktoru RA je demontirana postojeca instrumentacija u maksimalno mogucem obimu, kako bi se zadrzala neka osnovna merenja neophodna i u uslovima kada reaktor nije u pogonu. Pri kraju je izrada odredjenih konstrukcionih elemenata za novu instrumentaciju, koju je prihvatio da realizuje Institut u Vinci, kako bi se ubrzala realizacija ovog projekta. Ako sva predvijena oprema ne bude isporucena do kraja marta 1992. godine, nece moci da se otpocne sa probnim radom reaktora u prvoj polovini 1993. godine, kako je planirano. Na realizaciji projekta u 1991. godini ucestvovalo je efektivno 53 radnika, sto je dovoljan broj u uslovima remontnih i investicionih radova. Godisnji izvestaj o radu nuklearnog reaktora RA za 1992. godinu sastoji se od dva dela: prvi deo obuhvata pogon i odzavanje reaktora RA, a drugi poslove zastite od zracenja na reaktoru RA.

  12. Research and development activities of the High Pressure Physics Division for the period March 1991-September 1993

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    Godwal, B.K.; Bhadauria, Y.S.

    1993-01-01

    The research and development activities of the High Pressure Physics Division during the period March 1991 to September 1993 are reported in the form of abstracts and titles of the publications. The report is organised into two sections: (A) High Pressure Physics Section, and (B) Seismology Section. A list of staff members of the two sections is also given. (author)

  13. Publications of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Fossil Energy Program, October 1, 1991--March 31, 1993

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    Carlson, P.T.

    1993-06-01

    The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Fossil Energy Program, organized in FY 1974 as the Coal Technology Program, involves research and development activities for the Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy that cover a wide range of fossil energy technologies. The principal focus of the Laboratory's fossil energy activities relates to coal, with current emphasis on materials research and development; environmental, health, and safety research; and the bioprocessing of coal to produce liquid or gaseous fuels. This bibliography covers the period of October 1, 1991, through March 31, 1993

  14. WATER TEMPERATURE and other data from CALIFORNIA STAR, FUA KAVENGA and other platforms in the NE Pacific from 1991-01-25 to 1993-11-29 (NODC Accession 9600004)

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    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — The water depth and temperature data were collected in NE Pacific (limit-180) from multiple ships between January 25, 1991 and November 29, 1993. Three originator's...

  15. AFSC/NMML: Southeast Alaska Cetacean Vessel Surveys, 1991 - 2012

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    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — In 1991, NMML initiated cetacean studies with vessel coverage throughout inland waters of Southeast Alaska. Between 1991 and 1993, line-transect methodology was used...

  16. Climatological aspects of the 1991/1993 El Niño in Ecuador

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    1998-01-01

    Full Text Available ASPECTS CLIMATOLOGIQUES DU EL NIÑO 1991/1993 EN ÉQUATEUR. Dans l’optique du projet ENPEX (El Niño Precipitation Experiment, nous avons étudié la répartition spatiale et temporelle de très fortes précipitations en Équateur et dans le nord du Pérou au cours du El Niño de 1991/1993, en utilisant surtout des données satellite. La répartition des fortes pluies a été déterminée par la technique Convective-Stratiforme (CST qui a été adaptée aux images de METEOSAT-3, et par la technique d’interpolation de KED. La validation du schéma CST s’est révélée d’une précision encourageante, y compris pour des totaux pluviométriques extrêmes dépassant 300 mm sur 3 jours. L’extraction des vents par suivi de nuage (CMW par des techniques de corrélations croisées, appliquées à des séquences d’images METEOSAT a fourni des informations supplémentaires sur les modes de circulation associés aux très fortes précipitations. L’analyse a montré que l’événement de 1991/1992 est plus fort que celui de 1972/1973, mais nettement moins fort que celui de 1982/1983. Les très fortes précipitations sont surtout survenues dans la plaine côtière d’Équateur jusqu’à l’altitude de 1 000 m. On a observé une convection profonde, générée par un phénomène de brise dans la plupart des cas. Dans ce cas, les fortes précipitations sont localisées et suivent clairement un cycle diurne. Les précipitations commencent sur terre dans l’après-midi et se déplacent sur les eaux côtières dans la nuit. Un centre de fortes précipitations nocturnes dans le Golfe de Guayaquil, dû à la forme de la ligne côtière, qui favorise la convergence et l’augmentation de la température de surface de l’océan dans cette zone. De très fortes précipitations, sans aucun cycle diurne et caractérisées par une grande extension spatiale, surviennent au coeur du El Niño (mars-avril, à cause d’une instabilité étendue de la basse troposph

  17. Load forecast: Hydro plants, 1993/94 to 2012/13, diesel plants, 1993/94 to 2002/03, customer count forecast, 1993/94 to 2002/03

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    1993-06-01

    Total power sales of the Northwest Territories Power Corporation in 1992/93 were 425,183 MWh, a 1.2% decrease from 1991/92. Total generation was 471,919 MWh of which 232,504 was hydroelectric, 239,414 was diesel, and the rest was purchased. Combined system peak demands were 90,271 kW, a 2.3% increase over 1991/92. Overall sales are expected to increase 4.6% in 1993/94 and 1.9% in 1994/95. Total generation is expected to increase 3.4% in 1993/94 and combined system peak demands are expected to increase 2.8% in 1993/94 and 1.4% in 1994/95. Decreases in sales were noted on the Snare/Yellowknife and Taltston/Pine Point systems due to a labor action at the Giant Mine and lower sales to Northland Utilities. Sales on the Snare/Yellowknife system are expected to increase 4.8% as mining operations resume. A slow growth in diesel power sales was attributed partly to a mild winter. The average number of customers in 1992/93 was 14,866, of which 11,201 were domestic, 3,626 were commercial, 36 wholesale, and 3 industrial. For 1993/94, the projected customer count is 15,349. 99 tabs

  18. Produção da enfermagem psiquiátrica no Brasil, 1932-1993

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    Maria Conceição Bernardo de Mello e Souza

    1999-06-01

    Full Text Available A proposta deste trabalho foi realizar um estudo bibliográfico da produção da enfermagem psiquiátrica no Brasil, no período de 1932 a 1993. Para isso, foram levantadas as publicações da área contidas em periódicos nacionais, Anais dos Congressos Brasileiros de Enfermagem, Seminários Nacionais de Pesquisa em Enfermagem e Catálogos do Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas em Enfermagem da Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem. Além destes foram selecionadas publicações dos seguintes eventos: III Encontro de Pesquisadores em Saúde Mental e II Encontro de Especialistas em Enfermagem Psiquiátrica, Jubileu de Ouro de Graduação em Enfermagem e Encontro Nacional dos Hospitais de Ensino. Concluído o levantamento, as discussões se pautaram pelas temáticas centrais dos textos e pelo desenvolvimento histórico da Enfermagem Psiquiátrica no país.

  19. Materials Science Division activity report 1991-1993

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    Amarendra, G.; Tiwari, A.M.; Subramanian, N.; Venugopal Rao, G.

    1995-01-01

    This progress report gives an account of the various research and developmental activities carried out at the Materials Science Division of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam during 1991-93. It also gives a summary of the results of the research activities, describes the experimental facilities and also list the publications

  20. Relação dos sistemas de monção com as variabilidades tropical interanual e multi-decenal Relations of the monsoon systems to the tropical multi-decadal and interannual variabilities

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    Sâmia Regina Garcia

    2009-03-01

    Full Text Available A variabilidade da circulação tropical, com ênfase nos sistemas monçônicos, é examinada usando diversas variáveis para o período de 1948-1999. A componente monçônica do potencial de velocidade em 200 hPa (χ-transiente, o desvio da média anual do desvio da média zonal, é o parâmetro chave usado para obter os modos monçônicos. A análise de Funções Ortogonais Empíricas (EOF do χ-transiente fornece dois modos separados. O primeiro modo descreve a variabilidade multi-decenal dos sistemas monçônicos da América do Sul e do Pacífico oeste. Esse modo, chamado monçônico multi-decenal (MMD, ocorre por todo o ano e contém a variabilidade multi-decenal relacionada à dinâmica da Oscilação Decenal do Pacífico (ODP. O segundo modo descreve as variações interanuais opostas entre a Ásia, África e oceano Índico e a região do oeste dos Estados Unidos, México e Pacífico leste. Esse modo, chamado modo interanual (MIA apresenta algumas similaridades com o modo tropical interanual El Niño - Oscilação Sul. Alguns aspectos desses modos, incluindo sua circulação e características termodinâmicas são discutidas aqui. Finalmente, índices baseados nos padrões das configurações espaciais desses modos são construídos. A eficiência desses índices para fins de monitoramento é analisada. Logo, trata-se de um novo aspecto não proposto em trabalhos anteriores.Tropical circulation variability, with emphasis on the monsoon systems is examined using several variables for the 1948-1999 period. The monsoon component in the 200 hPa velocity potential (transient-χ, the deviation from the annual mean of the zonal deviation field, is the key parameter used here to obtain the monsoon modes. The Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF analysis of the transient-χ yields two separate modes. The first mode describes the multi-decadal variability of the monsoon systems in South America and in the western Pacific. This mode, called the multi

  1. Registration of symptoms and diagnoses in patients of a Belarussian-Dutch outpatient clinic in Gomel, October 1991 - September 1993

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    Van Oostrum, I.E.A.; Svalkoul, T.J.F. [National Poison Control Centre, RIVM, Bilthoven (Netherlands); Joore, J.C.A. [Department of Intensive Care and Clinical Toxicology, AZU, Utrecht (Netherlands); Volkova, G.V.; Savkova, M.I.; Derzhitski, V.E. [Gomel Regional Specialized Dispensary, Gomel (Belarus); Bootsma, P.A. [Bureau for International Cooperation, RIVM, Bilthoven (Netherlands)

    1995-09-01

    The results of a survey of the medical consumption of 4,500 patients at the Belarussian-Dutch Outpatient Clinic in Gomel during 1991-1993 are presented and discussed. Analysis of the patient registration data was focused on complaints related to possible enhanced radiation exposure of the patients since the reactor incident at Chernobyl in 1986. The pattern of complaints and diagnoses was comparable to the situation in a Dutch outpatient clinic, except for a higher number of goitre, gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers. Diagnoses that could be attributed to increased radiation exposure were not enhanced compared to the pattern in a Dutch population of similar size, except for a higher number of thyroid disease. 19 refs.

  2. [Antibiotic resistance pattern of 24, 526 strains of Vibrio cholerae O1 isolated in Mexico from 1991 to 1993].

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    Giono-Cerezo, S; Zárate, A; Gutiérrez, L; Valdespino, J L

    1994-01-01

    Profile of antimicrobial resistance by Kirby-Bauer method was performed on 24526 Vibrio cholerae O1 strains isolated in México (1991-1993) from fecal swabs in cholera cases and from asymptomatic carriers. Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) tests for tetracycline (Te) and doxycycline (D) were done on selected strains. Single antibiotic discs were used at concentrations of: Te, 30 micrograms; D, 30 micrograms; erythromycin (E), 15 micrograms; chloramphenicol (CM), 30 micrograms; ampicillin (AM), 10 micrograms; trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (SXT) 1.25 micrograms/23.75 micrograms. Strains whose halos were of a smaller diameter than the intermediate value were considered resistant. It is important to maintain surveillance on antimicrobial susceptibility as epidemiological marker on geographical selected areas in order to detect changes of resistant patterns.

  3. Methodological aspects of the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil birth cohort study Aspectos metodológicos da coorte de nascimentos de 1993 em Pelotas, RS

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    Cesar Gomes Victora

    2006-02-01

    Full Text Available This paper describes the main methodological aspects of a cohort study, with emphasis on its recent phases, which may be relevant to investigators planning to carry out similar studies. In 1993, a population based study was launched in Pelotas, Southern Brazil. All 5,249 newborns delivered in the city's hospitals were enrolled, and sub-samples were visited at the ages of one, three and six months and of one and four years. In 2004-5 it was possible to trace 87.5% of the cohort at the age of 10-12 years. Sub-studies are addressing issues related to oral health, psychological development and mental health, body composition, and ethnography. Birth cohort studies are essential for investigating the early determinants of adult disease and nutritional status, yet few such studies are available from low and middle-income countries where these determinants may differ from those documented in more developed settings.Descrever aspectos metodológicos do estudo da coorte de crianças que podem ser relevantes para pesquisadores que estejam planejando investigações semelhantes. Em 1993, uma coorte de base populacional foi recrutada em Pelotas, RS. Os 5.249 recém-nascidos nos hospitais da cidade foram acompanhados com um, três e seis meses, e com um e quatro anos de idade. Subestudos estão sendo realizados sobre saúde bucal, desenvolvimento psicológico e saúde mental, composição corporal e aspectos etnográficos. Em 2004-5 foi possível entrevistar 87,5% da coorte inicial, com a idade de 10-12 anos. Estudos de coortes de nascimentos são essenciais para investigar os determinantes precoces da morbidade e estado nutricional de adultos. No entanto, há poucos estudos com esta metodologia em países de renda média e baixa, e alguns dos determinantes da situação de saúde podem ser distintos daqueles observados em países ricos.

  4. Seasonal habitat use and movements of woodland caribou in the Omineca Mountains, north central British Columbia, 1991-1993

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    Mari D. Wood

    1996-01-01

    Full Text Available From 1991 to 1993, 30 woodland caribou were captured and fitted with radio-collars west of the Williston Reservoir in north central B.C. Monthly radio-telemetry location flights revealed that caribou in the Northern Area, characterized by a complex of mountain ranges, moved greater distances to calving areas than did those in the South, where only one major mountain range exists. In the year of record heavy snowfall for the area, all collared caribou wintered on windswept alpine slopes, while during the below average snowfall year, many caribou remained in forested habitats. In winter, caribou were found to forage on terrestrial lichens in both lowland lodgepole pine flats and on windswept alpine slopes, and on arboreal lichens in upper elevation Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir forests. There are at least 600-700 caribou in the Omineca Mountains.

  5. Human genome. 1993 Program report

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    1994-03-01

    The purpose of this report is to update the Human Genome 1991-92 Program Report and provide new information on the DOE genome program to researchers, program managers, other government agencies, and the interested public. This FY 1993 supplement includes abstracts of 60 new or renewed projects and listings of 112 continuing and 28 completed projects. These two reports, taken together, present the most complete published view of the DOE Human Genome Program through FY 1993. Research is progressing rapidly toward 15-year goals of mapping and sequencing the DNA of each of the 24 different human chromosomes.

  6. Fiscal 1991 report. Coal liquefaction committee; 1991 nendo sekitan ekika iinkai hokokusho

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    1992-03-01

    The committee in this fiscal year had the 1st meeting in July 1991, the 2nd in August 1991, and the 3rd in March 1992, when fiscal 1990 research and development results, fiscal 1991 research and development programs, fiscal 1991 research and development results, etc., were reported and deliberated. At the 2nd meeting, the meaning of coal liquefaction technology development and how to go ahead with the task were described, which topic for discussion was entitled 'How coal liquefaction technology should be for the 21st century.' After discussion, it was agreed upon that a coal liquefaction technology package be completed in fiscal 2000 based on the absorption of each other's findings and on the utilization of basic studies common to both to be realized through the exchange of technologies between the brown coal liquefaction project and the bituminous coal liquefaction project. Under the brown coal liquefaction project, a 50 ton/day pilot plant was built and operated in Victoria, Australia, and the operation was completed in October 1990. The results of research and development under the coal brown liquefaction project will be compiled by fiscal 1993. (NEDO)

  7. Análise da evolução da produção e relação risco-retorno da cultura do alho, no Brasil e regiões (1991 a 2000 Evolution of the garlic production in Brazil and analysis of the risk and return ratio between 1991 and 2000

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    José Hortêncio Mota

    2005-06-01

    Full Text Available Descreveu-se a produção da cultura do alho no Brasil, visando verificar a relação risco/retorno da produção em função do comportamento de seu preço durante os anos de 1991 a 2000. Foram utilizadas séries históricas de preços com periodização mensal. Utilizou-se da taxa geométrica de crescimento (TGC como indicador de retorno comparada à dispersão dos preços e para indicar a tendência da produção em nível nacional e regional. Verificou-se que a cultura é favorável a investimentos e apresenta uma tendência de aumento de produtividade.The production of garlic in Brazil was studied to describe and to analyze the relation risk/return as a result of the behavior of the price during the period of 1991 to 2000. An historical series of prices with monthly periods was used. The geometric rate of growth (TGC was studied to analyse the comparative return to the dispersion of the prices and to indicate the trend of the national and regional production. The garlic production activity has a favorable response to the investments and presents a trend of productivity increase.

  8. A Visão Baseada em Recursos da Inteligência Competitiva

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    Paulo Henrique de Oliveira

    2013-04-01

    Full Text Available DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-8077.2013v15n35p141   Neste artigo analisa-se a importância da Inteligência Competitiva (IC como uma capacidade estratégica para as organizações contemporâneas, especialmente para àquelas instaladas em ambientes caracterizados por uma intensa e dinâmica competição. A discussão acontece no contexto da Visão Baseada em Recursos (Resource-Based View, no inglês, uma das mais importantes correntes teóricas do campo da estratégica que busca explicar o fenômeno da vantagem competitiva a partir do controle de recursos e capacidades diferenciados pelas organizações. Como suposição inicial, acredita-se que o valor estratégico da IC está concentrado, principalmente, no conhecimento tácito dos seus profissionais e nos relacionamentos construídos ao longo do tempo (path dependence com seus pares e tomadores de decisões estratégicas de suas respectivas organizações, uma vez que os mesmos não podem ser imitados ou desenvolvidos rapidamente pelos concorrentes, conforme sugerem os estudos de autores como Wernerfelt (1984, Nonaka e Takeuchi (1995, Barney (1986a, 1991, 2001, Dierickx e Cool (1989, Mahoney e Pandian (1992, Amit e Schoemaker (1993 e Grant (1991, 1996.

  9. Dinâmica da epidemia de AIDS no Município do Rio de Janeiro, no período de 1988-1996: uma aplicação de análise estatística espaço-temporal Spatial-temporal modeling: dynamics of the AIDS epidemic in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1988-1996

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    Célia Landmann Szwarcwald

    2001-10-01

    Full Text Available Neste estudo, aplicou-se um modelo espaço-temporal para examinar a disseminação espacial da epidemia de AIDS entre os casos adultos do Município do Rio de Janeiro em três períodos: 1988-1990, 1991-1993 e 1994-1996. As regiões administrativas foram as unidades geográficas de estudo. Posteriormente, realizou-se análise espacial dos casos pediátricos por transmissão vertical do HIV, por período de nascimento, 1985-1990 e 1991-1996. Para a totalidade dos casos adultos, o período inicial é caracterizado por um conglomerado poligonal em torno da Zona Portuária, que se expande na direção oeste-leste. Entre os casos homossexuais, o crescimento in situ predominou, notando-se arrefecimento da disseminação espacial nos últimos anos. Entre os casos heterossexuais, a epidemia demonstrou expansão geográfica expressiva, sobretudo de 1988-1990 a 1991-1993. Entre os casos do sexo feminino, no último período, houve a formação de um conglomerado de taxas elevadas na direção noroeste, que compreende áreas muito pobres. Entre 1991 e 1996, observou-se correlação significativa das taxas de incidência de AIDS perinatal com o índice de concentração de pobreza. Os resultados sugerem que o entendimento da dinâmica espaço-temporal da epidemia pode subsidiar, de forma relevante, as ações preventivas.This study uses a spatial-temporal model to analyze the spatial spread of the AIDS epidemic (adult cases in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during three periods: 1988-1990, 1991-1993, and 1994-1996. City districts were used as the geographic units of analysis. A spatial analysis was also performed for pediatric AIDS cases due to vertical HIV transmission, according to period of birth, 1985-90 and 1991-96. For total adult AIDS cases, the initial period was characterized by a polygonal cluster located around the harbor area, which expanded from west to east. Among homosexual cases, in situ growth predominated, and a decrease in

  10. Project RA Research nuclear reactor - Annual report 1993 with comparative review for the period 1991 - 1993; Projekat Istrazivacki nuklearni reaktor RA - Izvestaj za 1993. godinu, uz uporedni pregled za period 1991 - 1993

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    1993-12-15

    Research reactor RA Annual report for year 1993 is divided into two main parts to cover: (1) operation and maintenance and (2) activities related to radiation protection. First part includes 8 annexes describing reactor operation, activities of services for maintenance of reactor components and instrumentation, financial report and staffing. The ninth separate annex deals with the feasibility of RA reactor applications. Second part of the report is devoted to radiation protection issues and contains 4 annexes with data about radiation control of the working environment and reactor environment, description of decontamination activities, collection of radioactive wastes, and meteorology data. [Serbo-Croat] Godisnji izvestaj o radu nuklearnog reaktora RA za 1993. godinu sastoji se od dva dela: prvi deo obuhvata pogon i odzavanje reaktora RA, a drugi poslove zastite od zracenja na reaktoru RA. Prvi deo sadrzi 8 priloga, koji opisuju rad reaktora i poslove sluzbi za odrzavanje opreme i komponenti, finansijski izvestaj, kadrovsku strukturu osoblja reaktora. Poseban prilog razmatra mogucnosti koriscenja istrazivackog reaktora RA. Drugi deo izvestaja o poslovima zastite od zracenja sadrzi 4 priloga sa podacima radijacione kontrole radne sredine i okoline reaktora, opis poslova dekontaminacije i sakupljanja radioaktivnih materija, kao i meteoroloske podatke.

  11. State energy price projections for the residential sector, 1992--1993

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    1992-01-01

    The purpose of this report, State Energy Price Projections for the Residential Sector, 1992--1993, is to provide projections of State-level residential prices for 1992 and 1993 for the following fuels: electricity, natural gas, heating oil, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), kerosene, and coal. Prices for 1991 are also included for comparison purposes. This report also explains the methodology used to produce these estimates and the limitations

  12. Análise comparativa da competividade do Brasil e EUA no mercado internacional da carne bovina

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    Matheus Dhein Dill

    2013-12-01

    Full Text Available O Brasil e os EUA estão entre os principais produtores mundiais de carne bovina. Entretanto, distorções no mercado alimentar decorrentes da presença de barreiras comerciais podem comprometer a competitividade desses países. O objetivo deste trabalho foi verificar a competitividade da carne bovina brasileira e norte-americana, no mercado internacional, entre 1990 e 2008. Para isso, foi utilizado o Índice de Competitividade Revelada (CR para inferir sobre os efeitos que subsídios, acordos comercias e barreiras sanitárias exercem sobre a competitividade da carne bovina dos respectivos países. Os resultados indicaram que o Brasil obteve vantagens competitivas no período de 1991 a 2008, enquanto que os EUA apresentaram vantagens entre 1993 e 2003. Os acordos comerciais elevaram a competitividade dos países envolvidos, contudo ocorreram diminuições dos índices quando problemas sanitários foram identificados. Em suma, os EUA, mesmo com os altos subsídios fornecidos aos produtores rurais, apresentou desempenho inferior em comparação ao Brasil no mercado mundial da carne bovina.

  13. OPEC 1991 results reflect hard times

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    Land, R.

    1992-01-01

    This paper reports that low crude oil prices and economic tough times in industrial countries cause a lean 1991 for members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. OPEC's 1991 annual report the member countries reported an overall loss of $12 billion in 1991 on oil revenues that fell 16.2%. Iraq and Kuwait were not included because of their unusual circumstances in the wake of the Persian Gulf war. Reduced oil revenues reflected a slide to $18.66/bbl in 1991 from $22.26/bbl in 1990 for the average price of OPEC basket crudes. As of last June 5 OPEC's basket crude price has averaged only $17.42/bbl this year, OPEC News Agency (Opecna) reported. First quarter 1992 prices averaged $16.77/bbl, compared wit $19.31/bbl in fourth quarter 1991. The average price jumped 52 cent/bbl the first week in June this year to $19.93/bbl, bouyed by Saudi Arabia's move at the end of May to shift its policy from price moderation to one in favor of higher prices, Opecna the. OPEC members increased production 1% in 1991 to an average 23.28 million b/d in spite of negligible production from Iraq and Kuwait and reduced production from Qatar

  14. Mulheres migrantes: senhoras de seu destino? : uma analise da migração interna feminina no Brasil: 1981/1991

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    2009-01-01

    Resumo: Baseado nas informações do Censo Demográfico de 1991, este trabalho tem como objetivo identificar algumas das especificidades da migração interna feminina no Brasil nos anos 1980. Apresenta um panorama detalhado dos deslocamentos femininos, por modalidade migratória para todas as Unidades da Federação, especialmente para aquelas que possuem áreas metropolitanas. As informações censitárias possibilitaram a construção de variáveis explicativas dos deslocamentos por estado conjugal e se...

  15. Tennessee Oversight Agreement combined annual reports, May 13, 1991--May 12, 1993

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    1993-01-01

    The Tennessee Oversight Agreement provides independent oversight and monitoring of the Department of Energy's activities on the Oak Ridge Reservation by the State. The agreement obligates the state to provide an annual report to DOE and for public distribution of the results of the DOE Oversight Division's monitoring and analysis activities and its findings of the quality and effectiveness of the Department of Energy's environmental monitoring and surveillance programs. The DOE Oversight Division's first report will discuss the status of the entire oversight agreement for the first two years of its existence. The 1991--1993 combined annual reports include a short history of the Division, a list of the Tennessee Oversight Agreement commitments and a status report on each of DOE Oversight Division's programs. Each Division program includes a descriptive status of its findings and recommendations. These findings and recommendations were also consolidated into a separate segment of the report (Chapter 7). Findings indicate there have been genuine successes in the areas of site access and data availability. More effort, however, is required in both of these areas before the state can verify that DOE and its contractors are meeting its obligations. Ambient surveillance monitoring by DOE is extensive. The DOE Oversight Division reviews this data to assure the state and its citizens that all areas of the environment are adequately protected by DOE operations. There is a noticeable lack of research and development in the technology for environmental remediation and radiological and mixed waste treatment, storage and disposal. The DOE Oversight Division's recommendations for improvement are provided with each of the findings listed in this report

  16. Mumps meningoencephalitis: an epidemiological approach Meningoencefalite pelo vírus da caxumba: abordagem epidemiológica

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    Alfredo Leboreiro-Fernandez

    1997-01-01

    Full Text Available The aim of this study was to analyse distribution of meningoencefalitis caused by mumps viras in children related to sex, age and seasonal influences. Thirty seven children were evaluated, ages ranging from 2 to 14 years. They were seen at Emergency Unit of Faculdade de Medicina do Triângulo Mineiro and at Hospital da Criança, in Uberaba-MG, Brazil, from March 1st 1991 to February 1st 1993 and they were hospitalized for about 5 days. Through a protocol findings were studied during hospitalization and clinical course stressing epidemiology, symptomatology, cerebrospinal fluid studies, electroencephalogram and cortical function analysis. Only epidemiological data were considered in the present study. Data analysis revealed male predominance, at a range from 5 to 9 years and great number of occurrences at the last quarter of the year.O presente trabalho tem por objetivo, estudar a distribuição quanto ao sexo, idade e sazonalidade, em crianças com meningencefalite pelo vírus da caxumba. Foram avaliadas 37 crianças, com idades variando de 2 a 14 anos, atendidas no Pronto-Socorro do Hospital Escola da FMTM e do Hospital da Criança, MG, no período de 1-março-1991 a 1-fevereiro-1993 e hospitalizadas por período médio de 5 dias. Através de protocolo pré-elaborado foram estudados os achados obtidos por ocasião da internação e evolução, enfatizando-se a epidemiologia, sintomatologia, líquido cefalorraqueano, eletrencefalograma e função cortical. São considerados apenas os dados epidemiológicos, no presente estudo. A análise das informações pertinentes revela predomínio no sexo masculino, na faixa etária dos 5 aos 9 anos e maior número de casos no último trimestre do ano, correspondente à estação da primavera.

  17. FY 1993 task plans for the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project

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    Shipler, D.B.

    1991-10-01

    The purpose of the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction (HEDR) Project is to estimate radiation doses from Hanford Site operations since 1944 to individuals and populations. The primary objective of work to be performed in FY 1993 is to complete the source term estimates and dose estimates for key radionuclides for the air and river pathways. At the end of FY 1993, the capability will be in place to estimate doses for individuals in the extended (32-county) study area, 1944--1991. Native American research will continue to provide input for tribal dose estimates. In FY 1993, the Technical Steering Panel (TSP) will decide whether demographic and river pathways data collection should be extended beyond FY 1993 levels. The FY 1993 work scopes and milestones in this document are based on the work plan discussed at the TSP Budget/Fiscal Subcommittee meeting on August 19--20, 1991. Table 1 shows the FY 1993 milestones; Table 2 shows estimated costs. The subsequent work scope descriptions are based on the milestones. This document and the FY 1992 task plans will form the basis for a contract with Battelle and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The 2-year dose reconstruction contract is expected to begin in February 1992. This contract will replace the current arrangement, whereby the US Department of Energy directly funds the Pacific Northwest Laboratory to conduct dose reconstruction work. In late FY 1992, the FY 1993 task plans will be more fully developed with detailed technical approaches, data quality objectives, and budgeted labor hours. The task plans will be updated again in July 1993 to reflect any scope, milestone, or cost changes directed during the year by the TSP. 2 tabs

  18. The Nordic programme for nuclear safety 1990-1993

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    1992-02-01

    The report, covering the year 1991 of the Nordic Programme for Nuclear Safety 1990-1993, presents 18 projects divided into 4 main areas: preparedness in abnormal radiation situations, nuclear wastes and shutdowns, radioecology and reactor safety - knowledge preparedness. The main areas are briefly described and the status of each project is presented. (CLS) (118 refs.)

  19. RA Research nuclear reactor, Part 1, RA reactor operation and maintenance in 1993, with comparative review for the period 1991 - 1993, Annex 3

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    Sotic, O.; Cupac, S.; Sulem, B.; Zivotic, Z.; Mikic, N.; Tanaskovic, M.

    1993-01-01

    RA reactor was not operated during 1993 because of the complete instrumentation exchange. Although it has been planned to exchange the complete instrumentation until the end of 1993, and to start reactor operation in the first half of 1993 this was not fulfilled because the instrumentation was not delivered until the end of 1993. Main activities during past seven years were related to construction of the emergency cooling system; repair and reconstruction of the system for handling the spent fuel and improvement of spent fuel storage conditions; exchange of the aged instrumentation. Other reactor components and systems, reactor core, primary coolant loop and gas circulation system are in good condition concerning future start-up [sr

  20. Commodity chemical growth to slow in 1993

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    1992-01-01

    In their latest chemical outlook, DRI/McGraw-Hill economists characterize 1992 as a peak year for U.S. commodity chemical demand growth, at 4.2%, tapering off to a compound 2.2% between 1993 and 1995. Just as operating rates begin to reach higher levels in 1995, however, DRI forecasts slowing GNP growth. DRI's Ramunas J. Svarcas expects a decline in exports. Those plastics promising the rosiest consumption outlook include melamine-formaldehyde resin, up 9.9% in 1992, from 155 million lbs in 1991, and projected to grow 8.6%/year through 1995; styrene acrylonitrile resin, up 23% this year, from 58 million lbs last year, and growing 8.2%/year through 1995; and unsaturated polyester, up 11.7% this year, from 1.07 billion lbs in 1991, and increasing at 6.5%/year. Methanol is a bright spot, with consumption growing 4.7%, from 11.2 billion lbs in 1991 and 12%/year thereafter. Ortho-xylene managed an impressive 21% rebound from a depressed 1991 level of 783 million lbs, and is expected to continue its recovery at 7.7%/year

  1. Long-term dose-response studies of inhaled or injected radionuclides. Biennial report, 1 October 1991--30 September 1993

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    Boecker, B.B.; Muggenburg, B.A.; Miller, S.C.; Bradley, P.L. [eds.

    1994-01-01

    This report describes the scientific progress in, and current status of, life-span studies of the long-term health risks in Beagle dogs of chronic irradiation from internally deposited radionuclides or from an external source. The reporting period for this document is the 2-year period from October 1, 1991 through September 30, 1993. Studies that were initiated at three different laboratories (Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute, ITRI, University of Utah, and Argonne National Laboratory, ANL) are presented here because they are being completed at ITRI. All living dogs in the Utah-initiated studies were transferred to the ITRI facility for the remainder of their life-span observations and measurements in September 1987. This report is the fourth in a series of reports dealing with the current status and progress of both the Utah and ITRI studies. Other life-span studies involving dogs exposed to gamma radiation from an external source were initiated and conducted for many years at ANL. In 1991, the decision was made to discontinue the chronic irradiation of the remaining living dogs and to transfer all remaining dogs to ITRI for care, clinical observations, and pathological observations at death or euthanasia. This report provides the current status of these dogs. Status reports on the Utah and ITRI studies comprise most of this report. The ITRI-related section presents brief statements of project objectives, the general procedures used in these studies, and some study-specific features for each of the 19 studies being conducted with either beta- or alpha-emitting radionuclides. Dose- and effect-modifying factors being addressed in these studies include total dose, dose rate, LET, solubility, nonuniformity of dose, species, age, sex, health status, and mode of exposure. Recent additions to experimental protocols for studies in which dogs are still alive involve the collection and analysis of tumor tissues using currently available molecular biology techniques.

  2. Expeditions to Komsomolets in 1993 and 1994; Tokt til Komsomolets i 1993 og 1994

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    1995-09-01

    The Russian nuclear submarine Komsomolets went down about 180 km southwest of the Bear Island in the Norwegian Sea on April 7, 1989. According to Russian information the submarine contains one nuclear reactor and two torpedoes with nuclear warheads. The Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority has taken part in the Russian expeditions to the accident site since 1991. This is a report from the expeditions in 1993 and 1994. It includes sampling, analysis and results obtained by the Norwegian part. 5 refs., 4 figs., 5 tabs.

  3. As estratégias de cooperação Sul-Sul nos marcos da política externa brasileira de 1993 a 2007 South-South cooperation strategies in Brazilian Foreign Policy from 1993 to 2007

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    Miriam Gomes Saraiva

    2007-12-01

    Full Text Available O objetivo do artigo é analisar as duas vertentes da cooperação sul-sul adotadas pela política externa brasileira entre 1993 e 2007. Por um lado, o artigo examina a política externa brasileira em face da América do Sul: o Mercosul e a cooperação sul-americana em termos mais gerais que, dentro do arco das atuações externas do país, é o tipo de cooperação sul-sul identificada como prioritária. Por outro lado, dedicará também algumas reflexões para a cooperação do Brasil com outros países considerados emergentes e system-affecting, em outros continentes, como é o caso da África do Sul, Índia, China e, em diferente medida, da Rússia.The aim of this article is to analyze the two approaches to South-South cooperation evident in Brazilian foreign policy between 1993 and 2007. On one hand the article examines Brazilian foreign policy towards South America. Specifically, cooperation with Mercosur members and South-American cooperation broadly conceptualized. The region is a foreign policy priority among its south-south cooperation activities. On the other hand, this paper reflects on Brazilian cooperation with other emerging and "system-affecting" countries that belong to other continents, such as South Africa, India and China, and to a certain extent, Russia.

  4. Avaliação da prevalência de lesões periapicais examinadas no laboratório de patologia bucal da FO-PUCRS nos anos de 1973, 1983, 1993 e 2003 = Evaluation of the prevalence of periapical pathology examined at the bucal patholology lab of the puc-rs in the years of 1973, 1983, 1993 and 2003

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    Bacaltchuk, Marcelo

    2005-01-01

    Full Text Available A ocorrência das lesões inflamatórias periapicais é uma questão discutida na literatura. O objetivo deste trabalho foi realizar um levantamento da prevalência de cistos, granulomas e abscessos nos anos de 1973, 1983, 1993 e 2003 na Faculdade de Odontologia da PUCRS, analisando a ocorrência dessas patologias de acordo com a idade, sexo e localização anatômica. Para isto, foram coletados dados nas fichas de biópsia dos casos registrados no Laboratório de Patologia Bucal da Faculdade de Odontologia da PUCRS. Posteriormente os mesmos foram inseridos na programa Access e analisados estatisticamente. Verificou-se que entre as lesões periapicais, a prevalência do cisto foi de 55. 5%, num total de 119 biopsias. O ano com maior número de diagnósticos foi 1993 (61 lesões. O sexo feminino foi acomentido por 68. 1% dos casos, e a segunda década de vida foi acometida com 26%. A região da maxila anterior mostrou-se a mais atingida (32% e há uma associação significativa entre a ocorrência de abscessos na maxila e de granulomas na mandíbula

  5. Russian gas in 1993

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    Wilson, D.C.

    1994-01-01

    Natural gas output in Russia fell by 3.5% in 1993. This followed decades of rapid growth in production reaching a peak in 1991 and a minor fall in 1993. Gas consumption also peaked in 1991 and fell by 5% over the two following years. The major cause of the decline in consumption is the fall in electricity demand which has accompanied the economic recession. Gas has accounted for about 60% of the reduction in fuel consumption by power stations. Gas consumption by industrial and municipal boilers has also dropped steeply although household and other municipal consumption has increased. The fall in demand does not wholely account for the fall in production, however. Apart from Yamburg, all operational gas fields have now reached the stage of declining production. Government officials are talking tentatively of 1997 as the turning point for the Russian economy and following this, the demand for gas will rise again. It is not certain, however, that the industry will be able to meet the increased demand which is anticipated. Most of the increased production will have to come from new fields in the Yamal Peninsular the development of which is proceeding much more slowly than planned. In the longer term, possibly in the early years of the next century, the Shtokmanovsk gasfield in the Barents Sea may be developed. Other aspects of the Russian gas industry briefly covered are reserves, financing of exploratory drilling, investment, intra-CIS trade and exports and privatisation of the state owned company Garyprom. (UK)

  6. World oil flow steady in 1992; stable market ahead for 1993

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    Beck, R.J.

    1993-01-01

    World crude oil production in 1992 was virtually unchanged from 1991. Production last year averaged 59.96 million b/d, up only 17,000 b/d from 1991. Substantial production declines in the C.I.S. and U.S. were offset by increases among members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and a number of other countries outside the OPEC sphere. Figures from the International Energy Agency (IEA) show world demand for petroleum products moved up 300,000 b/d to 66.9 million b/d. This included an addition to stocks of an estimated 1000,000 b/d. IEA predicts world demand will continue to rise in 1993 and OPEC output will advance to meet this higher level. Even though OPEC production is expected to be up for the year, seasonal swings in demand can cause price fluctuations. The paper describes OPEC production, non-OPEC production, oil prices, the world oil supply, Russian's decline, world demand, and the outlook for 1993

  7. Near-Earth Asteroid Physical Observations: 1993-1995

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    Skiff, B. A.; Buie, M. W.; Bowell, E.

    1996-09-01

    In September 1993, we initiated a regular program of photometric observations of Near-Earth objects. Since that time we have been allocated 5-7 nights per month at the 42'' Hall telescope at Anderson Mesa. There are three goals of our observing program for each asteroid: (1) to obtain an accurate rotation period and characterization of the lightcurve, (2) to obtain the surface color, and (3) to measure the photometric parameters, H and G. All of the lightcurve observations are made in Kron-Cousins R and we always obtain a V-R color. Limited ECAS colors are also obtained when the objects are bright enough. We have secured periods for 9 asteroids, 1864 Daedalus, 1866 Sisyphus, 3200 Phaethon, 4954 Eric, 5693 (1993 EA), 5836 (1993 MF), 6489 (1991 JX), 1993 QP, and 1993 WD. Some of these periods are a confimation of an earlier result but most are new. We obtained colors for all these objects as well as four additional asteroids, 5407 (1992 AX), 1993 UC, 1993 VW, and 1994 LW. We have additional (as yet unreduced) observations of 2062 Aten, 2212 Hephaistos, 3752 Camillo, 5143 Heracles, 5863 (1983 RB), 6053 (1993 BW3), 7025 (1993 QA), 7092 (1992 LC), 1989 VA, 1992 TC, 1994 RC, and 1995 YA3. The fastest rotation period we find is 2.402 hours for 1866 Sisyphus and the slowest is 93QP at ~ 24 hours. The colors for these objects range from V-R=0.34 for 3200 Phaethon to V-R=0.49 for 1866 Sisyphus and 4954 Eric. Most colors fall near V-R=0.43. These observations should help to provide a more complete understanding of the surface properties and rotational states of the Near-Earth asteroids. This work was supported by NASA Grant NAGW-1470.

  8. Food production and nutrition in biosphere 2: results from the first mission September 1991 to September 1993

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    Silverstone, S. E.; Nelson, M.

    The initial test of the Biosphere 2 agricultural system was to provide a nutritionally adequate diet for eight crew members during a two year closure experiment, 1991-1993. The overall results of that trial are presented in this paper. The 2000 m^2 cropping area provided about 80 percent of overall nutritional needs during the two years. Adaptation of the crew to the diet which averaged 2200 calories, 73 g. of protein and 32 g. of fat per person over the course of the two years. The diet was primarily vegetarian, with only small amounts of milk, meat and eggs from the system's domestic animals. The crew experienced 10-20 percent weight loss, most of which occurred in the first six months of the closure reflecting adaptation to the diet and lower caloric intake during that period. Since Biosphere 2 is a tightly sealed system, non-toxic methods of pest and disease control were employed and inedible plant material, domestic animal wastes and human waste-water were processed and nutrients returned to the soil. Crop pests and diseases, especially broad mites and rootknot nematode, reduced yields, and forced the use of alternative crops. Outstanding crops included rice, sweet potato, beets, banana, and papaya. The African pygmy goats were the most productive of the domestic animals. Overall, the agriculture and food processing required some 45% of the crew time.

  9. A Negociação de Gênero da compositora Kaija Saariaho na Finlândia: a Mulher Compositora como Sujeito Nômade

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    Pirkko Moisala

    2015-12-01

    Full Text Available Este texto é a minha interpretação da negociação de gênero da compositora finlandesa Kaija Saariaho na Finlândia. Eu demonstro, através da análise da recepção pública de Saariaho e de suas experiências, como acontecem a negociação de gênero da identidade de gênero e o aparecimento de uma mulher compositora, como processos contínuos, entre as esferas da alteridade convencional (a categoria socialmente construída de mulheres compositoras e as experiências da vida real. A análise é feita através das lentes teóricas oferecidas por DE LAURETIS (1988, CITRON (1993, FOUCAULT (1984 e pela epistemologia das transições nômades de BRAIDOTTI (1991, 1994. Reivindico que Saariaho negociou seu gênero não "dentro" do sistema dominado pelos homens, mas "com" ele, definindo uma nova posição de gênero de sujeito: a posição de sujeito nômade.

  10. Convergence of the EU Member States towards the EMU requirements, 1986 to 1993

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    Guldager, Peter

    1997-01-01

    that between 1986 and 1990 France, Ireland, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom progressed substantially towards convergence. Some backsliding, however, occured between the years 1991 to 1993. The performance of Greece deteriorated, while that of the other EU Member States remained largely stationary...

  11. Research nuclear reactor RA - Annual Report 1991

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    Sotic, O.

    1992-01-01

    Activities related to revitalisation of the RA reactor stared in 1986, were continued in 1991. A number of interventions on the reactor components were finished that are supposed to enable continuous and reliable operation. The last, and at the same time largest action, related to exchange of complete reactor instrumentation is underway, but it is behind the schedule in 1991 because the delivery of components from USSR is late. Production of this instruments is financed by the IAEA according to the contract signed in December 1988 with Russian Atomenergoexport. According to this contract, it has been planned that the RA reactor instrumentation should be delivered to the Vinca Institute by the end of 1990. Only 56% of the instrumentation was delivered until September 1991. Since then any delivery of components to Yugoslavia was stopped because of the temporary embargo imposed by the IAEA. In 1991 most of the existing RA reactor instrumentation was dismantled, only the part needed for basic measurements when reactor is not operated, was maintained. Construction of some support elements is almost finished by the local staff. The Institute has undertaken this activity in order to speed up the ending of the project. If all the planned instrumentation would not arrive until the end of March 1992, it would not be possible to start the RA reactor testing operation in the first part of 1993, as previously planned. In 1991, 53 staff members took part in the activities during 1991, which is considered sufficient for maintenance and repair conditions. Research reactor RA Annual report for year 1991 is divided into two main parts to cover: (1) operation and maintenance and (2) activities related to radiation protection [sr

  12. Análise da informação em saúde: 1893-1993, cem anos da Classificação Internacional de Doenças Analysis of information on health data: 1893-1993, a hundred years of the International Classification of Diseases

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    Ruy Laurenti

    1991-12-01

    Full Text Available A análise da mortalidade por causas, bem como da morbidade, necessita de um instrumento que agrupe as doenças segundo características comuns, isto é, uma classificação de doenças. Atualmente está em uso a Classificação Internacional de Doenças da OMS, na sua Nona Revisão. Esta classificação surgiu em 1893; para 1993 está proposta a implantação da Décima Revisão. O trabalho descreve as raízes de uma classificação internacional, fazendo referências a John Graunt, William Farr e Jacques Bertillon bem como à evolução pela qual passou em suas sucessivas revisões. Inicialmente era uma classificação de causas de morte passando a ser, a partir da Sexta Revisão, uma classificação que incluiu todas as doenças e motivos de consultas, possibilitando seu uso em morbidade, sendo que a partir da Décima Revisão se propõe uma "família" de classificações, para os mais diversos usos em administração de serviços de saúde e epidemiologia. O trabalho também apresenta algumas críticas que são feitas à Classificação Internacional de Doenças.The analysis of mortality by cause, as well as of morbidity, calls for an instrument that groups the diseases according to common characteristics, that is to say, a classification of diseases. The WHO Internatinal Classification of Diseases, in its Ninth Revision, is currently in use. This classification first appeared in 1893; its Tenth Revision is being proposed for 1993. This present paper describes the origins of this international classification, making special references to John Graunt, William Farr and Jacques Bertillon as well as describing the evolution that has occurred through its successive revisions. Initially it was a classification that included only causes of death. After the Sixth Revision included all the diseases and causes of medical consultations, thus allowing its use in morbidity. For the tenth and later revisions, a "family" of classifications is proposed, for

  13. Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Monitoring Program. 1993 Annual report

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    Underwood, K.; Shields, J.

    1996-06-01

    The first three years of this study were used to collect pre-hatchery baseline data on the fishery. The Spokane Tribal Hatchery began stocking kokanee and rainbow trout in 1991 and Sherman Creek Hatchery began stocking by 1992. The estimated number of kokanee (13,986) harvested in 1993 was similar to harvest numbers in the previous years, but the number of rainbow trout (403,277) and walleye (337,413) harvested doubled from estimates made in past years. The stocking of yearling kokanee began in1992, totaling approximately 140,000 yearlings. The yearlings were not expected to begin entering the creel until 1993 with the main harvest in 1994. As a result, it was too early to speculate on the effect of stocking yearlings instead of fry on the creel. The 1993 rainbow trout harvest escalated. The increased number of walleye harvested was believed to be from the increased angler pressure. Kokanee salmon and rainbow trout growth appeared to be similar to previous years. The growth of walleye was less than in year past, but the average size of walleye in the creel increased. The feeding habits of kokanee, rainbow trout and walleye in 1993 were similar to previous years

  14. Violência e morte: diferenciais da mortalidade por causas externas no espaço urbano do Recife, 1991 Violence and death: differentials in mortality from external causes in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, 1991

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    1998-10-01

    Full Text Available Este estudo teve como objetivo descrever a tendência e a magnitude das mortes violentas na cidade do Recife, sua distribuição espacial no ano de 1991 e seus diferenciais quanto ao sexo, idade, local de ocorrência; objetivou, também, analisar a participação de algumas variáveis sócio-econômicas que expressam as condições de vida, nas possíveis explicações dessas diferenças. Utilizou-se como método o desenho de estudo ecológico do tipo exploratório e comparação de múltiplos grupos. Foram analisadas 1.181 declarações de óbitos de residentes em Recife, falecidos no ano de 1991. Verificou-se uma magnitude do coeficiente de mortalidade por causas externas na ordem de 90,9 por cem mil habitantes. Os grupos de dez a 39 anos e sessenta anos e mais constituíram os de maior risco, e o sexo masculino apresentou uma sobremortalidade em todas as faixas etárias. Os principais grupos de causas específicas foram os homicídios e os acidentes de trânsito, que representaram cerca de 51,3% e 23,4% do total de óbitos por essas causas, respectivamente. Discutiram-se alguns aspectos da desigualdade da mortalidade por causas externas nos espaços sociais, segundo condições de vida e sua relação com o processo histórico de formação da cidade do Recife.This study aimed to describe the amount of (and trends in violent deaths in the city of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, and to analyze their determinants. The article presents the spatial distribution of these deaths for the year 1991 and the differences regarding sex, age, and place of occurrence. It also analyzes the potential role of a series of socioeconomic factors, used as indicators of the population's living conditions. An exploratory ecological study was conducted to compare various groups. In 1991 there were a total of 1181 violent deaths in Recife. The study points to an overall mortality rate from external causes of 90.9/100,000 inhabitants. The two age groups 10-39 years and 60

  15. Total System Performance Assessment, 1993: An evaluation of the potential Yucca Mountain repository

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    Andrews, R.W.; Dale, T.F.; McNeish, J.A.

    1994-03-01

    Total System Performance Assessments are an important component in the evaluation of the suitability of Yucca Mountain, Nevada as a potential site for a mined geologic repository for the permanent disposal of high-level radioactive wastes in the United States. The Total System Performance Assessments are conducted iteratively during site characterization to identify issues which should be addressed by the characterization and design activities as well as providing input to regulatory/licensing and programmatic decisions. During fiscal years 1991 and 1992, the first iteration of Total System Performance Assessment (hereafter referred to as TSPA 1991) was completed by Sandia National Laboratories and Pacific Northwest Laboratory. Beginning in fiscal year 1993, the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System Management and Operating Contractor was assigned the responsibility to plan, coordinate, and contribute to the second iteration of Total System Performance Assessment (hereafter referred to as TSPA 1993). This document presents the objectives, approach, assumptions, input, results, conclusions, and recommendations associated with the Management and Operating Contractor contribution to TSPA 1993. The new information incorporated in TSPA 1993 includes (1) revised estimates of radionuclide solubilities (and their thermal and geochemical dependency), (2) thermal and geochemical dependency of spent fuel waste alteration and glass dissolution rates, (3) new distribution coefficient (k d ) estimates, (4) revised estimates of gas-phase velocities and travel times, and (5) revised hydrologic modeling of the saturated zone which provides updated estimates of the advective flux through the saturated zone

  16. Total System Performance Assessment, 1993: An evaluation of the potential Yucca Mountain repository

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    Andrews, R.W.; Dale, T.F.; McNeish, J.A.

    1994-03-01

    Total System Performance Assessments are an important component in the evaluation of the suitability of Yucca Mountain, Nevada as a potential site for a mined geologic repository for the permanent disposal of high-level radioactive wastes in the United States. The Total System Performance Assessments are conducted iteratively during site characterization to identify issues which should be addressed by the characterization and design activities as well as providing input to regulatory/licensing and programmatic decisions. During fiscal years 1991 and 1992, the first iteration of Total System Performance Assessment (hereafter referred to as TSPA 1991) was completed by Sandia National Laboratories and Pacific Northwest Laboratory. Beginning in fiscal year 1993, the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System Management and Operating Contractor was assigned the responsibility to plan, coordinate, and contribute to the second iteration of Total System Performance Assessment (hereafter referred to as TSPA 1993). This document presents the objectives, approach, assumptions, input, results, conclusions, and recommendations associated with the Management and Operating Contractor contribution to TSPA 1993. The new information incorporated in TSPA 1993 includes (1) revised estimates of radionuclide solubilities (and their thermal and geochemical dependency), (2) thermal and geochemical dependency of spent fuel waste alteration and glass dissolution rates, (3) new distribution coefficient (k{sub d}) estimates, (4) revised estimates of gas-phase velocities and travel times, and (5) revised hydrologic modeling of the saturated zone which provides updated estimates of the advective flux through the saturated zone.

  17. Project RA Research nuclear reactor - Annual report 1993 with comparative review for the period 1991 - 1993

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    1993-12-01

    Research reactor RA Annual report for year 1993 is divided into two main parts to cover: (1) operation and maintenance and (2) activities related to radiation protection. First part includes 8 annexes describing reactor operation, activities of services for maintenance of reactor components and instrumentation, financial report and staffing. The ninth separate annex deals with the feasibility of RA reactor applications. Second part of the report is devoted to radiation protection issues and contains 4 annexes with data about radiation control of the working environment and reactor environment, description of decontamination activities, collection of radioactive wastes, and meteorology data [sr

  18. S.I. No 125 of 2000 Radiological Protection Act 1991 (ionising radiation) Order 2000

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    2000-01-01

    This statutory instrument provides for the implementation of Council Directive 96/29/Euratom of 13 May 1996 laying down basic safety standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionising radiation. It also incorporates the provisions of Council Directive 90/641/Euratom of 4 December 1990 on the operational protection of outside workers exposed to the risk of ionising radiation during their activities in controlled areas. It replaces the provisions of the European Communities (Ionising Radiation) Regulations, 1991 (S.I. No. 43 of 1991), the Radiological Protection Act, 1991 (General Control of Radioactive Substances, Nuclear Devices and Irradiating Apparatus) Order, 1993 (S.I. No. 151 of 1993) and the European Communities (Protection of Outside Workers from Ionising Radiation) Regulations, 1994 (S.I. No. 144 of 1994). The main changes introduced in this Order are: the inclusion of work activities involving exposure to natural sources of radiation, stricter application of existing radiation protection principles through the introduction of lower dose limits, the use of dose constraints in keeping doses as low as reasonably achievable (i.e. optimisation process) and extended application of justification principles, the introduction of radiation protection principles for intervention in cases of radiological emergencies or lasting exposures. (author)

  19. An updated analysis of the Lucas Heights climatology 1991-2003

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    Clark, G.H.

    2003-12-01

    Meteorological data collected from 1991 to 2003 in the Lucas Heights region have been summarised to provide an update on the climatology. This report represents analysis of data collected at the Lucas Heights Science and Technology Centre since 1991 when an advanced digital recording system was installed. The small network of meteorological stations installed in the surrounding region since 1993 has allowed an investigation of the influence of complex terrain on wind flow and atmospheric dispersion patterns. For a period between 1999 and 2001 a Bureau of Meteorology disdrometer was installed at Lucas Heights to investigate raindrop size distributions. A large number of statistical summaries for all meteorological data are presented in in two appendices at the end of the report as a resource for reference purposes

  20. Canadian capital spending to slip 4.7% in 1993

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    Anon.

    1993-01-01

    Total capital and exploration spending by the Canadian petroleum industry is estimated at $6.579 billion in 1993, a drop of 4.7% from estimated 1992 outlays. Last year Canadian capital spending of $6.9 billion represented a drop of 8.9% from 1991 outlays, according to an Oil and Gas Journal survey. All survey related spending estimates in this paper are in U.S. dollars. All individual company spending estimates are in Canadian dollars

  1. State of oil pollution in the northern Arabian Sea after the 1991 Gulf oil spill

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    Sengupta, R.; Fondekar, S.P.; Alagarsamy, R.

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  2. Update summary of the 1991 discharge of enriched uranium to the sanitary sewer (DEUSS) report

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    1995-04-01

    Since the 1991 Y-12 Plant report, a flow study of the Y-12 Plant sanitary sewer collection system has been completed by the Y-12 Plant staff (Hanzelka and Maguire, 1993). Additional data has been obtained by the Y-12 Plant and the City of Oak Ridge (COR, 1994). COR developed limits on radionuclide concentrations in sludges used for land application (Stetar, 1993). Martin Marietta Energy Systems has provided recommendations to the Department of Energy (DOE) regarding the impacts of sludge land farming operations on the ORR (Frye, 1992). The DOE Office of Nuclear Safety (USDOE, 1993) completed an audit of activities related to radiological contamination of the COR sewer system due to DOE operations. In addition COR is currently developing limits on radionuclide releases for all industrial customers to be applied through the permitting process. In 1994, a new sanitary sewer monitoring station was installed and began operation at the Y-12 Plant to determine releases specifically from the Y-12 Plant. Previously, estimates were based on mass balance calculations using data from the City Monitoring Station which monitors Union Valley and Y-12 Plant releases. The purpose of this report is to update the 1991 Y-12 Plant study taking into account current data and information

  3. The Community's research and development programme on decommissioning of nuclear installations (1989-1993). Annual progress report 1991

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    1992-01-01

    This is the second annual progress report of the European Community's programme (1989-93) of research on decommissioning of nuclear installations. It shows the status of the programme on 31 December 1991. This second progress report summarizes the objectives, scope and work programme of the 76 research contracts concluded, as well as the progress of work achieved and the results obtained in 1991

  4. Evolução temporal do tabagismo em estudantes de medicina, 1986, 1991, 1996 Trends in smoking habits among medical students in 1986, 1991, 1996

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    Ana Menezes

    2001-04-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Avaliar a tendência temporal do tabagismo em estudantes de medicina nos últimos dez anos. MÉTODOS: Realizou-se estudo transversal com estudantes do primeiro ao quinto ano do curso de medicina, em 1996. A amostra foi de 449 alunos que responderam a questionário auto-aplicável. Fumante era aquele que fumava um ou mais cigarros por dia há pelo menos um mês; ex-fumantes foram aqueles que, no período da entrevista, não eram fumantes regulares, mas o haviam sido anteriormente. Pesquisa similar foi realizada em 1986 e 1991. RESULTADOS/CONCLUSÕES: A prevalência de tabagismo foi de 11%, comparada com 14% em 1991 e 21% em 1986. Apesar da redução do tabagismo nas três séries estudadas, a queda percentual entre 1996 e 1991 foi menor do que aquela observada entre 1991 e 1986. Em 1996, a prevalência do vício de fumar aumentou conforme o ano cursado. Não houve diferenças significativas quanto ao sexo. A maioria dos alunos mostrou-se favorável à proibição do fumo em locais de ensino e assistência e afirmaram que o tema era pouco valorizado no currículo da faculdade.OBJECTIVE: To evaluate trends in smoking habits among medical students in the last ten years. METHODS: In 1996, a cross-sectional survey of smoking habits was carried out among students in the first to the fifth year of medical school. Four hundred and nine students answered the questionnaire. A regular smoker was defined as someone who smokes one or more cigarettes a day at least for one month; former smokers were the ones who used to smoke in the past but not at the moment. Similar researchs were conducted in 1986 and 1991. RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS: Smoking prevalence was 11% compared with 14% in 1991 and 21% in 1986. Although there was a significant reduction of smoking in the last three years, the actual decrease from 1991 to 1996 was less than that observed from 1986 to 1991. In 1961, the prevalence of smoking increased in the last years of medical school. There

  5. Epidemiologia da hanseníase em coorte de contatos intradomiciliares no Rio de Janeiro (1987-1991

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    Matos Haroldo José de

    1999-01-01

    Full Text Available Este trabalho foi desenvolvido para estudar os fatores que influem no adoecimento dos contatos intradomiciliares de hanseníase. Foi estabelecida uma coorte de contatos intradomiciliares de hanseníase no setor de Hanseníase da Fiocruz, no Rio de Janeiro. Entre 1987 e 1991, em que foram acompanhados 670 contatos saudáveis, a taxa de incidência por pessoa-ano de follow-up foi de 0,01694. Porém, houve variação com o tempo de acompanhamento de cada indivíduo, sendo de 0,06385 ao final do primeiro ano, de 0,03299 ao final do segundo, 0,02370 ao final do terceiro, 0,018622 ao final do quarto e 0,01694 ao final do período. Foi especificado um modelo de regressão logística para os indivíduos acompanhados nos primeiros cinco anos, envolvendo 758 contatos, incluindo nessa situação os casos co-prevalentes. O risco de incidência de hanseníase está relacionado com a negatividade do teste de Mitsuda, com OR de 3,093 (IC95% = 1,735-5,514, com a vacinação pelo BCG, OR de 0,3802 (IC95% = 0,2151-0,66719, e com a forma multibacilar do caso-índice, OR de 2,547 (IC95% = 1,249-5,192. Os resultados indicam que a incidência da hanseníase em contatos está associada à forma multibacilar da doença e aos fatores imunes dos contatos.

  6. Evolução temporal do tabagismo em estudantes de medicina, 1986, 1991, 1996

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    Ana Menezes

    2001-04-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Avaliar a tendência temporal do tabagismo em estudantes de medicina nos últimos dez anos. MÉTODOS: Realizou-se estudo transversal com estudantes do primeiro ao quinto ano do curso de medicina, em 1996. A amostra foi de 449 alunos que responderam a questionário auto-aplicável. Fumante era aquele que fumava um ou mais cigarros por dia há pelo menos um mês; ex-fumantes foram aqueles que, no período da entrevista, não eram fumantes regulares, mas o haviam sido anteriormente. Pesquisa similar foi realizada em 1986 e 1991. RESULTADOS/CONCLUSÕES: A prevalência de tabagismo foi de 11%, comparada com 14% em 1991 e 21% em 1986. Apesar da redução do tabagismo nas três séries estudadas, a queda percentual entre 1996 e 1991 foi menor do que aquela observada entre 1991 e 1986. Em 1996, a prevalência do vício de fumar aumentou conforme o ano cursado. Não houve diferenças significativas quanto ao sexo. A maioria dos alunos mostrou-se favorável à proibição do fumo em locais de ensino e assistência e afirmaram que o tema era pouco valorizado no currículo da faculdade.

  7. Evolução temporal do tabagismo em estudantes de medicina, 1986, 1991, 1996

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    Menezes Ana

    2001-01-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Avaliar a tendência temporal do tabagismo em estudantes de medicina nos últimos dez anos. MÉTODOS: Realizou-se estudo transversal com estudantes do primeiro ao quinto ano do curso de medicina, em 1996. A amostra foi de 449 alunos que responderam a questionário auto-aplicável. Fumante era aquele que fumava um ou mais cigarros por dia há pelo menos um mês; ex-fumantes foram aqueles que, no período da entrevista, não eram fumantes regulares, mas o haviam sido anteriormente. Pesquisa similar foi realizada em 1986 e 1991. RESULTADOS/CONCLUSÕES: A prevalência de tabagismo foi de 11%, comparada com 14% em 1991 e 21% em 1986. Apesar da redução do tabagismo nas três séries estudadas, a queda percentual entre 1996 e 1991 foi menor do que aquela observada entre 1991 e 1986. Em 1996, a prevalência do vício de fumar aumentou conforme o ano cursado. Não houve diferenças significativas quanto ao sexo. A maioria dos alunos mostrou-se favorável à proibição do fumo em locais de ensino e assistência e afirmaram que o tema era pouco valorizado no currículo da faculdade.

  8. Neonatal Malaria in the Gambia

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    Inclusion Criteria. All consecutive ... these, 105 (26.5%) satisfied the inclusion criteria ..... Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique 1991; ... Revista do Hospital das Clinicas; Faculdade de. Medicina Da Universidade de Sao Paulo. 1993 ...

  9. Distribuição espacial da mortalidade por doenças cardiovasculares no Estado do Paraná, Brasil: 1989-1991 e 2006-2008 Spatial evolution of cardiovascular mortality in Paraná State, Brazil: 1989-1991 and 2006-2008

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    Erildo Vicente Muller

    2012-06-01

    Full Text Available Descrever a distribuição espacial da mortalidade por doença cardiovascular na população do Paraná, Brasil (1989-1991 e 2006-2008 e sua correlação com variáveis socioeconômicas. Trata-se de estudo ecológico, com dados de mortalidade e populacionais obtidos, respectivamente, do Departamento de Informática do SUS e do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. As taxas de mortalidade foram ajustadas pela estimativa bayesiana empírica local. Utilizou-se o índice de Moran I e o coeficiente de Spearman na análise de correlação. Não foram observadas correlações significantes ou dependência espacial entre a mortalidade e as variáveis socioeconômicas. A magnitude da mortalidade foi maior no sexo masculino em ambos os triênios. A força de mortalidade por doenças cardiovasculares diminuiu entre 1989-1991 e 2006-2008, sendo maior no sexo feminino. A construção de mapas temáticos permitiu a visualização das macrorregionais com maior risco de ocorrência do agravo. A redução de mortalidade pode ser, em parte, explicada pelo maior acesso a serviços e pela melhoria das condições de vida e renda.This ecological study aimed to describe the spatial distribution of cardiovascular mortality in Paraná State, Brazil (1989-1991 and 2006-2008 and its correlation with socioeconomic variables, using mortality data from the DATASUS database and population data from IBGE. Mortality rates were adjusted by the local empirical Bayesian method. Correlation analysis used the Moran I index and Spearman coefficient. There were no significant correlations or spatial dependence between mortality and socioeconomic variables. Mortality was higher in males in both periods. Cardiovascular mortality declined from 1989-1991 to 2006-2008 and was higher in females. Construction of thematic maps allowed visualization of the regions with highest cardiovascular risk. The decrease in mortality can be partially explained by expanded access to health

  10. Uranium purchases report 1993

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    1994-01-01

    Data reported by domestic nuclear utility companies in their responses to the 1991 through 1993 ''Uranium Industry Annual Survey,'' Form EIA-858, Schedule B,'' Uranium Marketing Activities,'' are provided in response to the requirements in the Energy Policy Act 1992. Appendix A contains an explanation of Form EIA-858 survey methodologies with emphasis on the processing of Schedule B data. Additional information published in this report not included in Uranium Purchases Report 1992, includes a new data table. Presented in Table 1 are US utility purchases of uranium and enrichment services by origin country. Also, this report contains additional purchase information covering average price and contract duration. Table 2 is an update of Table 1 and Table 3 is an update of Table 2 from the previous year's report. The report contains a glossary of terms

  11. Recovery of the coastal marine environment in the Gulf following the 1991 War-related oil spills

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    Readman, J.W.; Bartocci, J.; Tolosa, I.; Fowler, S.W.; Oregioni, B.

    1996-01-01

    Results from a 1991 rapid assessment survey to investigate the extent of hydrocarbon contamination resulting from the massive spillage of petroleum and the burning of oil wells revealed that war-related pollution in the Gulf was restricted to approximately 400 km from the sources. Subsequent surveys of the impacted zone were organized during 1992 and 1993 to investigate temporal changes in petroleum hydrocarbon contamination and recovery. At most locations by 1992, degradation had resulted in a composition (as determined by gas chromatography) dominated by an unresolved complex mixture, with only the most resistant resolved compounds surviving. Levels of contamination at impacted sites were generally shown to have decreased by approximately 50% between 1991 and 1992. A much lesser reduction in contamination was recorded for the period 1992 to 1993, and an increase in hydrocarbon concentrations was noted for stations in Kuwait and northern Saudi Arabia, possibly as a result of increased tanker activity and associated deballasting. PAH concentrations are shown to remain comparatively low, with oil rather than combustion being the major source. (author)

  12. Total System Performance Assessment, 1993: An evaluation of the potential Yucca Mountain repository, B00000000-01717-2200-00099, Rev. 01

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    Andrews, R.W.; Dale, T.F.; McNeish, J.A.

    1994-03-01

    Total System Performance Assessments are an important component in the evaluation of the suitability of Yucca Mountain, Nevada as a potential site for a mined geologic repository for the permanent disposal of high-level radioactive wastes in the United States. The Total System Performance Assessments are conducted iteratively during the site characterization to identify issues which should be addressed by the characterization and design activities as well as providing input to regulatory/licensing and programmatic decisions. During fiscal years 1991 and 1992, the first iteration of Total System Performance Assessment (hereafter referred to as TSPA 1991) was completed by Sandia National Laboratories and Pacific Northwest Laboratory. Beginning in fiscal year 1993, the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System Management and Operating Contractor was assigned the responsibility to plan, coordinate, and contribute to the second iteration of Total System Performance Assessment (hereafter referred to as TSPA 1993). This document presents the objectives, approach, assumptions, input, results, conclusions, and recommendations associated with the Management and Operating Contractor contribution to TSPA 1993. A parallel effort was conducted by Sandia National Laboratories and is reported in Wilson et al. (1994, in press)

  13. EDUCAÇÃO DE JOVENS E ADULTOS E NOVAS TECNOLOGIAS DA INFORMAÇÃO: UMA ABORDAGEM EDUCACIONAL

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    2016-04-01

    Full Text Available A instituição escolar tem sido apontada como o lócus de estudos e análises de fenômenos educacionais. As implicações aqui discutidas fizeram parte de uma pesquisa cujo objetivo foi compreender como os professores da Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA se posicionavam frente ao desafio da utilização das novas tecnologias da informação e da comunicação na prática educacional, após a proposta de programa denominada “Nova EJA”, implementada pela Secretaria de Estado de Educação do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (SEEDUC. Os sete questionários foram analisados com base nos estudos do novo papel do professor de Lévy (1993, 2005 e das competências e habilidades necessárias à prática docente de Tardif (1991, 2000, 2014. Os resultados assinalaram que para além da infraestrutura necessária ao uso das tecnologias na escola, os docentes apontaram para a necessidade de construção de conhecimentos nos cursos de formação profissional inicial, sendo entendido como uma das formas de viabilizar uma atuação pedagógica que relacione positivamente educação e novas tecnologias.

  14. Space View of the 1991 Gulf War Kuwaiti Oil Fires

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    During the 1991 Persian Gulf War, over 700 oil wells in Kuwait were set ablaze by the withdrawing Iraqi army with the apparent intent of hindering satellite reconnaissance and intelligence gathering activities by the coalition of forces repelling Iraq from occupied Kuwait. The oil fires that burned for an estimated 10 months, created a huge smoke plume whose spatial extent went at times beyond the Persian Gulf region, mobilized across the Saharan Desert reaching as far west as the North Atlantic Ocean. The Nimbus-7 TOMS Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer, in operation from October 1978 to May 1993, measured the near UV radiances that in the mid-1990's became the input in the calculation of the well know Absorbing Aerosol Index that represented a major breakthrough in satellite-based aerosol remote sensing. Thus, unknowingly to the world, the N7-TOMS sensor was collecting in 1991 an unprecedented daily record of what can be considered the worst environmental catastrophe affecting the atmosphere since the beginning of the era of space-based remote sensing in the 1970's. An overview of the temporal and spatial extent of the synoptic scale 1991 Gulf War smoke plume as seen by the Nimbus-7 TOMS Absorbing Aerosol Index will be presented.

  15. United States Air Force Summer Research Program -- 1993. Volume 5A. Wright Laboratory

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    of magnitude as the mean free path. for practical probe sizes. hho and P’, are therefore large numbers. In experiment planning. the essential...asymmetric photoelectron emission from defect sites," Opt. Lett. 16, 796-798 (1991). 21. V. L. Vinetskii, N. V. Kukhtarev, S. G. Odulov, and M. S. Soskin...significant amount of plastic yielding. Since the acoustic emission bursts correspond mainly to fiber fracture, Roman et al (1993), it is seen that fiber

  16. Relativistic heavy ion collisions. Final report, May 1, 1993-April 30, 1996

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    The research program supported by the Nuclear Physics Division of DOE started in May 1991. The present three year period is from May 1, 1993 to April 30, 1996. This progress report summarizes the work done during this period. The main topics covered in this report are: quark-hadron phase transitions; particle production by soft interaction in hadronic and nuclear collisions; quantum chromodynamics; charm production; chaos in non-abelian gauge theory; quark-gluon plasma 2; and comments on training of young physicists

  17. A infra-estrutura em informação científica e em Ciência da Informação na antiga União Soviética (1917-1991 The infrastructure in scientific information and information science in the former Soviet Union (1917-1991

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    Full Text Available Análise da história e do desenvolvimento da infra-estrutura em informação científica na antiga União Soviética e na Rússia, na qual será feito um estudo sobre os principais órgãos, institutos de pesquisa e ensino e publicações sobre Informatika/ Ciência da Informação no país. O período estudado estende-se desde a ascensão do partido bolchevique na Rússia, em novembro de 1917, passando pelo desenvolvimento da Ciência da Informação no país, nas décadas de 1950 a 1970, até a dissolução da União Soviética, em dezembro de 1991, apresentando também algumas informações sobre a área após essa data. Nessa analise, destaca-se a atuação de organizações como, por exemplo, a do Instituto Estatal de Informação Científica e Técnica (VINITI, e aspectos relacionados a prestação de serviços e elaboração de produtos de informação, a formação profissional, os periódicos secundários relacionados a Informatika/ Ciência da Informação no país e eventos técnico-científicos ocorridos tanto na União Soviética como em âmbito internacional.Analysis of the history and development of the infrastructure in Scientific information in the former Soviet Union and Russia, where it will be done a study on the main organs, institutes and publications on Informatics / Information Science in the USSR. The study period extends from the rise of the Bolshevik party in Russia in November 1917, through development of information science in the country, in the decades from 1950 to 1970, until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, and also some information on the area after that date. In this analysis, it will be discussed institutions like, for example, the State Institute of Scientific and Technical Information (Viniti, and other aspects related to the provision of services and products, development of information, training, related to the regular secondary Informatics / Information Science in the country and

  18. 1991 annual report on low-level radioactive waste management progress

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    This report summarizes the progress during 1991 of States and compact regions in establishing new low-level radioactive waste disposal capacity. It has been prepared in response to requirements in Section 7 (b) of Title I of Public Law 99-240, the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 (the Act). By the end of 1991, 9 compact regions (totaling 42 States) were functioning with plans to establish low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities: Appalachian, Central, Central Midwest, Midwest, Northeast, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southeast, and Southwestern. Also planning to construct disposal facilities, but unaffiliated with a compact region, are Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, and Vermont. The District of Columbia, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island and Michigan are unaffiliated with a compact region and do not plan to construct a disposal facility. Michigan was the host State for the Midwest compact region until July 1991 when the Midwest Interstate Compact Commission revoked Michigan's membership. Only the Central, Central Midwest, and Southwestern compact regions met the January 1, 1992, milestone in the Act to submit a complete disposal license application. None of the States or compact regions project meeting the January 1, 1993, milestone to have an operational low-level radioactive waste disposal facility. Also summarized are significant events that occurred in low-level radioactive waste management in 1991 and early 1992, including the 1992 United States Supreme Court decision in New York v. United States in which New York challenged the constitutionality of the Act, particularly the ''take-title'' provision. Summary information is also provided on the volume of low-level radioactive waste received for disposal in 1991 by commercially operated low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities

  19. Parental compliance - an emerging problem in Liverpool community child health surveys 1991-2006

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    Full Text Available Abstract Background Compliance is a critical issue for parental questionnaires in school based epidemiological surveys and high compliance is difficult to achieve. The objective of this study was to determine trends and factors associated with parental questionnaire compliance during respiratory health surveys of school children in Merseyside between 1991 and 2006. Methods Four cross-sectional respiratory health surveys employing a core questionnaire and methodology were conducted in 1991, 1993, 1998 and 2006 among 5-11 year old children in the same 10 schools in Bootle and 5 schools in Wallasey, Merseyside. Parental compliance fell sequentially in consecutive surveys. This analysis aimed to determine the association of questionnaire compliance with variation in response rates to specific questions across surveys, and the demographic profiles for parents of children attending participant schools. Results Parental questionnaire compliance was 92% (1872/2035 in 1991, 87.4% (3746/4288 in 1993, 78.1% (1964/2514 in 1998 and 30.3% (1074/3540 in 2006. The trend to lower compliance in later surveys was consistent across all surveyed schools. Townsend score estimations of socio-economic status did not differ between schools with high or low questionnaire compliance and were comparable across the four surveys with only small differences between responders and non-responders to specific core questions. Respiratory symptom questions were mostly well answered with fewer than 15% of non-responders across all surveys. There were significant differences between mean child age, maternal and paternal smoking prevalence, and maternal employment between the four surveys (all p Conclusion Methodological differences or changes in socio-economic status of respondents between surveys were unlikely to explain compliance differences. Changes in maternal employment patterns may have been contributory. This analysis demonstrates a major shift in community parental

  20. Interannual variability of Kelvin wave propagation in the wave guides of the equatorial Indian Ocean, the coastal Bay of Bengal and the southeastern Arabian Sea during 1993-2006

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    , 1991, Schiller et al, 1998, Shetye and Gouveia, 1998, Shenoi et al, 1999, Schott and McCreary, 2001, Shankar et al, 2002, Somayajulu et al, 2003, Sengupta et al, 2004, Masumoto et al, 2005, Schott et al, 2007, Hase et al, 2008, Nagura and McPhaden, 2008...-surface circulation of these basins through both local and remote effects (Lighthill, 1969, Cane, 1980, Gent et al, 1983, Kindle and Thompson, 1989, Moore and McCreary, 1990, Potemra et al, 1991, Yu et al, 1991, Tsai et al, 1992, Periguad and Delecluse, 1992 and 1993...

  1. Nuclear power plant control and instrumentation 1993. Working material

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    1994-01-01

    The regular meeting of the International Working Group on Nuclear Power Plant Control and Instrumentation (IWG-NPPCI) was organized in order to summarize operating experience of nuclear power plant control systems, gain a general overview of activities in development of modern control systems and receive recommendations on the further directions and particular measures within the Agency's programme. The meeting was held at the Merlin-Gerin Headquarters in Paris and was attended by twenty one national delegates and observers from 17 countries. The present volume contains: (1) report on the meeting of the IWG-NPPCI, Paris, 21-22 October 1993, (2) report by the scientific secretary on the major activities of IAEA during 1991-1993 in the NPPCI area, and (3) reports of the national representatives to the International Working Group on NPPCI. The papers and discussions with practical experience and described actual problems encountered. Emphasis was placed on the technical, industrial and economic aspects of the introduction of modern control systems and on the improvement of plant availability and safety. Refs, figs and tabs

  2. Report on the bituminous coal liquefaction sub-committee in fiscal 1993; 1993 nendo rekiseitan ekika bukai hokokusho

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    This paper reports the activities of the bituminous coal liquefaction sub-committee in fiscal 1993. With an intention of developing a technology on the process (NEDOL) suitable for liquefaction of wide range of coal types placing sub-bituminous coal at the center, researches were carried out by using a pilot plant, and engineering data purposed for practical application of the technology were acquired. The construction of the pilot plant, launched in fiscal 1991, will be performed under the operation research plan for efficient operation, based on the result of discussing the total project cost in fiscal 1992. The status of constructing the 150-t/d pilot plant in fiscal 1993 is in the phase of making the foundations subsequently from fiscal 1992, procurement of devices and construction materials, constructions of iron structures, installation, heat insulation, and painting, and building the central control building and piping facilities outside the battery limit. The paper also reports the tests and investigations on improving performance of natural pylite catalyst, the tests and investigations on improving performance of circulating solvent, and the technological investigations on structuring a liquefying reaction data analyzing system. For the supportive researches on the pilot plant, the paper describes studies by using a 1-t/d PSU, studies on coal liquefaction conditions, studies on synthesized iron sulfide catalysts, and studies on solvent hydrogenating catalysts. A comprehensive discussion was also given. (NEDO)

  3. Fiscal year 1993 well plugging and abandonment program, Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

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    1993-09-01

    This report is a synopsis of the progress of the well plugging and abandonment program at the Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, from December 1992 through August 20, 1993. A total of 70 wells and borings were plugged and abandoned during the period of time covered in this report. All wells and borings were plugged and abandoned in accordance with the Monitoring Well Plugging and Abandonment Plan for the US Department of Energy, Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (HSW, Inc. 1991).

  4. Natural gas productive capacity for the lower 48 states, 1982--1993

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    The purpose of this report is to analyze monthly natural gas wellhead productive capacity and project this capacity for 1992 and 1993, based upon historical production data through 1991. Productive capacity is the volume of gas that can be produced from a well, reservoir, or field during a given period of time against a certain wellhead back-pressure under actual reservoir conditions excluding restrictions imposed by pipeline capacity, contracts, or regulatory bodies. For decades, natural gas supplies and productive capacity have been adequate, although in the 1970's the capacity surplus was small because of market structure (both interstate and intrastate), increasing demand, and insufficient drilling. In the early 1980's, lower demand together with increased drilling led to a large surplus of natural gas capacity. After 1986, this large surplus began to decline as demand for gas increased, gas prices dropped, and gas well completions dropped sharply. In late December 1989, this surplus decline, accompanied by exceptionally high demand and temporary weather-related production losses, led to concerns about the adequacy of monthly productive capacity for natural gas. This study indicates that monthly productive capacity will drop sharply during the 1992-1993 period. In the low gas price, low drilling case, gas productive capacity and estimated production demand will be roughly equal in December 1993. In base and high drilling cases, monthly productive capacity should be able to meet normal production demands through 1993 in the lower 48 States. Exceptionally high peak-day or peak-week production demand might not be met because of physical limitations. Beyond 1993, as the capacity of currently producing wells declines, a sufficient number of wells and/or imports must be added each year in order to ensure an adequate gas supply

  5. Cambial activity and wood formation of Maritime pine in a drought-prone environment: the effect of growth rate, size and climate

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    Tese de doutoramento em Biologia apresentada à Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra A formação de aneís de crescimento é um processo lento e complexo. A variabilidade climática interanual e a interacção entre os factores internos e externos que regulam a actividade cambial são os grandes responsáveis pela singularidade de cada anel de crescimento. De maneira a capturar a dinâmica da actividade cambial e da formação de madeira ao longo do período de crescimento, é n...

  6. Transpondo muros: Escritas da violência na República Democrática Alemã

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    2009-06-01

    Full Text Available O objetivo do presente artigo é esboçar, a partir da interpretação das obras “Zeit-Zeugen”. Inhaftiert in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen (1996, organizada por Gabriele Camphausen, Folterzelle 36 Berlin-Pankow. Erlebnisbericht einer Stasihaft (1993, de Timo Zilli, Ein guter Kampf. Fakten, Daten, Erinnerungen 1945-1954 (1998 do político Ewald Ernst, Die Stasi war mein Eckermann: oder mein Leben mit der Wanze (1991, do escritor Erich Loest, e Geboren am 13. August. Der Sozialismus und ich (2004, do jornalista Jens Bisky, um breve estudo sobre as diversas formas e fases da violência enquanto instrumento de poder, praticada pelo Estado do SED na República Democrática Alemã nos 40 anos de sua existência, e discutir especialmente alguns aspectos teóricos sobre o conceito de “literatura de testemunho”. Os cinco relatos analisados, de caráter memorialista e autobiográfico, se pautam por um tom decididamente crítico frente aos desmandos num Estado totalitário. “Transpor muros” nos 20 anos após a Queda do Muro de Berlim, desse ponto de vista, implica um olhar memorialista de denúncia contra o esquecimento frente a um passado traumático.

  7. O estado da arte da pesquisa sobre o fracasso escolar (1991-2002: um estudo introdutório The state of the art in the research on school failure (1991-2002: an introductory study

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    2004-04-01

    Full Text Available Este artigo apresenta um estudo introdutório do estado da arte da pesquisa sobre o fracasso escolar na rede pública de ensino fundamental, partindo de uma retrospectiva histórica da pesquisa educacional no Brasil. A inserção da produção atual numa perspectiva histórica permite a percepção de continuidades e descontinuidades teórico-metodológicas, avanços e redundâncias na produção de saber sobre o objeto de estudo. O corpus sobre o qual incidiu a pesquisa é composto de teses e dissertações defendidas entre 1991 e 2002 na Faculdade de Educação e no Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de São Paulo. Foram encontradas e categorizadas 71 obras, das quais treze foram analisadas em profundidade, tendo como base as seguintes questões: como o tema é abordado? Qual a concepção teórica e metodológica subjacente? Há coerência entre teoria e método? Quais as concepções de escola e de fracasso escolar que fundamentam o trabalho? Quais as relações com o conhecimento já produzido? Que novos aspectos são anunciados? Revelaram-se vertentes que compreendem o fracasso escolar das seguintes formas: como problema essencialmente psíquico; como problema meramente técnico; como questão institucional; como questão fundamentalmente política. Verificou-se a existência de continuidades e rupturas teórico-metodológicas em relação aos caminhos percorridos pela produção de saber na área: há teses em que permanece o predomínio de concepções psicologizantes e tecnicistas de fracasso escolar; em outras, coexistem concepções inconciliáveis que resultam em um discurso fraturado; há também teses que dialogam e avançam a pesquisa crítica do fracasso escolar, inserindo-o nas relações de poder existentes numa sociedade de classes.Considering the political and economical changes that took place in the Brazilian society during the last decade of the 20th century, characterized as they were, among other facts, by the

  8. Avaliação do programa de controle da hanseníase em um município hiperendêmico do Estado do Maranhão, Brasil, 1991-1995

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    Full Text Available Estudo descritivo, objetivando avaliar o programa de controle da hanseníase do Município de Buriticupu, Maranhão. Foram analisados 214 prontuários de pacientes portadores das diversas formas clínicas de hanseníase, atendidos na unidade de saúde da Universidade Federal do Maranhão, localizada no referido município. A população de estudo foi constituída de 110 casos de hanseníase das formas paucibacilares (PB e 104 das formas multibacilares (MB registrados no período de janeiro de 1991 a dezembro de 1995. As informações referentes à forma clínica, número de contatos registrados, examinados e avaliados, grau de incapacidade no início e final do tratamento e situação de registro, foram coletadas num formulário específico. A análise dos resultados foi baseada nos parâmetros dos indicadores operacionais definidos pelo Ministério da Saúde. Houve um discreto predomínio da forma PB da doença. Observou-se baixos percentuais em relação aos pacientes com grau de incapacidade física avaliada no início e final do tratamento, a alta por cura e contatos examinados. O percentual de abandono foi elevado. O programa foi considerado "precário" em todos os indicadores utilizados para o estudo.

  9. The 1993 Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Strategic Plan: Excellence in Achievement

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    2003-01-01

    Full Text Available By the summer of 1990, the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG had been in existence as Canada’s premier gastroenterology society for nearly thirty years. The specialty of gastroenterology was in an exponential growth phase and many changes were on the horizon, including discussions as to whether the CAG should continue to conduct its annual meeting in conjunction with the Royal College meeting. In 1990, the CAG Governing Board and then president Dr Eldon Shaffer initiated a membership needs analysis (with technical assistance provided through the Strategic Planning Group at Searle Canada Inc to provide a foundation for a strategic planning process that was to carry forward over the next several years and ultimately produce the CAG’s first strategic planning document. After substantial review and assessment, the 1991/1992 and 1992/1993 CAG Governing Boards approved the 1993 CAG Strategic Plan. This strategic plan served the organization well over the past decade and has provided the cornerstone upon which the CAG advanced many progressive initiatives.

  10. O estado da arte da pesquisa sobre o fracasso escolar (1991-2002): um estudo introdutório

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    Este artigo apresenta um estudo introdutório do estado da arte da pesquisa sobre o fracasso escolar na rede pública de ensino fundamental, partindo de uma retrospectiva histórica da pesquisa educacional no Brasil. A inserção da produção atual numa perspectiva histórica permite a percepção de continuidades e descontinuidades teórico-metodológicas, avanços e redundâncias na produção de saber sobre o objeto de estudo. O corpus sobre o qual incidiu a pesquisa é composto de teses e dissertações de...

  11. Precipitation data for water years 1992 and 1993 from a network of nonrecording gages at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

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    1995-01-01

    This report presents precipitation data collected in a storage gage network at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, from October 1, 1991, to September 30, 1993. The measured values indicate total accumulated precipitation for specified time intervals approximately corresponding to separate storm events. Installation of a precipitation monitoring network was initiated in January 1990, and was continually expanded and upgraded throughout the period ending in September 1993. The final network included 3 different gage types for a total of 133 gages at 108 locations within the three drainages overlying the potential repository site. Measured precipitation indicated above average accumulations for water years 1992 and 1993 relative to the most recent estimate of 6.7 inches for long-term average annual precipitation over the area of the network. The total precipitation averaged over the network in 1992 was about 8.2 inches with a maximum of about 11.2 inches measured at borehole USW GA-1. The total precipitation averaged over the network in 1993 was about 10.3 inches with a maximum of about 12.1 inches at neutron-access borehole UE-25 UZN number-sign 4

  12. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) annual site environmental report for calendar year 1993

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    1995-01-01

    This report gives the results of the environmental activities and monitoring programs at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) for CY93. The report is prepared to provide the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the public with information on the level of radioactive and non-radioactive pollutants, if any, added to the environment as a result of PPPL operations, as well as environmental initiatives, assessments, and programs that were undertaken in 1993. The objective of the Annual Site Environmental Report is to document evidence that DOE facility environmental protection programs adequately protect the environment and the public health. The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has engaged in fusion energy research since 1951. The long-range goal of the U.S. Magnetic Fusion Energy Research Program is to develop and demonstrate the practical application of fusion power as an alternate energy source. In 1993, PPPL had both of its two large tokamak devices in operation; the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) and the Princeton Beta Experiment-Modification (PBX-M). PBX-M completed its modifications and upgrades and resumed operation in November 1991. TFTR began the deuterium-tritium (D-T) experiments in December 1993 and set new records by producing over six million watts of energy. The engineering design phase of the Tokamak Physics Experiment (TPX), which replaced the cancelled Burning Plasma Experiment in 1992 as PPPL's next machine, began in 1993 with the planned start up set for the year 2001. In 1993, the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the TFRR Shutdown and Removal (S ampersand R) and TPX was prepared for submittal to the regulatory agencies

  13. Crescimento pró-pobre no nordeste do Brasil: uma análise dos períodos (1991-2000 e 2000-2010

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    Full Text Available Este trabalho examina o crescimento econômico na região Nordeste do Brasil nos período 1991-2000 e 2000-2010, investigando, especificamente, em que medida a dinâmica da renda desta região tem sido relativamente mais favorável aos indivíduos mais pobres desta região, até o presente, residência de mais da metade das pessoas em situação de extrema pobreza no país. A partir de um indicador que considera tanto a redução da extrema pobreza, como o crescimento relativo da renda das pessoas nesta condição, os resultados são analisados para os estados da região e suas 42 mesorregiões, considerando-se tanto a renda total, como a renda do trabalho. As evidências obtidas indicam que os períodos 1991-2000 e 2000-2010 são bastante diferentes com respeito à natureza do crescimento da renda total. Quando o foco é na dinâmica da renda do trabalho, o trabalho destaca as trajetórias mais favoráveis paras as mesorregiões correspondentes às Regiões Metropolitanas do Nordeste.

  14. IAEA yearbook 1991

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    The IAEA Yearbook 1991 contains the following 6 chapters: Transfer of Nuclear Technology; Applications of Nuclear Techniques and Research (Also published separately as Part B of the IAEA Yearbook 1991); Nuclear Power, Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Management (Also published separately as Part C of the IAEA Yearbook 1991); Nuclear Safety Review (Also published separately as Part D of the IAEA Yearbook 1991); IAEA Safeguards; The IAEA (operating framework and functions). A separate abstract and indexing was provided for each chapter. Refs, figs and tabs

  15. A política de educação especial no Brasil (1991-2011: uma análise da produção do GT15 - educação especial da ANPED Special education policy in Brazil (1991-2011: an analysis of the production of anped special education work group

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    Full Text Available o presente artigo aborda a política nacional de Educação Especial, discutindo os principais referentes orientadores e normativos no período 1991-2011. Ao longo desses 20 anos a educação passou por um período de reformas. Na Educação Especial tais reformas alteraram sua definição, redefiniu-se o público a qual se destina esta modalidade e a sua organização no que se refere aos serviços. Procurou-se neste artigo apresentar e analisar as políticas e os programas que constituíram a área no período definido, com especial atenção para o Programa de implementação de salas de recursos, Programa Educação inclusiva: direito à diversidade e Programa Incluir. Foram abordadas a concepção de Educação Especial e os "serviços" correlatos. Na segunda parte do texto desenvolvemos análise da produção do Grupo de Trabalho - GT 15 - Educação Especial da Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Educação - ANPEd acerca da temática política educacional nos seus vinte anos de existência. Detemo-nos na análise de vinte e nove trabalhos que tiveram como foco central a política educacional. Para efeito da análise, organizamos a produção em oito categorias: implementação, acesso e permanência, formação de professores, currículo, perspectiva inclusiva, estado e educação profissional. O balanço de produção revelou a importância das pesquisas desenvolvidas no país e socializadas no âmbito da GT 15 da ANPEd para a compreensão das políticas de Educação Especial no Brasil no que se refere aos princípios e conceitos fundamentais, proposições e dinâmicas de implementação em redes estaduais e municipais de ensino.This article addresses the national policy for Special Education, discussing the related guidance and regulations in the 1991-2011period. Over this time education has gone through a period of reforms. Such reforms in Special Education changed its definition, redefined the public to which it

  16. Nuclear energy data 1993

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    1994-01-01

    A questionnaire on Electricity generation, Nuclear Power and Fuel Cycle Data is distributed annually to OECD Member countries. In the questionnaire of January 1993, countries were asked to provide historical data for 1991 and 1992 and most likely projections up to the year 2010. The replies to the questionnaire or the results of the discussions between national correspondents and the Secretariat are presented in this Booklet. The Secretariat has, in some cases, referred to IEA's electricity related data and IAEA's nuclear plant data. Where data were still unavailable, the Secretariat made estimates based on information from other sources. The total capacity of those plants connected to the grid, under construction and firmly committed in 1992 was 289.3 GWe but, based both on questionnaire replies and Secretariat estimates, is expected to rise to 318.0 GWe in 2010 despite an allowance of 20.2 GWe to be taken out of service. The electricity generation and production data for fuel cycle services refer to these facilities located within the country, and thus exclude imports. The fuel cycle requirements, however, refer to the amounts of fuel cycle materials and services necessary for national nuclear programmes. 11 tabs., 6 figs

  17. The interaction of the petroleum fiscal system and cost-savings in the UKCS: pre and post the 1993 budget

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    Kemp, A.G.; MacDonald, B.

    1993-01-01

    In 1990 research was undertaken on a number of North Sea regulatory and fiscal issues. The work was financed by Shell Expro, BP, Esso, Phillips and Mobil. In 1991 and 1992 work continued on these subjects sponsored by the same group with the addition of Occidental (now EE Caledonia). In 1993 the programme examines the following subjects: the interaction of the fiscal system and cost cutting in the North Sea; the effects of the 1993 budget proposals on North Sea oil and gas; incremental investments in mature oil fields and the continuing fiscal problem with emphasis on the risk aspects; fiscal and financial aspects of field abandonment; fiscal aspects of the development of small accumulations employing transferable production facilities. (author)

  18. EXPLORANDO TEMPERATURAS MÁXIMAS Y MÍNIMAS EN DIFERENTES REANÁLISIS. PARTE 2: VARIABILIDAD EN DIFERENTES ESCALAS TEMPORALES

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    Pablo Gabriel Zaninelli

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    Full Text Available Se analiza la variabilidad de la temperatura máxima en verano (TX y de la mínima en invierno (TN en el sudeste de Sudamérica (SESA en el período 1961-2000 empleando una climatología observacional y tres reanálisis multidecádicos (NCEP, ERA40, 20CR. Se describen también los cambios entre los períodos 1981-2000 y 1961-1980 en la variabilidad diaria, en la interanual y en los extremos (percentiles 75 y 25 de TX y TN. El patrón geográfico de los cambios entre los dos períodos de la variabilidad diaria de TX y TN es similar al patrón geográfico de los cambios en los extremos de estas variables. Sobre la Argentina en general se encuentra una disminución en la frecuencia de días calurosos en verano y de noches frías en invierno consistente con una disminución en la variabilidad diaria. La máxima variabilidad interanual de TX se da en una zona de transición que incluye gran parte del centro y norte argentino, donde la humedad del suelo regula la variabilidad de la evapotranspiración dando lugar a feedbacks con la atmósfera. Los cambios entre los dos períodos sugieren un corrimiento hacia el sudoeste en la zona de máxima variabilidad interanual de TX en la climatología observacional posiblemente asociado con cambios en la variabilidad de la precipitación. En general los reanálisis tienen dificultades para capturar los principales patrones geográficos de los cambios de la variabilidad diaria e interanual de TX y TN entre los dos períodos

  19. Climatology of increased temperatures and melt at Swiss Camp, western slope of Greenland ice sheet, 1991-2012

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    Steffen, K.; McGrath, D.

    2013-12-01

    Climate observations (1991-2012) will be discussed from the Swiss Camp (69deg 33‧53″N, 49deg 19‧51″W, 1176 m), located at the western slope of the Greenland ice sheet, 60 km inland from Ilulissat. The mean annual temperature of -12 C increased 3.6 C between 1991 and 2012 (1.7 C per decade) with large interannual variability in all seasons. The mean spring temperature increased from -16.0 C to -13.8 C, and the fall temperature increased from -12.4 C to -11.3 C in the same time. The winter temperature showed the largest increase of 6.5 C, whereas summer temperatures increased 3.0 C during the 21 years (1991 - 2012). Radiation has been monitored continuously at Swiss Camp since 1993. Net radiation of 50 W/ m2 was recorded in 2012, the warmest summer month on record. The entire annual snow cover melted at Swiss Camp, reducing the monthly albedo value to 0.4 with bare ice exposed. Interannual variability of snow accumulation ranged between 0.07 and 0.70 m water equivalent, whereas annual snow and ice ablation varied between +0.35 (net gain) and -1.8 m (net loss) for the time period 1991-2012. The equilibrium line altitude (ELA) is no longer located at Swiss Camp (1176 m elevation) with a net surface lowering of 9.5 m since 1991. Increasing summer air temperatures have resulted in an upward migration of both the percolation facies and ablation area of the Greenland ice sheet. The 0°C isothermal migrated upward at a rate of 35 m/a over the 1995-2012 period in West Greenland. There is a 50% probability of the mean annual dry snow line migrating above Summit by 2025, at which time Summit will experience routine melt on an annual basis. The surface mass balance observations similarly indicate that the ELA has migrated upwards at a rate of 44 m/a over the 1997-2011 period in West Greenland, resulting in a more than doubling of the ablation zone width during this period. Inter-annual variability of monthly mean albedo at the Swiss Camp (1993 - 2012). Albedo at 0.5 is

  20. Existe convergência espacial da produtividade agrícola no Brasil?

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    Eduardo Simões de Almeida

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    Full Text Available Este trabalho analisa a convergência espacial da produtividade agrícola da terra para as microrregiões brasileiras entre o período de 1991 a 2003. Tal análise avalia se há evidências para a existência de convergência beta da produtividade agrícola, controlando-se explicitamente para efeitos espaciais. Para tanto, conduziu-se preliminarmente uma análise exploratória de dados espaciais, que detectou a presença de autocorrelação espacial para a produtividade da terra. Numa etapa posterior, desenvolveram-se modelos econométricos espaciais para a análise da convergência.This work analyzes the convergence of land productivity for Brazilian regions from 1991 to 2003. It evaluates if there is or not beta convergence of the agricultural productivity, controlling explicitly for spatial effects. To do so, an exploratory spatial data analysis was previously implemented and the presence of spatial autocorrelation for the land productivity was detected. In addition, spatial econometric models were developed for the convergence analysis.

  1. Snake River Sockeye Salmon Captive Broodstock; Research Element, 1993 Annual Report.

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    Johnson, Keith A.

    1995-12-01

    In 1991, the National Marine Fisheries Service listed Snake River sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Initial steps to recover the species include the establishment of captive broodstocks at the Eagle Fish Hatchery in Eagle, Idaho. Research and recovery activities for sockeye conducted by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game during the period of April 1993 to April 1994 are covered by this report. Eight anadromous adults (two female and six male) returned to the Redfish Lake Creek trap this year and were spawned at the Sawtooth Hatchery near Stanley, Idaho. Fecundity was 3160 for each female. The mean fertilization rate was 52% for female {open_quotes}A{close_quotes} and 65% for female {open_quotes}B.{close_quotes} Captive broodstock also spawned as well as residual sockeye captured in a Merwin trap in Redfish Lake. Spawning data from 72 fish spawned during this period is included in this report. Captive broodstock also matured later than normal (winter and spring 1994). Fish were spawned and samples were taken to investigate reasons for poor fertilization rates. Twenty-four out migrants of 1991 were selected for return to Redfish Lake for volitional spawning. Releases were made in August of 1993. All fish were implanted with sonic tags and tracking of this group began soon after the release to identify spawning-related activities. A research project is being conducted on captive broodstock diets. The project will investigate the effect of diet modification on spawn timing, gamete quality, and fertilization rates. A second project used ultrasound to examine fish for sexual maturity. The goal was to obtain a group a fish to be released f or volitional spawning. A total of 44 fish were found to be mature. The performance of all captive groups held at Eagle are included in this report.

  2. A matemática da escola primária nas revistas pedagógicas do Brasil e de Portugal

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    Rosimeire Aparecida Soares Borges

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    Full Text Available O presente artigo tem por objetivo apresentar os estudos realizados no âmbito da investigação que intentou analisar a dinâmica de circulação e apropriação do Movimento da Matemática Moderna (MMM no Ensino Primário no Brasil e em Portugal. Considerando-se a imprensa pedagógica de relevância para a História da Educação, elegeram-se para análise os artigos publicados nos periódicos pedagógicos desses dois países, no período de vigência do referido Movimento (1955 - 1985. Para fundamentação teórica, adotaram-se as ideias de Nóvoa (1993, Carvalho (2006, Viñao (2000 e Chartier (1991. As análises e comparações efetuadas permitem dizer que a matemática para o Ensino Primário deveria estar baseada na Teoria dos Conjuntos e na Lógica Matemática, com ênfase na linguagem simbólica e nos aspectos metodológicos com prescrição de materiais concretos para esse ensino. Os discursos veiculados nas revistas pedagógicas, em ambos os países, levaram aos professores primários informações sobre a “nova matemática”, priorizando um ensino fundamentado na teoria psicogenética de Jean Piaget. Assim, os periódicos pedagógicos analisados contribuíram para a difusão de concepções e apropriações de ideias sintonizadas com as propostas reformistas do ensino da Matemática.Abstract This article aims to present a study that analyzed the dynamic of the circulation and the appropriation of the Modern Mathematics Movement (MMM during the elementary School in Brazil and Portugal. Considering the relevance of pedagogical press for the History of Education, the material chosen for analysis are the articles published in journals from both countries during this Movement (1955 - 1985. This work is based on theoretical ideas of Nóvoa (1993, Carvalho (2006, Viñao (2000 and Chartier (1991. From the analyzes and comparisons presented it is possible to say that the published discourses preceded the mathematics for Primary School based

  3. NRC levies $62 100 fee for FY 1993 on all licensees

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    1993-01-01

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its final rule on fee collections for fiscal year 1993, partly in response to a court decision that challenged the agency's FY 1991 fee schedule. Because the NRC must recover all of its annual budget - in excess of $500 million - through fees on licensees and users of agency services, those licensees and users are very sensitive about who shoulders how much of the burden. The new rule voids the previous NRC policy of exempting nonprofit educational institutions from the fee schedule, and the allocation of generic costs for low-level waste management to groups of licensees, rather than to individual licensees. The new rule went into effect on August 19

  4. Enron's 1993 outlook for U.S. gas reflects new technologies, markets

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    Carson, M.; Stram, B.N.; Roberts, M.A.

    1993-01-01

    Enron Corp., Houston, has revisited its 1991 outlook for US natural gas supplies, revising upward by 8.6% its view of the nation's natural-gas resource base. As of Jan. 1, 1993, Enron's US resource assessment for the Lower 48 is 1,303 tcf, or more than a 70-year resource life at the 17.6 tcfy 1992 production rate. In 1991, Enron had foreseen 1,200 tcf of undiscovered and potential resources (including 160 tcf of proven natural gas reserves). The company foresees the potential for 2.4 tcf of gas-market growth to 22 tcf by the year 2000 (up from 19.6 tcf in 1992) and to 23.6 tcf by 2005. This growth is largely the result of incremental natural-gas use in electric-power generation in gas combined-cycle plants, gas for co-firing, and in commercial gas use, including 500 bcf natural-gas-fleet vehicle fuel use by 2000. With additional environmental and policy initiatives, another new demand increment of 2 tcf or more could be added by 2000. The paper describes technology yields; effects of policies; electricity growth; and total market in North America

  5. Avaliação do programa de controle da hanseníase em um município hiperendêmico do Estado do Maranhão, Brasil, 1991-1995 Assessment of a leprosy control program in a hyperendemic county in the State of Maranhão, Brazil, 1991-1995

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    Dorlene Maria Cardoso de Aquino

    2003-02-01

    Full Text Available Estudo descritivo, objetivando avaliar o programa de controle da hanseníase do Município de Buriticupu, Maranhão. Foram analisados 214 prontuários de pacientes portadores das diversas formas clínicas de hanseníase, atendidos na unidade de saúde da Universidade Federal do Maranhão, localizada no referido município. A população de estudo foi constituída de 110 casos de hanseníase das formas paucibacilares (PB e 104 das formas multibacilares (MB registrados no período de janeiro de 1991 a dezembro de 1995. As informações referentes à forma clínica, número de contatos registrados, examinados e avaliados, grau de incapacidade no início e final do tratamento e situação de registro, foram coletadas num formulário específico. A análise dos resultados foi baseada nos parâmetros dos indicadores operacionais definidos pelo Ministério da Saúde. Houve um discreto predomínio da forma PB da doença. Observou-se baixos percentuais em relação aos pacientes com grau de incapacidade física avaliada no início e final do tratamento, a alta por cura e contatos examinados. O percentual de abandono foi elevado. O programa foi considerado "precário" em todos os indicadores utilizados para o estudo.This is a descriptive study to assess the leprosy control program in the municipality of Buriticupu in Maranhão State, Brazil. The records of 214 patients with different forms of leprosy were studied. Patients were treated at a health center of the Federal University in Maranhão located in the above-mentioned municipality. The study population was comprised of 110 cases with paucibacillary leprosy (PB and 104 with multibacillary leprosy (MB. The patients were registered between January 1991 and December 1995. Data on the form of the disease, number of contacts registered, examined, and assessed, degree of disability at the beginning and end of treatment, and the register's status were collected on a form designed specifically for this

  6. Os desenhos animados e as crianças : um estudo multicaso sobre as preferências de desenhos animados por crianças do 1º ciclo do ensino básico

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    2008-01-01

    Dissertação de mestrado em Estudos da Criança (área de especialização em Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação) Em diversos estudos efectuados, nomeadamente no de Bredorode Santos (1991), Sara Pereira (2002) e Ana Maria Magalhães e Isabel Alçada (1993), as crianças indicam os desenhos animados como a programação específica na qual costumam despender mais tempo de visionamento, quer durante a semana, quer ao fim-de-semana. Todavia, a partir da revisão da literatura, verifi...

  7. CANUDOS PLURAL: MEMÓRIAS EM CONFRONTO NAS COMEMORAÇÕES DOS CENTENÁRIOS DE CANUDOS (1993-1997)

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    Sá, Antônio Fernando de Araújo

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    O ensaio analisa as matrizes discursivas que se manifestam na produção cultural referente às comemorações dos centenários da Guerra de Canudos (1993-1997). Realizando balanço historiográfíco e político da rememoração do episódio de Canudos e da prática social e política em torno de seu significado social, o trabalho contrasta as posições historiográficas recentes, as iniciativas eclesiásticas, políticas e populares, a ação institucional do Estado (Exército) e da pesquisa universitária q...

  8. Estimated SAGE II ozone mixing ratios in early 1993 and comparisons with Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamic Expedition measurements

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    Yue, G. K.; Veiga, R. E.; Poole, L. R.; Zawodny, J. M.; Proffitt, M. H.

    1994-01-01

    An empirical time-series model for estimating ozone mixing ratios based on Stratospheric Aerosols and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II) monthly mean ozone data for the period October 1984 through June 1991 has been developed. The modeling results for ozone mixing ratios in the 10- to 30- km region in early months of 1993 are presented. In situ ozone profiles obtained by a dual-beam UV-absorption ozone photometer during the Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition (SPADE) campaign, May 1-14, 1993, are compared with the model results. With the exception of two profiles at altitudes below 16 km, ozone mixing ratios derived by the model and measured by the ozone photometer are in relatively good agreement within their individual uncertainties. The identified discrepancies in the two profiles are discussed.

  9. Dietary assessment in the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil birth cohort study: comparing energy intake with energy expenditure Avaliação dietética da coorte de nascimentos de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, 1993: uma comparação da ingestão e do gasto de energia

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    Denise P. Gigante

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    Full Text Available The study aims to describe and compare two methods of energy intake assessment and one measure of energy expenditure applied in adolescents from a birth cohort. In a sub-sample of the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil birth cohort, followed up in 2006-7, information on intake was obtained through a food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ and three 24-hour-recalls (24hR, while energy expenditure was assessed using an accelerometer. Bland & Altman plots were used in the analyses in order to compare the methods. The mean difference between FFQ and 24hR was 592 ± 929cal/day. Compared to energy expenditure, intake was overestimated when measured by FFQ (357 ± 968cal/day and underestimated by 24hR (-278 ± 714cal/day. In spite of the great differences between energy intake obtained using the two methods, lower differences were observed when these methods were compared to expenditure.O objetivo do estudo foi descrever e comparar dois métodos de avaliação de consumo calórico e uma medida de gasto energético aplicados em adolescentes de uma coorte de nascimentos. Em uma subamostra da coorte de 1993 de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, acompanhada em 2006-2007, informações sobre consumo calórico foram obtidas através de questionário de frequência alimentar (QFA e três recordatórios de 24 horas (R24h, enquanto gasto energético foi avaliado por acelerômetro. Gráficos de Bland & Altman foram usados na comparação dos métodos. A diferença média entre QFA e R24h foi 592 ± 929cal/dia. Ao comparar com gasto energético, o consumo foi superestimado se medido pelo QFA (357 ± 968cal/dia e subestimado pelo R24h (-278 ± 714cal/dia. Apesar da grande diferença no consumo, menores diferenças foram observadas quando os dois métodos foram comparados ao gasto energético.

  10. Pipeline corridors through wetlands - impact on plant communities: Mill Creek Tributary Crossing, Jefferson County, New York, 1991 survey. Topical report, June 1991--April 1993

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    Van Dyke, G.D. [Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)]|[Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL (United States); Shem, L.M.; Zimmerman, R.E. [Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)

    1994-12-01

    The goal of the Gas Research Institute Wetland Corridors Program is to document impacts of existing pipelines on the wetlands they traverse. To accomplish this goal, 12 existing wetland crossings were surveyed. These sites varied in elapsed time since pipeline construction, wetland type, pipeline installation techniques, and right-of-way (ROW) management practices. This report presents the results of a survey conducted in June 1991 at the Mill Creek tributary crossing, Jefferson County, New York. One pipeline had been installed through the wetland in 1966, and another was scheduled to be installed later in 1991. Data were collected along the existing pipeline ROW and also along the planned ROW for use as baseline data in future studies. Four separate communities were surveyed. A scrub-shrub wetland and a forested wetland were sampled along the existing ROW where the planned pipeline was to be installed. A mixed vegetation community was sampled along the existing ROW, west of where the planned pipeline would joint the ROW. A marsh community was sampled along the route of the planned pipeline. All plant species found on the ROW of the scrub-shrub community were also present in the adjacent natural areas. The vegetation on the ROW of the forested wetland community also consisted mostly of species found in the adjacent natural areas. In the mixed vegetation community, a small drainage channel present on the ROW, possibly resulting from the pipeline construction, provided habitat for a number of obligate species not found in other areas of this community. Differences noted among different areas of this community were also attributed to slight variations in elevation.

  11. Filosofia e pensamento social russo: continuidades depois da Revolução de Outubro

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    Full Text Available Resumo Neste ensaio estudo as continuidades que permeiam - frequentemente escondidas sob mudanças políticas dramáticas - o cenário da filosofia e do pensamento social no período soviético, da Revolução de Outubro, em 1917, à queda da URSS em 1991.

  12. The accreditation programs and proficiency test in Taiwan for personnel dosimeter services (1991-1998)

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    Lee, B.T.; Hwang, W.S.; Su, S.H.

    2000-01-01

    According to the ionizing radiation safety regulation approved by the ROC Atomic Energy Council (AEC), personnel dosimeter processors shall be accredited by the Chinese National Laboratory Accreditation (CNLA) program before offering dosimeter services and shall be accredited every two years (now has been rescheduled to be every three years since 1996). The aim of this program is to secure quality and technical capability of personnel dosimeters, and to provide systematic improvement for the internal calibration and testing laboratory applying for accreditation by means of assessment procedures. The criteria used to evaluate the capability at laboratories are ISO/IEC 25 (1990) and technical guide in different accreditation fields. The Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (INER) was entrusted by CNLA as the central laboratory to perform the proficiency test of personnel dosimeters for laboratory accreditation in December 1990. Such proficiency tests, based on ANSI N13.11 (1983), which is mainly separated to accident categories and protection categories which consists of eight parts of tests including single and mixture radiation of x-ray, gamma, beta and neutron, have been conducted four times, in 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1998. This paper deals with the test procedures and results of proficiency tests of personnel dosimeters from 1991 until 1998. The results of the four proficiency tests showed that, for accident categories, the pass rate is about 91%; for protection categories, the pass rate is about 98%. Meanwhile, the central laboratory will adopt a new version of HPS N13.11 (1993) to replace ANSI N13.11 (1983) as new criteria for the next proficiency test to be conducted in 2001. (author)

  13. Worldwide outlook clouded by market slump of late 1993

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    Beck, R.J.

    1994-01-01

    Excess production and production capacity reasserted their influence in worldwide petroleum markets last year, pushing crude oil prices to their lowest levels since before the Persian Gulf crisis. The development ended the relative price stability that has characterized the period since the crisis ended in January 1991. One of the major questions now being asked is whether there has been a downward shift in the seasonal range of crude prices. In the near future, OPEC's degree of success in balancing the market will be a key to prices. Another is politics in the Middle East. If it were not for a United Nations embargo, the market would have another 2--3 million b/d of oil supply--from Iraq. The paper discusses worldwide demand, economic trends, the supply in 1993, the supply outlook, prices, and international drilling activities

  14. Contribution to the ministerial conference ''environment for Europe'', Lucerne, Switzerland, 28-30 April 1993. As adopted by the Senior Advisers to ECE Governments on Environmental and Water Problems on 19 March 1993

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    1993-01-01

    The Ministerial Conference ''Environmental for Europe'', held in Dobris Castle in June 1991, underlined the need to develop an environmental programme for Europe which would serve as the framework for improved coordination of national and international efforts in Europe. The Expert Group for the second Ministerial Conference ''Environment for Europe'', to be hosted by the Government of Switzerland in Lucerne from 28 to 30 April 1993, invited the Senior Advisers to propose initial elements for such a programme. The Senior Advisers were also invited to assess progress in the implementation of the conclusions and recommendations of the Bergen, Dublin and Dobris Conferences, to consider the relevant implications of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), and to prepare draft elements for a Ministerial Declaration for the Lucerne Conference. The present document, prepared in the light of the discussions held and the various documents considered, was adopted by the Senior Advisers to ECE Governments on Environmental and Water Problems at their sixth session in Geneva, 16-19 March 1993 (ECE/ENVWA/29, para. 18)

  15. ??????????? ??????? ??????? ??????? (1991 ? 2012 ??.): ????????-???????? ??????

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  16. Geografia social da AIDS no Brasil The social geography of AIDS in Brazil

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    Francisco Inácio Bastos

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    Full Text Available São divulgados os primeiros resultados da avaliação da dinâmica da epidemia da AIDS no Brasil através de técnicas de análise da distribuição espacial. São revisadas questões metodológicas, apontando as dificuldades de estabelecer regiões geográficas homogêneas no Brasil. Descrevem-se tendências recentes da dinâmica da epidemia da AIDS no Brasil - pauperização, interiorização e alteração na participação proporcional das categorias de exposição. Avalia-se a distribuição de casos de AIDS por Unidades da Federação (UFs, confeccionando-se mapas relativos à disseminação da epidemia no período 1987-1993 nas diversas UFs, estabelecendo-se os Centros Gravimétricos (CGs relativos a esses anos. A análise do posicionamento e deslocamento pluri-anual desses CGs indica a força atrativa do Estado de São Paulo como pólo de difusão da epidemia e uma expansão simultânea da epidemia em direção às fronteiras de ocupação. Essas tendências colocam dificuldades adicionais às atividades de prevenção ao acrescentarem novos segmentos populacionais e regiões geográficas ao quadro observado inicialmente nas principais regiões metropolitanas e segmentos mais afetados.The first of a series of papers concerning the evaluation of the dynamics of the AIDS epidemic in Brazil employing techniques of geographical analysis, is here presented. Results of research undertaken in the US (especially in New York City are compared with those of a recent investigation carried out in the city of S.Paulo, Brazil (Grangeiro, 1994. In both, geographical patterns of socio-demographic variables correlate with different patterns of the spread of the AIDS epidemic through the transmission groups. Recent trends of the AIDS epidemic in Brazil: the displacement toward medium sized cities and expansion frontiers, increasing report of AIDS cases among the poor and underprivileged, changes in the pattern of transmission with proportional

  17. MANEJO DA IRRIGAÇÃO DA CULTURA DA ALFACE (Lactuca sativa L. ATRAVÉS DO TANQUE CLASSE A

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    Full Text Available Com o objetivo de avaliar o efeito de diferentes níveis de irrigação, baseados em frações da evaporação do Tanque Classe A (ECA (0,25; 0,50; 0,75 e 1,00 sobre o comportamento produtivo da cultura da alface, variedade "Mesa 659" (tipo americana, cultivada em uma estufa plástica e irrigada por gotejamento, foi conduzido um experimento durante o período de julho a setembro de 1993. O comportamento produtivo foi avaliado através da determinação da matéria fresca (MFP, produtividade (PROD e eficiência do uso de água (EUA. Os resultados de MFP e PROD mostraram resposta quadrática, indicando acréscimo em ambos à medida que aumentaram as lâminas de irrigação aplicadas até o nível 0,75 da ECA, apresentando valores máximos de 818,72 g e 90,97 t.ha-1, respectivamente. Os dados relativos à EUA revelaram resposta linear decrescente, significando que à medida que os níveis de irrigação aumentam ocorre uma diminuição na EUA.

  18. Pentecostalismo y política electoral en Colombia (1991-2014)

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    Beltrán, William Mauricio; Quiroga, Jesús David

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    RESUMEN: El artículo presenta un balance de la participación del movimiento evangélico-pentecostal en la política electoral colombiana, en el periodo 1991-2014. Describe la génesis de la participación electoral de este movimiento religioso y da cuenta de la trayectoria de sus principales líderes y organizaciones políticas (partidos o movimientos). Presenta las estrategias que estos han implementado para aprovechar su autoridad religiosa en el campo electoral. Finalmente, hace un balance de l...

  19. Discharge, water-quality characteristics, and nutrient loads from McKay Bay, Delaney Creek, and East Bay, Tampa, Florida, 1991-1993

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    Stoker, Y.E.; Levesque, V.A.; Fritz, E.M.

    1996-01-01

    Nutrient enrichment in Tampa Bay has caused a decline in water quality in the estuary. Efforts to reduce the nutrient loading to Tampa Bay have resulted in improvement in water quality from 1981 to 1991. However, Tampa Bay still is onsidered enriched with nutrients. Water quality in East Bay (located at the northeastern part of Hillsborough Bay, which is an embayment in Tampa Bay) is not improving at the same rate as the rest of the bay. East Bay is the center of shipping activity in Tampa Bay and the seventh largest port in the United States. One of the primary cargoes is phosphate ore and related products such as fertilizer. The potential for nutrient loading to East Bay from shipping activities is high and has not previously been measured. Nitrogen and phosphorus loads from East Bay to Hillsborough Bay were measured during selected time periods during June 1992 through May 1993; these data were used to estimate seasonal and annual loads. These loads were evaluated to determine whether the loss of fertilizer products from shipping activities resulted in increased nutrient loading to Hillsborough Bay. Discharge was measured, and water-quality samples were collected at the head of East Bay (exiting McKay Bay), and at the mouth of East Bay. Discharge and nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations for the period June 1992 through May 1993 were used to compute loads. Discharges from McKay Bay, Delaney Creek, and East Bay are highly variable because of the effect of tide. Flow patterns during discharge measurements generally were unidirectional in McKay Bay and Delaney Creek, but more complex, bidirectional patterns were observed at the mouth of East Bay. Tidally affected discharge data were digitally filtered with the Godin filter to remove the effects of tide so that residual, or net, discharge could be determined. Daily mean discharge from McKay Bay ranged from -1,900 to 2,420 cubic feet per second; from Delaney Creek, -3.8 to 162 cubic feet per second; and from East

  20. Evolução dos acidentes de trânsito em um grande centro urbano, 1991-2000

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    p. 364-372, fev, 2008 Este estudo descreve a evolução dos acidentes de trânsito Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, entre 1991 e 2000, utilizando- se dados do Departamento Estadual de Trânsito do Estado da Bahia. Calculou-se taxas globais dos acidentes de trânsito, vítimas e taxas padronizadas de mortalidade por habitante e por veículos, e comparou-se médias destes indicadores para antes (1991 a 1994) e após (1995 a 2000) a adoção de medidas de intervenção como o uso do cinto de segurança e o Código ...

  1. Comparação de aspectos da gramática em línguas indígenas brasileiras Comparative aspects of grammar in Brazilian indigenous languages

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    Marcus MAIA

    1998-01-01

    Full Text Available Este artigo compara um conjunto de fenômenos interrelacionados cencernentes à interface sintexe/morfologia em quatro línguas indígenas brasileiras: Kuikúro (família Karib. Mbyá Guarani (família Tupi-guarani, Karajá (tronco Macro-Jê e Tikuna (isolada. Discute-se, inicialmente a linearização da ordem SOV, predominante nessas línguas, com base em Chomsky (1993 e Kayne (1993. Examinam-se, em seguida, construções com clíticos e auxiliares e discute-se o conjunto de categorias funcionais componentes da estrutura frasal, a fim de fornecer um quadro comparativo da estrutura da oração nas quatro língüas.This paper compares a set of interrelated phenomena concerning the syntax/morphology interface in four brazilian indigenous languages: Kuikúro, Guarani, Karajá and Tikuna. The linearization of the SOV word order is discussed following Chomsky (1993 and Kayne (1993. Clitics, auxiliaries and functional categories are also examined, allowing a preliminary comparative overview on the structure of the clause in the languages.

  2. Romanian-Danish Environmental Co-operation. Co-operation development 1993-1998

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    1998-08-01

    The Danish Ministry of Environment and Energy has, since 1991, through the Danish Environmental Support Fund, contributed towards protecting the environment and nature in Central and Eastern European countries and has helped to limit regional as well as global pollution. The Romanian Ministry of Waters, Forests and Environmental Protection and the Danish Ministry of Environment and Energy initiated the co-operation in 1993 and an official Agreement was signed in 1994. This publication describes the co-operation between the two countries in the field of the environment in the hope that this will give both the general public of Romania and the international community a better understanding of the work being accomplished. It also gives an overview of the 19 projects developed within this framework, which has a total Danish grant of DKK 77.9 million. (au)

  3. Human factor observations of the Biosphere 2, 1991-1993, closed life support human experiment and its application to a long-term manned mission to Mars.

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    Alling, Abigail; Nelson, Mark; Silverstone, Sally; Van Thillo, Mark

    2002-01-01

    Human factors are a key component to the success of long-term space missions such as those necessitated by the human exploration of Mars and the development of bioregenerative and eventually self-sufficient life support systems for permanent space outposts. Observations by participants living inside the 1991-1993 Biosphere 2 closed system experiment provide the following insights. (1) Crew members should be involved in the design and construction of their life support systems to gain maximum knowledge about the systems. (2) Individuals living in closed life support systems should expect a process of physiological and psychological adaptation to their new environment. (3) Far from simply being a workplace, the participants in such extended missions will discover the importance of creating a cohesive and satisfying life style. (4) The crew will be dependent on the use of varied crops to create satisfying cuisine, a social life with sufficient outlets of expression such as art and music, and to have down-time from purely task-driven work. (5) The success of the Biosphere 2 first 2-year mission suggests that crews with high cultural diversity, high commitment to task, and work democracy principles for individual responsibility may increase the probability of both mission success and personal satisfaction. (6) Remaining challenges are many, including the need for far more comprehensive real-time modeling and information systems (a "cybersphere") operating to provide real-time data necessary for decision-making in a complex life support system. (7) And, the aim will be to create a noosphere, or sphere of intelligence, where the people and their living systems are in sustainable balance.

  4. Mudança institucional e atitudes políticas: a imagem pública da Assembleia Legislativa de Minas Gerais (1993-2006

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    Mario Fuks

    2009-06-01

    Full Text Available O artigo analisa o impacto das estratégias de comunicação realizadas pela Assembleia Legislativa de Minas Gerais (ALMG durante a década de 1990 sobre a opinião pública da sociedade do estado de Minas Gerais. Pretende-se avaliar se a opinião pública em relação ao legislativo estadual se mostrou "resistente" às inovações institucionais ou se ocorreram mudanças ao longo dos treze anos cobertos pelos dados disponíveis. A análise comparativa no tempo e com outras instituições políticas não nos autoriza a falar sobre uma excepcionalidade da ALMG no que se refere a sua imagem pública. Em grande medida, a imagem da ALMG, em termos de confiança e avaliação, não foge do padrão brasileiro em relação às instituições políticas. O impacto do processo de inovação institucional é perceptível apenas sobre um público restrito: aqueles que consumiram as mensagens e comunicações produzidas pela ALMG e veiculadas no radio e na televisão.This article analyzes the impact on public opinion of the strategies of communication carried out by the Legislative Chamber of Minas Gerais (ALMG during the 1990's. We evaluate whether the public opinion on the state legislature has changed along of this thirteen years, following a steady process of institutional innovation. Comparing results for different points of time between 1993 and 2006, we reject the idea that ALMG's public image is substantially different from standard public evaluation of Brazilian political institutions. We find that the institutional change process is noticeable and has a positive response only for the small public attentive to ALMG's messages transmitted by radio and television.

  5. Legislative developments in radioactive materials transportation, April 1993--August 1993

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    Reed, J.B.; Cummins, J.

    1993-09-01

    This is the seventh report prepared by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) on developments in radioactive materials transportation. It updates information contained in the April 1993 report on Legislative Developments in Radioactive Materials Transportation and describes activities for the period April 1, 1993--August 31, 1993. NCSL currently is updating an on-line data base that contains abstracts of federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the transportation of radioactive materials. The data base will be operated by NCSL under a cooperative agreement with the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. Limited availability of on-line capability is anticipated by the end of 1993. Users approved by DOE and NCSL will have access to the data base. A copy of any legislation listed in this report can be obtained by contacting the people listed below. This report contains the current status of legislation introduced in the 1993 state legislative sessions, not previously reviewed in past reports. Bills that address nuclear materials transportation and the broader area of hazardous materials transportation are grouped by state according to their status--enacted, pending or failed. In addition, bills that deal with emergency preparedness are described. (General nuclear waste legislation with no transportation element is no longer tracked.) Also included are Federal Register notices pertinent to radioactive waste and hazardous materials transportation

  6. Avaliação da série histórica dos nascidos vivos em unidade terciária de pernambuco: 1991 a 2000 Evaluation of the historical series of live births at a tertiary health service: 1991 to 2000

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    Suely A. Vidal

    2005-02-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Analisar a série temporal dos Nascidos Vivos do Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco (IMIP - Recife, segundo algumas variáveis, no período de julho de 1991 a dezembro de 2000. MÉTODOS: Utilizou-se o banco de dados do Sistema de Informação sobre Nascidos Vivos (Sinasc. Para análise estatística considerou-se os anos de 1993 a 2000 e foi realizado o Qui-quadrado de tendência (p 2500g, idade gestacional > 37 semanas, Apgar no 1º e 5º minutos entre 8 e 10, mães adultas, 4 a 6 consultas de pré-natal, encontrou-se percentuais elevados e tendência progressiva na década para: partos cesarianos (29,4% a 35,2%, chi2 = 73,7; p OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to analyze some variables found in the Birth Certificates at the Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco, Recife, from July 1991 to December 2000, according to Sinasc (National Information's data base of Births. METHODS: The statistical analysis was performed using the chi-square test for trend (p 2500g, Apgar score 1st min and 5th min between 8 - 10 and mature mothers who had attended from 4 to 6 appointments at prenatal care system. It showed the following rates: cesarean-section of 29.4% to 35.2% (?2= 73.7; p<0.01, low weight at birth of 15.9% to 22.8% (?2= 170.6; p < 0.01; premature newborns of 9.7% to 23.8% (?2= 503.6; p<0.01; teenage mothers of 24.1% to 28.8% (?2= 13.3; p<0.01, moreover a high percentage of newborns with Apgar index lower than 3 at the 1st minute (3.4% to 5.% and (0.7% to 1.6% at the 5th minute. CONCLUSION: These results confirm the role of IMIP as an institution for referral of high-risk pregnancies in Pernambuco.

  7. ALEPH in 1991

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    Settles, R.

    1992-10-01

    A selection of ALEPH activities in 1991 is presented. ALEPH took ≅ 12pb -1 of good data around the Z 0 peak in that year to bring the total up to a half a million events. The silicon-strip vertex detector was commissioned successfully and performed to design specifications for all of the 1991 running. The examples of physics reviewed include an update on electroweak results, N ν counting with the single photon events, τ-branching ratio and -lifetime measurements, measurement of the B-hadron lifetime, evidence for the Λ b baryon, existence of the triple gluon vertex, the understanding of intermittency, and an update on the Higgs search. These analyses were done in 1991 and include the 1989-90 data. (orig.)

  8. Giuseppe Bonaviri, Silvinia, Milano: Mondadori, 1997. Muovendo da ...

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    natura, tradizione, mito, sogno, magia, ignoto, memoria, mistero, scienza, fantascienza, filosofia, tempo, storia s'intrecciano ricreando il misterioso, pulsante delirio dell'universo. Temi tutti percorsi da quell'acceso lirismo che anima l'intera produzione poetica dello scrittore, ora raccolta ne Il dire celeste (1993). È un lucido ...

  9. Evolução dos acidentes de trânsito em um grande centro urbano, 1991-2000

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    Oliveira,Zenaide Calazans de; Mota,Eduardo Luiz Andrade; Costa,Maria da Conceição N.

    2008-01-01

    Este estudo descreve a evolução dos acidentes de trânsito em Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, entre 1991 e 2000, utilizando-se dados do Departamento Estadual de Trânsito do Estado da Bahia. Calculou-se taxas globais dos acidentes de trânsito, vítimas e taxas padronizadas de mortalidade por habitante e por veículos, e comparou-se médias destes indicadores para antes (1991 a 1994) e após (1995 a 2000) a adoção de medidas de intervenção como o uso do cinto de segurança e o Código Nacional de Trânsito. A...

  10. CSIR Annual report 1991

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    1991-01-01

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  11. Solar-Geophysical Data Number 568, December 1991. Part 1 (prompt reports). Data for November, October 1991 and late data

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    Coffey, H.E.

    1991-12-01

    The contents include: Detailed index for 1991; Data for November 1991--Solar-terrestrial environment, IUWDS alert periods (advance and worldwide), Solar activity indices, Solar flares, Solar radio emission, Stanford mean solar magnetic field; Data for October 1991--Solar active regions, Sudden ionospheric disturbances, Solar radio spectral observations, Cosmic ray measurements by neutron monitor, Geomagnetic indices; Late data--Cosmic ray measurements by neutron monitor (Climax February and May 1990, Deep River May-August 1991), Geomagnetic indices (Sudden commencements/Solar flare effects January-May 1991); Errata--August 1991 Geomagnetic activity indices

  12. Hydro-Quebec annual report, 1991. Hydro-Quebec rapport annuel, 1991

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    1991-01-01

    This annual report for the Quebec electric utility presents an overview of the year's activities and its financial status, including export sales of electricity to New Brunswick, Ontario, New York State, and the New England states. Research programs and demonstration projects are described, as well as the utility's activities in Africa and Asia. Environmental and economic considerations for the province are presented. Financial data includes total sales, sales by sector, export sales, and rate changes. A financial statement is included. In 1991, public controversy arose over electricity exports, risk-and-profit sharing contracts with some industrial customers, and the impacts of hydroelectric development. A net income of $760 million was achieved, representing an 88.1% increase over the previous year when exceptional measures were required to offset cumulative years of low runoff. These measures were suspended in late 1990 but low 1991 precipitation forced the continued purchase of backup electricity. Energy efficiency programs resulted in savings equivalent to energy consumed by a town of 13,000 people. Exports accounted for 7.2% of total sales in 1991. The first three generating units of LaGrande-2-A, totalling 999 MW, were commissioned. The groundwork has been laid for the vast corporate strategy of total customer satisfaction entitled Defi performance. In 1991, annual interruption time per customer dropped to 5.32 hours. 5 figs., 5 tabs.

  13. Natural gas annual 1991

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    1993-01-01

    The Natural Gas Annual 1991 provides information on the supply and disposition of natural gas to a wide audience including industry, consumers Federal and State agencies, and education institutions. This report, the Natural Gas Annual 1991 Supplement: Company Profiles, presents a detailed profile of selected companies

  14. AGS experiments: 1990, 1991, 1992

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    Depken, J.C.

    1993-04-01

    This report contains a description of the following: AGS Experimental Area - High Energy Physics FY 1993 and Heavy Ion Physics FY 1993; Table of Beam Parameters and Fluxes; Experiment Schedule ''as run''; Proposed 1993 Schedule; A listing of experiments by number; Two-page summaries of each experiment begin here, also ordered by number; Publications of AGS Experiments; and List of AGS Experimenters

  15. MEMÓRIA, GÊNERO E REPRESSÃO POLÍTICA NO CONE SUL (1984-1991MEMORY, GENDER AND POLITICAL REPRESSION IN THE SOUTHERN CONE (1984-1991

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    Mariana Joffily

    2010-05-01

    Full Text Available Esse  artigo analisa, sob uma perspectiva de gênero, os informes de violações aos  Direitos Humanos conhecidos como Nunca  más, redigidos no momento de transição das ditaduras militares para a  democracia na Argentina (1984, no Brasil (1985, no Uruguai (1989 e no Chile  (1991. Os Nunca más, a despeito da  diferença das condições em que foram elaborados, permaneceram em seus  respectivos países como marcos interpretativos do passado ditatorial, uma  “memória emblemática”, extensamente documentada e assentada sobre uma  preocupação de veracidade. A análise dos desses informes é efetuada tendo como  foco as possíveis diferenciações de gênero da repressão política. Palavras-Chave: Ditadura militar. Gênero. Repressão política.  Tortura. Cone Sul. Abstract This  article examines, from a gender perspective, the reports on human rights  violations, known as Nunca Más,  written at the time of transition from military dictatorship to democracy in  Argentina (1984, Brazil (1985, Uruguay (1989 and  Chile (1991. The Nunca más, despite the different conditions in which they have been  developed, remained in their respective countries as interpretative frameworks  of the past dictatorship, an "iconic memory", extensively documented  and settled on a concern for accuracy. The analysis of those reports is made  focusing on possible gender differences of political repression. Keywords: Military  dictatorship.  Political repression. Torture. Southern Cone.

  16. 1991 Acceptance priority ranking

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    1991-12-01

    The Standard Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High- Level Radioactive Waste (10 CFR Part 961) that the Department of Energy (DOE) has executed with the owners and generators of civilian spent nuclear fuel requires annual publication of the Acceptance Priority Ranking (APR). The 1991 APR details the order in which DOE will allocate Federal waste acceptance capacity. As required by the Standard Contract, the ranking is based on the age of permanently discharged spent nuclear fuel (SNF), with the owners of the oldest SNF, on an industry-wide basis, given the highest priority. the 1991 APR will be the basis for the annual allocation of waste acceptance capacity to the Purchasers in the 1991 Annual Capacity Report (ACR), to be issued later this year. This document is based on SNF discharges as of December 31, 1990, and reflects Purchaser comments and corrections, as appropriate, to the draft APR issued on May 15, 1991

  17. H-Area Seepage Basins groundwater monitoring report -- third and fourth quarters 1993

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    Butler, C.T.

    1994-03-01

    During the second half of 1993, the groundwater at the H-Area Seepage Basins (HASB) was monitored in compliance with the September 30, 1992, modification of South Carolina Hazardous Waste Permit SC1-890-008-989. A detailed description of the uppermost aquifer is included in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Part B post-closure care permit application for the H-Area Hazardous Waste Management Facility submitted to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) in December 1990. Beginning first quarter 1993, the HASB's Groundwater Protection Standard (GWPS), established in Appendix 3D-A of the cited permit, became the standard for comparison. Historically as well as currently, nitrate, nonvolatile beta, and tritium have been among the primary constituents to exceed standards. Other radionuclides and hazardous constitutents also exceeded the GWPS in the groundwater at the HASB (notably aluminum, iodine-129, strontium-90, technetium-99, and zinc) during the second half of 1993. Elevated constituents were found primarily in Aquifer Zone 2B 2 and in the upper portion of Aquifer Zone 2B 1 . However, constituents exceeding standards also occurred in several wells screened in the lower portion of Aquifer Zone 2B 1 and Aquifer Unit 2A. Isoconcentration/isoactivity maps include in this report indicate both the concentration/activity and extent of the primary contaminants in each of the three hydrostratigraphic units during the second half of 1993. Water-level maps indicate that the groundwater flow rates and directions at the HASB have remained relatively constant since the basins ceased to be active in 1988

  18. Raiva humana transmitida por cães: áreas de risco em Minas Gerais, Brasil, 1991-1999 Human rabies transmitted by dogs: risk areas in Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1991-1999

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    Cristiana Ferreira Jardim de Miranda; José Ailton da Silva; Élvio Carlos Moreira

    2003-01-01

    Com o objetivo de identificar e caracterizar as diferentes áreas de risco para a raiva humana transmitida por cães em Minas Gerais, realizou-se um estudo observacional retrospectivo quali-quantitativo, no período de 1991 a 1999. Utilizou-se a divisão do estado em 25 Diretorias Regionais de Saúde (DRS), vinculadas à Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de Minas Gerais (SES-MG). Os indicadores estudados foram a estimativa de população canina, a ocorrência de raiva canina e felina confirmada por exames...

  19. Análise espaço-temporal da cobertura vegetal e uso da terra na Interbacia do Rio Paraguai Médio-MT, Brasil

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    Pessoa,Seyla Poliana Miranda; Galvanin,Edinéia Aparecida dos Santos; Kreitlow,Jesã Pereira; Neves,Sandra Mara Alves da Silva; Nunes,Josué Ribeiro da Silva; Zago,Bruno Wagner

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    O objetivo deste estudo foi realizar uma análise espaço-temporal da cobertura vegetal e do uso da terra na Interbacia do Rio Paraguai Médio-MT, Brasil, pelo geoprocessamento de imagens Landsat TM, dos anos 1991, 2001 e 2011. As imagens foram georreferenciadas, classificadas e processadas no software Spring e as classes temáticas, quantificadas e editadas no software ArcGis. Foram mapeadas sete classes, sendo as mais expressivas a vegetação nativa, a pastagem e a cana-de-açúcar. Os resultados ...

  20. Avaldus : [13. jaanuar 1991

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    1991-01-01

    NSVL juhtkonna aktsioonidest Balti riikide suhtes. Vene keeles vt. Путь к переговорам с Союзом ССР. Т. 1 : март 1990 г. - май 1991 г. : Вильнюс,1991, lk. 239-240

  1. Annual Research Progress Report, FY 1991

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    1991-09-30

    Knowledge , Health Care .... 84 89/102 0 Factors Determining Peak Bone Mass and Subsequent Bone Loss .......................... 85 89/103 0 Transient...submitted for publication April 1991. (C) Spezia PM, et al: Femur Fractures in Alpine Skiers . J Sports Medicine, submitted for publication, February...TX, November 1991. (C) Spezia P, et al: Femur Fractures in Alpine Skiers . Presented: Barnard Competition, March 1991. Spezia P, et al: Femur Fractures

  2. F-Area Seepage Basins groundwater monitoring report, fourth quarter 1991 and 1991 summary

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    1992-03-01

    This progress report for fourth quarter 1991 and 1991 summary fro the Savannah River Plant includes discussion on the following topics: description of facilities; hydrostratigraphic units; monitoring well nomenclature; integrity of the monitoring well network; groundwater monitoring data; analytical results exceeding standards; tritium, nitrate, and pH time-trend data; water levels; groundwater flow rates and directions; upgradient versus downgradient results

  3. Mortalidade infantil e condições sociodemográficas no Ceará, em 1991 e 2000 Infant mortality and sociodemographic conditions in Ceará, Brazil, 1991 and 2000

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    José Gomes Bezerra Filho

    2007-12-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Analisar os modelos explicativos ecológicos para a taxa de mortalidade infantil no Ceará, em dois períodos distintos. MÉTODOS: Estudo ecológico transversal de dois anos censitários, 1991 e 2000, a partir de informações desagregadas por municípios do Ceará. Foram utilizadas as estimativas da taxa de mortalidade infantil do Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas Aplicadas. Para os demais indicadores foram utilizadas diferentes fontes do Sistema de Informação de Saúde. Os principais fatores de risco foram encontrados empregando-se regressão linear múltipla. RESULTADOS: Para 1991, as variáveis preditoras da mortalidade infantil (R2=0,3575 nos municípios foram: proporção de residências pequenas (beta=0,0043; ro=0,010, de pessoas que vivem em domicílios com água encanada (beta=-0,0029; ro=0,024, de crianças de dez a 14 anos que trabalham (beta=0,0049; ro=0,017, de alfabetizados (beta=-0,0062; ro=0,031, taxa de urbanização (beta=0,0032; ro=0,004, taxa de fecundidade total (beta=0,0351; ro=0,024, chefes de família com renda mensal menor que meio salário mínimo (beta=0,0056; ro=0,000. Em 2000, os possíveis determinantes (R2=0,3236 foram: proporção de crianças menores de dois anos desnutridas (beta=0,0064; ro=0,024, de imóveis com esgotamento sanitário adequado (beta=-0,0024; ro=0,010, de despesa com recursos humanos da saúde em relação à despesa total em saúde (beta=-0,0024; ro=0,027, de valor da produção vegetal em relação ao total do estado (beta=-0,1090; ro=0,001, de mulheres alfabetizadas (beta=-0,0068; ro=0,044, intensidade da pobreza (beta=0,0065; ro=0,002 e índice de envelhecimento (beta=-0,0100; ro=0,006. CONCLUSÕES: Embora as variáveis não tenham sido exatamente as mesmas para os anos, percebeu-se tendência de mudança dos determinantes da mortalidade infantil, excetuando-se os indicadores de educação, renda e saneamento. A queda generalizada da fecundidade resultou na perda de seu poder

  4. Environmental taxes 1991 - 2000 (2001)

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    2001-01-01

    The statistics presents statements of environmental taxes for the period 1991-2000 (and budget figure for 2001). Environmental taxes is a collective concept for pollution, energy, transportation and resource related taxes. Income of the government from environmental taxes have increased from 30,0 billions DDK in 1991 to 60,6 billions DDK in 2000 - a little more than a doubling. The environmental taxes' part of the total taxes has increased from 7,5% in 1991 to 9,7% in 2000. In 2000 the energy taxes are 55%, the transportation taxes 38% and the pollution and resource taxes 7% of the environmental taxes. (EHS)

  5. IEA Statistics 1993: electricity information

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    1994-01-01

    Gross electricity production in 1993 in the OECD (including generation from pumped storage plants) was 7 466 TWh, a rise of 1.2 per cent from the level of gross production in 1992 (Tables 1 and 3). Nuclear plants accounted for 24.2 per cent of total gross electricity production in 1993, hydroelectric plants 16.7 per cent, total thermal plants 58.7 per cent and geothermal and other renewables 0.4 per cent. In 1992 total OECD heat production that is sold to third parties by public producers was 25 Mtoe (Table 6). About 86 per cent of this heat (21.6 Mtoe) was produced in CHP plants, about 12 per cent (3.1 Mtoe) in heat plants, and the remainder (0.3 Mtoe) in nuclear power plants (in Canada and Switzerland only). Based on preliminary data, apparent consumption of electricity (gross production plus imports less exports) in 1993 in OECD was 7 474 TWh. The corresponding figure for 1992 was 7 379 TWh, indicating a rise of 1.3 per cent in apparent electricity consumption in OECD countries in 1993. OECD countries imported a total of 219 TWh of electricity in 1993 (including from other OECD countries) and exported 211 TWh (including to other OECD countries). Accordingly, net imports of electricity in 1993 amounted to 7.7 TWh. Real electricity prices (as measured by the indices of real energy prices) in the OECD fell slightly in 1993 from 1992 levels for both industry and household end-users (Table 20). Electricity prices for industrial consumers vary widely across OECD countries. Based on data that are available for 1993, prices varied from 3.3 US cents per kWh in New Zealand to 12.1 US cents per kWh in Portugal. Electricity prices for industry are reported in Tables 24 and 25. Electricity prices for domestic consumers also vary widely across OECD countries. Based on data that are available for 1993, prices varied from 5.8 US cents per kWh in New Zealand to 18.0 US cents per kWh in Denmark (Tables 26 and 27)

  6. Syncrude Canada Ltd. annual report, 1991

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    1991-01-01

    Syncrude Canada Ltd. is the world's largest producer of synthetic crude oil from oil sands. It supplies 11% of Canada's crude oil requirements. Production in 1991 reached 9.6 million m 3 of synthetic crude oil shipped at unit operating costs of $16.48/bbl. Operating cash flow before capital expenditures, financing costs, and taxes was $393 million. Capital expenditures in 1991 were $157 million, mainly for completion of the southwest sand storage project, enhancement of the auxiliary production system in Syncrude's open pit mine, and installation of a new computerized process control system for bitumen extraction. Occupational safety performance improved over 1990. Emissions controls were improved during 1991 by improving seals on CO boiler diverter stacks and reliability efforts which improved service factors in the processing plant. A total of 143 hectares of land were reclaimed in 1991, compared to 40 hectares in 1990. Productivity in 1991 reached 13,600 bbl per employee. Total mine production reached 124.4 million tonnes and bitumen recovery in the extraction plant was 91%. Research projects conducted in 1991 included investigation of options for replacement of the east and west mining areas, a review of steam assisted gravity drainage for possible application at Syncrude, and the viability of hydrotransport of mined oil sand. 15 figs., 10 tabs

  7. Estudo da circulação e dos processos de mistura no extremo sul do mar de Cananéia: condições de dezembro de 1991 A study of circulation and mixing process in the southern par of the Cananéia sea: December of 1991

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    Luiz Bruner de Miranda

    1995-01-01

    Full Text Available Foram analisados dados de correntes e de propriedades hidrográficas amostradas durante três ciclos completos de maré, em dezembro de 1991. O máximo valor da componente longitudinal da velocidade da corrente variou, para as condições de enchente e de vazante, de 50 a -100 cm/s com esses extremos precedendo de 1,0 a 1,5 horas a ocorrência dos instantes de maré alta e baixa, respectivamente. A componente transversal de velocidade mostrou que a circulação secundária predominava na direção leste com núcleos de máxima de até 30 cm/s em profundidades médias, enquanto que no sentido oposto (para oeste essa componente apresentou valores máximos próximos a -10 cm/s na camada de superfície. A variabilidade da salinidade indicou uma quase homogeneidade vertical e durante a enchente o seu máximo (34,5-35,0 %o precede a maré alta com uma defasagem de 1,0-2,0 horas. Entretanto, durante a vazante, a maré baixa precede o mínimo de salinidade (29,5-30,5 %o com defasagens entre 2 e 3 horas. Não obstante a região estudada ser parte de um complexo sistema estuarino de planície costeira, o extremo sul do Mar de Cananéia foi classificado, de acordo com o Diagrama Estratificação-circulação, como parcialmente misturado e fracamente estratificado (Tipo 2a. O movimento resultante reverte a 2,5 m de profundidade e quase 100% do fluxo de sal estuário acima é devido a difusão turbulenta.Current and hydrographic properties sampled during three tidal cycles in December, 1991, were analysed. The highest values of the along channel velocity for the flood and ebb varied from 50 cm/s to -100 cm/s, respectively, and these values lead the high and low water occurrence with a time lag of 1.0-1.5 hours. The secondary circulation (cross channel component predominates towards east with speeds in midwater depths up to 30 cm/s. Towards the west the secondary circulation was observed only in the upper layer with maxima speeds close to -10 cm/s. Salinity

  8. Environmental taxes 1991 - 2001 (2002)

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    Anon.

    2002-01-01

    The statistics presents statements of environmental taxes for the period 1991-2001 (and budget figure for 2002). Environmental taxes are a concept for pollution, energy, transportation and resource related taxes. Income of the government from environmental taxes have increased from 30,0 billions DDK in 1991 to 62,2 billions DDK in 2001 - a little more than a doubling. The environmental taxes' part of the total taxes' part og the total taxes has increased from 7,5% in 1991 to 9,4% in 2001. In 2001 the energy taxes are 57%, the transportation taxes 36% and the pollution and resource taxes 7% of the environmental taxes. (LN)

  9. Housing characteristics 1993

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    1995-06-01

    This report, Housing Characteristics 1993, presents statistics about the energy-related characteristics of US households. These data were collected in the 1993 Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) -- the ninth in a series of nationwide energy consumption surveys conducted since 1978 by the Energy Information Administration of the US Department of Energy. Over 7 thousand households were surveyed, representing 97 million households nationwide. A second report, to be released in late 1995, will present statistics on residential energy consumption and expenditures.

  10. Análise espaço-temporal da cobertura vegetal e uso da terra na Interbacia do Rio Paraguai Médio-MT, Brasil

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    Seyla Poliana Miranda Pessoa

    2013-02-01

    Full Text Available O objetivo deste estudo foi realizar uma análise espaço-temporal da cobertura vegetal e do uso da terra na Interbacia do Rio Paraguai Médio-MT, Brasil, pelo geoprocessamento de imagens Landsat TM, dos anos 1991, 2001 e 2011. As imagens foram georreferenciadas, classificadas e processadas no software Spring e as classes temáticas, quantificadas e editadas no software ArcGis. Foram mapeadas sete classes, sendo as mais expressivas a vegetação nativa, a pastagem e a cana-de-açúcar. Os resultados indicaram alterações em todas as classes durante os últimos 20 anos, com a diminuição de 22,89% da vegetação nativa, relacionada com o aumento de 58,42% da pastagem e 490,26% de monocultura de cana-de-açúcar. Foi verificado o conflito de uso da terra, principalmente em áreas de mata ciliar, fato que pode influenciar negativamente na conservação da interbacia e, consequentemente, do pantanal mato-grossense.

  11. Diagnosis of overweight and obesity in adolescents from the 1993 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil: comparison of two diagnostic criteria Diagnóstico de sobrepeso e obesidade em adolescentes da coorte de nascimentos de 1993 de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil: comparação entre dois critérios de avaliação

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    Maria de Fátima Alves Vieira

    2007-12-01

    Full Text Available Various cut-off points for body mass index have been proposed to assess nutritional status in adolescents. The aim of this study was to compare two methods for evaluating overweight and obesity. In 2004-5, 4,452 adolescents from the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil birth cohort study were evaluated, representing 87.5% of the original cohort. Overweight and obesity were evaluated using the methods proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO and International Obesity Task Force (IOTF. Prevalence of overweight was similar when comparing the two methods (WHO: 23.2%; IOTF: 21.6%. Prevalence of obesity was higher according to the WHO criterion (total sample: 11.6%; boys: 15.1%; girls: 8.2% as compared to IOTF (total sample: 5.0%; boys: 5.6%; girls: 4.4%. The kappa statistic was around 0.9 for determining overweight and 0.4 for obesity. The IOTF classification showed high specificity in comparison to the WHO criterion for determining overweight and obesity. However, sensitivity was high for overweight but low for obesity. Our data show that the IOTF classification underestimates the prevalence of obesity in early adolescence.Vários pontos de corte para o índice de massa corporal têm sido propostos para avaliação nutricional de adolescentes. O objetivo deste estudo foi comparar dois métodos de avaliação de sobrepeso e obesidade. Em 2004-2005, foram avaliados 4.452 adolescentes pertencentes à coorte de nascimentos de 1993 de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, representando 87,5% da coorte original. Sobrepeso e obesidade foram avaliados segundo os métodos da Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS e do International Obesity Task Force (IOTF. As prevalências de sobrepeso foram semelhantes entre os métodos: OMS: 23,2%; IOTF: 21,6%. A obesidade foi maior com o método da OMS (amostra total: 11,6%; meninos: 15,1%; meninas: 8,2% do que com a classificação IOTF (amostra total: 5%; meninos: 5,6%; meninas: 4,4%. Para determinação de sobrepeso, o

  12. Haemophilus influenzae tipo b: situação epidemiológica no Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil, 1993 a 1997 Haemophilus influenzae type b: epidemiological situation in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1993-1997

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    Sybelle de Souza Castro Miranzi

    2003-10-01

    Full Text Available Entre as doenças invasivas causadas pelo Haemophilus influenzae tipo b (Hib, destacam-se, pela freqüência e gravidade, as pneumonias e as meningites. No período de 1993 a 1997, foram notificados, em Minas Gerais, 720 casos de meningites por Hib, sendo a causa mais freqüente de meningite bacteriana em menores de um ano e a segunda causa no total de meningites. Entretanto, estimou-se uma ocorrência total de 1.160 casos considerando as meningites bacterianas não especificadas. O total de casos estimados de doença invasiva por Hib parece justificar a recente inclusão da vacina no esquema básico de imunizações. O alto custo da vacina reforça a necessidade de melhorar a vigilância epidemiológica da meningite, que constitui uma das fragilidades das ações de controle desta doença.Among Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib invasive diseases, pneumonia and meningitis are the most relevant in public health due to their frequency and severity. From 1993 to 1997, there were 720 cases of Hib meningitis in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, representing the most frequent cause of bacterial meningitis in infants (< 1 year and the second most frequent among all causes of meningitis. The total estimated cases of invasive Hib diseases thus appear to justify the recent inclusion of the vaccine in the basic immunization protocol. The vaccine's high cost reinforces the need for more precise monitoring of the etiological diagnosis of meningitis cases, representing one of the weaknesses in the prevailing epidemiological surveillance system.

  13. Photovoltaic Subcontract Program, FY 1991. Annual report, [October 1, 1990--September 30, 1991

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    This report summarizes the fiscal year (FY) 1991 (October 1, 1990, through September 30, 1991) progress of the subcontracted photovoltaic (PV) research and development (R&D) performed under the Photovoltaic Advanced Research and Development Project at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) -- formerly the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI). The mission of the national PV program is to develop PV technology for large-scale generation of economically competitive electric power in the United States. The technical sections of the report cover the main areas of the subcontract program: the Amorphous Silicon Research Project, Polycrystalline Thin Films, Crystalline Silicon Materials Research, High-Efficiency Concepts, the New Ideas Program, the University Participation Program, and the Photovoltaic Manufacturing Technology (PVMaT) project. Technical summaries of each of the subcontracted programs provide a discussion of approaches, major accomplishments in FY 1991, and future research directions.

  14. Energy Resources Performance Report, FY 1991 and FY 1992.

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    1993-07-01

    Once the Federal Columbia River Power System provided all the power our customers needed and surplus energy, which we sold to others. However, we planned for the time when the surplus would disappear. With our customers, we developed centralized, region-wide conservation programs to conserve energy and build the knowledge and ability to save more energy when needed. We began to look at conservation as a resource, comparing it with supply-side alternatives. Much was accomplished. In Bonneville`s service area in the 1980s, our customers acquired 300 average megawatts (aMW) of conservation savings. How? By weatherizing about 240,000 homes, by making aluminum plants, other industrial plants and commercial buildings more efficient, and also by encouraging states to adopt energy-efficient building codes. Now, our energy surplus is gone. Our customers need energy, and in a hurry. While we plan how much energy will be needed, when and by which customers, we must concurrently accelerate our efforts to acquire resources. Our 1990 Resource Program launched a strategy to do just that, starting in 1991 and 1992, with continuing activities in 1993--1995. The goals and plans of the 1990 Resource Program are still being implemented.

  15. Research results of the Optimiturve research program in 1991

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    1992-01-01

    Optimiturve research program is one of the energy research programs funded by the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Finland. The main target of the program is double the annual hectare yield of peat dried by solar radiation to decrease the peat production costs, to speed up the circulation of capital invested to peat production with the aid of a new production method developed in this research, and hence improve the price competitivity of peat. The targets of the research program are expected to be completed by improving the drying of peat, the efficiency of the peat production machinery, and by developing peat production techniques. The program was started in 1988, and the targets are to be fulfilled up to year 1993. The research program is carried out in cooperation with universities, research organizations and peat producers. This publication consists of the results of the ongoing projects in the Optimiturve research program in 1991. The aim, the contents and the main results of the 18 projects are presented. At the end of this publication there is a list of the reports published in Reports series

  16. 1993 Annual PCB Document for Los Alamos National Laboratory EPA Region VI, January 1, 1993 through December 31, 1993

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    Wechsler, R.J.; Sandoval, T.M.; Bryant, D.E.; Hupke, L.; Esquibel, L.

    1995-01-01

    This document, the open-quotes 1993 Annual PCB Document for Los Alamos National Laboratoryclose quotes was prepared to fulffill the requirements of the federal PCB (Polychlorinated Biphenyl) regulation: 40 CFR 761 Subpart J General Records and Reports. The PCB Management Program at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Environmental Protection Group, compiled this 1993 Annual PCB Document. The overall format generally follows the sequence of the applicable regulations. Subsection 1.2 cross references those regulatory requirements with the applicable Document Section. The scope of this document also includes status summaries of various aspects of LANL's PCB Management Program. The intent of this approach to the Annual Document is to provide an overview of LANL's PCB Management Program and to increase the usefulness of this document as a management tool. Section 2.0, open-quotes Status of the PCB Management Programclose quotes, discusses the use, generation of waste, and storage of PCBs at LANL. Section 3.0 is the 1993 Annual Document Log required by 761.180(a). This Section also discusses the PCB Management Program's policies for reporting under those regulatory requirements. Sections 4.0 and 5.0 contain the 1993 Annual Records for off-site and on-site disposal as required by 761.180(b). There is a tab for each manifest and its associated continuation sheets, receipt letters, and certificates of disposal

  17. Natural gas annual 1991

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    1992-01-01

    The Natural Gas Annual provides information on the supply and disposition of natural gas to a wide audience including industry, consumers, Federal and State agencies, and educational institutions. The 1991 data are presented in a sequence that follows natural gas (including supplemental supplies) from its production to its end use. Tables summarizing natural gas supply and disposition form 1987 to 1991 are given for each Census Division and each State. Annual historical data are shown at the national level

  18. AS METÁFORAS DA MORTE NA POESIA BRASILEIRA: UM ESTUDO À LUZ DA LINGUÍSTICA COGNITIVA

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    Full Text Available Neste artigo, a partir de uma visão sistematicamente cognitiva da metáfora, com base nos pressupostos da teoria da metáfora conceitual (LAKOFF; JOHNSON, 1980, 1999; LAKOFF; TURNER, 1989; LAKOFF, 1987,1993; KÖVECSES, 2005, apresentamos um inventário de dez metáforas conceituais usadas no licenciamento do conceito MORTE na construção de poesias de autores da literatura brasileira de diferentes escolas literária. O seu foco principal está na análise das relações das metáforas conceituais inventariadas com os diferentes modelos culturais que integram as construções textuais analisadas. Tal empreendimento possibilitou a identificação e descrição de diversificados modelos cognitivos/culturais subjacentes à construção do conceito MORTE, os quais, em linhas gerais, revelam tanto a concepção ocidental de morte como um fato inevitável da condição humana, quanto uma releitura dessa condição por meio da capacidade criativa dos poetas de (reapresentar a morte sob diferentes facetas nem sempre tão aterrorizantes, provavelmente numa tentativa de atenuar o terror que lhe é característico pela sua natureza de mistério.Palavras-chave: Metáfora conceitual. Conceito Morte. Poesia

  19. La construcción de legitimidad del Frente para la Victoria (1988-1991 Frente para la Victoria's construction of legitimacy (1988-1991

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    Full Text Available El trabajo aborda la construcción de legitimidad del Frente para la Victoria (FV en el escenario político de Santa Cruz desde su nacimiento en 1988 hasta llegar a la gobernación en 1991. Se identifican tres fuentes de legitimidad construidas de manera alternativa al debilitamiento de la credibilidad de los partidos políticos tradicionales: la UCR, el PJ, el PI y el MID, entre otros. En este contexto, el Frente para la Victoria desplegó sus estrategias de legitimación apelando a la unidad de lo diverso y sumando referentes individuales de todo el arco político. Por otro lado, apeló a través de sus discursos y la conformación de los elencos y organizaciones a representar la fragmentación social propia de una sociedad compuesta por capas migratorias y, por último, construyó una novedosa oferta política a-partidaria acorde a las representaciones de la crisis estatal a mediados del '80 a partir de la reivindicación de los valores de la gestión, la eficiencia, el orden, el trabajo y la gobernabilidad. Sus estrategias de legitimación muestran cómo la primera etapa de construcción de poder político del FV fue efecto de su trayectoria en la frontera de los débiles grupos sociales y políticos.O trabalho aborda a construção de legitimidade do Frente para la Victoria (FV no cenário político de Santa Cruz desde seu nascimento em 1988 até chegar ao governo em 1991. Identificam-se três fontes de legitimidade construídas de maneira alternativa ao enfraquecimento da credibilidade dos partidos políticos tradicionais: a UCR, o PJ, o PI e o MID, entre outros. Neste contexto, o Frente para la Victoria desdobrou suas estratégias de legitimação apelando à unidade do que for diverso e somando referências individuais de todo o arco político. Por outro lado, apelou, através de seus discursos e a conformação dos elencos e organizações, a representar a fragmentação social própria de uma sociedade composta por camadas migrat

  20. Annual report 1991

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    1991-01-01

    In 1991, the Corporation undertook an examination of its future direction, having completed the divestment mandate assigned to it in 1986. This examination resulted in a reorientation of the Corporation's objectives toward enhancing participation in the energy sector by the Aboriginal Peoples and northern communities of the province. The Corporation's cash assets increased to $33 million in 1991, largely attributable to a Suncor dividend of $14.2 million. The financial statements have been prepared by management in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Management is also responsible for the other information in the annual report, which is consistent with that contained in the financial statements

  1. Annual report 1991

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    1992-12-31

    In 1991, the Corporation undertook an examination of its future direction, having completed the divestment mandate assigned to it in 1986. This examination resulted in a reorientation of the Corporation`s objectives toward enhancing participation in the energy sector by the Aboriginal Peoples and northern communities of the province. The Corporation`s cash assets increased to $33 million in 1991, largely attributable to a Suncor dividend of $14.2 million. The financial statements have been prepared by management in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Management is also responsible for the other information in the annual report, which is consistent with that contained in the financial statements.

  2. High Energy Physics Division semiannual report of research activities, July 1, 1991--December 31, 1991

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    Schoessow, P.; Moonier, P.; Talaga, R.; Wagner, R.

    1992-04-01

    This report describes the research conducted in the High Energy Physics Division of Argonne National Laboratory during the period of July 1, 1991--December 31, 1991. Topics covered here include experimental and theoretical particle physics, advanced accelerator physics, detector development, and experimental facilities research. Lists of division publications and colloquia are included

  3. O cultivo retórico da escuta

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    Jorge Cardoso Filho

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    Full Text Available Esse artigo discute o modo como, na cultura contemporânea, hábitos perceptivos podem ser cultivados de forma relacionada ao ambiente sociocultural e técnico, especificamente no campo da escuta musical. Delimita seu foco de investigação nas estratégias empregadas a fim de persuadir a escuta de algoe de determinado modo, demonstrando preocupação com a dimensão retórica atuante no campo da percepção musical. Aponta a necessidade de entendimento dos mecanismos pelos quais a escuta é formatada na relação com os gêneros musicais, com as estratégias de midiatização e com os padrões de sensibilidade. Por fim, toma as estratégias empregadas no processo produtivo de dois álbuns do gênero musical Rock como exemplos de atuação dessa retórica: o álbum The Joshua Tree (1987, da banda irlandesa U2, e Nevermind (1991, da banda estadunidense Nirvana.

  4. SKB annual report 1993. Including summaries of technical reports issued during 1993

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    1994-05-01

    This is the annual report on the activities of the Swedish Nuclear and Waste Management Co., SKB. It contains in part I an overview of SKB activities in different fields. Part II gives a description of the research and development work on nuclear waste disposal performed during 1993. Lectures and publications during 1993 as well as reports issued in the SKB technical series are listed in part III. Part IV contains the summaries of all technical reports issued during 1993. SKB is the owner of CLAB, the Central Facility for Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, located at Oskarshamn. CLAB was taken into operation in July 1985 and to the end of 1993 in total 1 885 tonnes of spent fuel (measured as uranium) have been received. Transportation from the nuclear sites to CLAB is made by a special ship, M/S Sigyn. At Forsmark the final repository for Radioactive Waste - SFR - was taken into operation in April 1988. The repository is situated in crystalline rock under the Baltic Sea. At the end of 1993 a total of 13 000 m 3 of waste have been deposited in SFR. SKB is in charge of a comprehensive research and development programme on geological disposal of nuclear waste. Some of the main areas for SKB research are: Groundwater movements; Bedrock stability; Groundwater chemistry and nuclide migration; Methods and instruments for in situ characterization of crystalline bedrock; Characterization and leaching of spent nuclear fuel; Properties of bentonite for buffer, backfilling and sealing; Radionuclide transport in biosphere and dose evaluations; Development of performance and safety assessment methodology and assessment models; Construction of an underground research laboratory

  5. Health physics, 1991 progress report

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    Wahl, L.

    1992-12-01

    At Los Alamos National Laboratory, radiation protection services are provided by HS-1, -4, and -12, and technical support is provided to Laboratory groups that work with significant quantities of fissile material by HS-6. The mission of all these groups is to protect Laboratory workers, the public, and the environment from radiation associated with Laboratory operations. In this report, 1991 radiation protection performance trends are presented. These data show that, in general, the collective external dose equivalent quantities from penetrating (gamma, x-ray, and neutron) radiation and from nonpenetrating (beta and low-energy photon) radiation decreased over most of 199 1. In general, the number of confirmed contaminations of skin and personal clothing increased in the first quarter of 1991 but decreased markedly in subsequent quarters. Finally, there were no confirmed intakes (through ingestion or inhalation) of radioactive material at eight facilities in all of 1991. The 1991 radiation protection activities of the Laboratory, conducted at both the Nevada Test Site and at Los Alamos, are presented and discussed. These activities include extemal dosimetry, internal dosimetry, radiation-monitoring instrumentation, sample analyses, workplace monitoring, radioactive air emissions management, nuclear criticality safety, radiological emergency response, radiological training, radiological audits and investigations, and radiological records. This report details routine activities, including any significant changes and improvements in 1991; additional activities, including special investigations, studies, and reviews; publications and presentations; and professional activities, including professional memberships, training received, and conferences attended

  6. Energy consumption declined in 1993

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    Anon.

    1994-01-01

    On presenting the energy consumption figures for 1993 the Minister for Economic Affairs of Baden-Wuerttemberg Dieter Spoeri (SPD) spoke of the eternal task of saving energy. In his view the slight decline in energy consumption from 1992 to 1993 should not be interpreted as a greater willingness to save energy; its main cause is rather to be seen in the course of the economy. According to estimations, total energy consumption fell 0.5% and electricity consumption 1.0% from 1992 to 1993. The economy on the other hand, still a decisive factor in energy consumption, is estimated to have declined 3% during that period. In the ten years from 1983 to 1993 total energy consumption in the Land rose an average annual 1.8% while electricity consumption kept astride with the economy with an average annual rise 2.7%, he said. (orig./HP) [de

  7. Savannah River Site environmental report for 1991

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    Arnett, M.W.; Karapatakis, L.K.; Mamatey, A.R.; Todd, J.L.

    1991-01-01

    This report describes environmental activities conducted on and in the vicinity of the Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken, S.C., from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1991, with an update on compliance activities through April 1, 1992. The report is a single volume with a separate summary pamphlet highlighting the major findings for 1991. The report is divided into an executive summary and 14 chapters containing information on environmental compliance issues, environmental monitoring methods and programs, and environmental research activities for 1991, as well as historical data from previous years. Analytical results, figures, charts, and data tables relevant to the environmental monitoring program for 1991 at SRS are included

  8. Savannah River Site environmental report for 1991

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    Arnett, M.W.; Karapatakis, L.K.; Mamatey, A.R.; Todd, J.L.

    1991-01-01

    This report describes environmental activities conducted on and in the vicinity of the Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken, S.C., from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1991, with an update on compliance activities through April 1, 1992. The report is a single volume with a separate summary pamphlet highlighting the major findings for 1991. The report is divided into an executive summary and 14 chapters containing information on environmental compliance issues, environmental monitoring methods and programs, and environmental research activities for 1991, as well as historical data from previous years. Analytical results, figures, charts, and data tables relevant to the environmental monitoring program for 1991 at SRS are included.

  9. Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira. Visibilidade e acessibilidade da produção científica na área da cirurgia experimental

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    Población Dinah Aguiar

    2001-01-01

    Full Text Available A visibilidade da ciência divulgada pela Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira é analisada ao longo da trajetória de 15 anos de publicação ininterrupta, durante a qual foi mantida a periodicidade proposta. Com isto obteve os créditos necessários, para ser selecionada por autores nacionais e estrangeiros que publicaram 116 artigos no primeiro qüinqüênio (1986-1990, 170 no segundo qüinqüênio (1991-1995 e 190 no terceiro qüinqüênio (1996-2000 e também para ser inserida na Base LILACS desde 1987. A partir de maio de 1998 foi credenciada, entre os periódicos brasileiros da área da saúde, para ser incorporada ao Projeto SciELO Brasil. Os indicadores da Base SciELO permitem avaliar a posição da ACTA quanto às características formais de publicação revelando a qualidade científica por meio dos relatórios de uso do "site", acesso aos artigos e às revistas citantes. Análises cienciométricas são realizadas para avaliar a visibilidade e acessibilidade da literatura científica publicada na ACTA.

  10. Raiva humana transmitida por cães: áreas de risco em Minas Gerais, Brasil, 1991-1999 Human rabies transmitted by dogs: risk areas in Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1991-1999

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    Cristiana Ferreira Jardim de Miranda

    2003-02-01

    Full Text Available Com o objetivo de identificar e caracterizar as diferentes áreas de risco para a raiva humana transmitida por cães em Minas Gerais, realizou-se um estudo observacional retrospectivo quali-quantitativo, no período de 1991 a 1999. Utilizou-se a divisão do estado em 25 Diretorias Regionais de Saúde (DRS, vinculadas à Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de Minas Gerais (SES-MG. Os indicadores estudados foram a estimativa de população canina, a ocorrência de raiva canina e felina confirmada por exames laboratoriais, raiva humana notificada, coberturas vacinais e a infra-estrutura do serviço na DRS. Foram analisados os resultados de 2.845 fichas de diagnóstico laboratorial para raiva canina, felina e humana, provenientes dos laboratórios de referência para a raiva, relatórios de consolidados de vacinação anti-rábica animal da SES-MG dos anos de 1997 a 1999 e fichas de notificação dos casos de raiva humana da Fundação Nacional de Saúde (FUNASA. Realizou-se entrevista semi-estruturada com cada responsável regional pelo programa de controle da raiva. Os resultados permitem classificar Minas Gerais em quatro diferentes modalidades de risco: nulo, baixo, médio e alto.A retrospective study based on observation with the objective of identifying and characterizing the different risk areas for rabies transmission by dogs took place in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, from 1991 to 1999. Indicators confirmed occurrences of canine and feline rabies, notification of human rabies, and administration of appropriate vaccination. The Minas Gerais State Health System is divided into 25 Regional Health Centers, which are linked to the State Health Department (SES-MG. These Health Centers were utilized in the study. The results of 2,845 records of laboratory diagnosis for canine, feline, and human rabies were analyzed. Consolidated SES-MG reports from 1997 to 1999 for rabies vaccination and notification records for cases of human rabies from the National

  11. Programas de prevenção ao consumo de drogas no Brasil: uma análise da produção científica de 1991 a 2001

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    Full Text Available Este estudo trata dos programas de prevenção ao consumo de drogas. Parte-se do pressuposto de que no Brasil, a partir principalmente da década de 1990, processaram-se mudanças significativas nas práticas de prevenção. A análise sistemática da bibliografia pode contribuir com a avaliação dos rumos que essas práticas vêm tomando e favorecer a crítica e a formulação de novos projetos. O objetivo deste estudo foi: levantar e analisar os trabalhos publicados no Brasil, cujo objeto é a prevenção ao consumo de drogas no período de 1991 a 2001. A metodologia compreendeu dois procedimentos: levantamento bibliográfico em bancos de dados on-line, utilizando-se o descritor: prevenção de drogas e análise dos trabalhos selecionados, segundo: tipo de publicação; objetivo do trabalho; abordagem teórica e caracterização de outros elementos internos ao desenvolvimento dos projetos de prevenção propriamente ditos. Os resultados mostraram que a maior parte dos textos selecionados objetiva fornecer orientações para a prevenção, utilizando uma abordagem que tende em graus diferentes às concepções e estratégias da abordagem de redução de danos. Os trabalhos que dizem respeito ao desenvolvimento de projetos encontram-se majoritariamente no eixo São Paulo-Rio; cerca de metade vale-se de estudos epidemiológicos ou de mecanismos de avaliação próprios; a maior parte visa fornecer informações a estudantes e professores.

  12. Radiation protection instrument 1993

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    The Radiation Protection Instrument, 1993 (Legislative Instrument 1559) prescribes the powers and functions of the Radiation Protection Board established under the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission by the Atomic Energy Commission (Amendment) Law, 1993 (P.N.D.C. Law 308). Also included in the Legislative Instrument are schedules on control and use of ionising radiation and radiation sources as well as procedures for notification, licensing and inspection of ionising radiation facilities. (EAA)

  13. AGS experiments: 1990, 1991, 1992. Ninth edition

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    Depken, J.C.

    1993-04-01

    This report contains a description of the following: AGS Experimental Area - High Energy Physics FY 1993 and Heavy Ion Physics FY 1993; Table of Beam Parameters and Fluxes; Experiment Schedule ``as run``; Proposed 1993 Schedule; A listing of experiments by number; Two-page summaries of each experiment begin here, also ordered by number; Publications of AGS Experiments; and List of AGS Experimenters.

  14. Deformation near the Casa Diablo geothermal well field and related processes Long Valley caldera, Eastern California, 1993-2000

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    Howle, J.F.; Langbein, J.O.; Farrar, C.D.; Wilkinson, S.K.

    2003-01-01

    Regional first-order leveling lines, which extend from Lee Vining, CA, to Tom's Place, CA, have been surveyed periodically since 1957 by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the National Geodetic Survey (NGS), and Caltrans. Two of the regional survey lines, or leveling networks, intersect at the Casa Diablo geothermal well field. These leveling networks, referenced to a distant bench mark (C916) near Lee Vining, provide time-series vertical control data of land-surface deformation that began around 1980. These data are also useful for delineating localized subsidence at Casa Diablo related to reservoir pressure and temperature changes owing to geothermal development that began in 1985. A comparison of differences in bench-mark elevations for five time periods between 1983 and 1997 shows the development and expansion of a subsidence bowl at Casa Diablo. The subsidence coincides spatially with the geothermal well field and temporally with the increased production rates and the deepening of injection wells in 1991, which resulted in an increase in the rate of pressure decline. The subsidence, superimposed on a broad area of uplift, totaled about 310 mm by 1997. The USGS established orthogonal tilt arrays in 1983 to better monitor deformation across the caldera. One tilt array (DBR) was established near what would later become the Casa Diablo geothermal well field. This array responded to magmatic intrusions prior to geothermal development, tilting away from the well field. With the start of geothermal fluid extraction in 1985, tilt at the DBR array reversed direction and began tilting into the well field. In 1991, geothermal power production was increased by a factor of four, and reservoir pressures began a period of steep decline. These changes caused a temporary three-fold increase in the tilt rate. The tilt rate became stable in 1993 and was about 40% lower than that measured in 1991-1992, but still greater than the rates measured during 1985-1990. Data from the

  15. Physics Division progress report, January 1, 1991--December 31, 1991

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    Shera, E.B.; Hollen, G.Y.

    1992-06-01

    This report provides selected accounts of significant progress in research and development achieved by Physics Division personnel during the period January 1, 1991, through December 31, 1991. It also provides a general description of the goals and interests of the Division, very brief descriptions of projects in the Division, and a list of publications produced during this period. The report represents the three main areas of experimental research and development in which the Physics Division serves the needs of Los Alamos National Laboratory and the nation in defense and basic sciences: (1) fundamental research in nuclear and particle physics, condensed-matter physics, and biophysics; (2) laser physics and applications, especially to high-density plasmas; (3) defense physics, including the development of diagnostic methods for weapons tests, weapons-related high energy-density physics, and other programs

  16. Fundação de assistência integral à saúde/Hospital Sofia Feldman: uma experiência de administração flexível? Fundación de asistencia integral a la salud/hospital Sofia Feldman: una experiencia de administración flexible? Foundation of integral health care: an experience of flexible administration?

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    Full Text Available O presente trabalho teve como objetivo traçar um paralelo entre a experiência administrativa do Hospital Sofia Feldman e a teoria de gerência flexível proposta por MOTTA (1991 e MÉDICI & SILVA (1993. Descreve, também, elementos inovadores de integração da instituição com a comunidade: mãe substituta, ombudsman e trabalho voluntário sistematizado da Associação Comunitária dos Amigos e Usuários do Hospital Sofia Feldman. A coleta de dados foi feita através de roteiro de entrevista semi-estruturada, aplicado a funcionários de diferentes setores, procurando conhecer a percepção dos mesmos sobre o modelo gerencial adotado. Os depoimentos apontaram características de administração flexível no hospital, porém, permeada de traços da gerência clássica.El presente trabajo tuvo como objetivo trazar un paralelo entre la experiencia administrativa del Hospital Sofia Feldman y la teoria de gerencia flexible propuesta por MOTTA (1991 y MEDICI& SILVA (1993. Describe, también, elementos innovadores de integraçión de la instituición com la comunidad: madre sustituta, ombdsman y trabajo voluntario sistematizado de la Associación Comunitaria de los Amigos y Usuarios del Hospital Sofia Feldman. La recolección de los dados fue realizada a través de una guía de entrevista semi-estructurada aplicada al modelo gerencial adoptado. Las informaciones coletadas puntualizan características de administración flexible en el hospital, pero, intercalada de trazos de gerencia clásica.The purpose of the present study was to verify the correspondence between the administrative experience of the Hospital "Sofia Feldman" and the theory on flexible management proposed by MOTTA (1991 and MÉDICI & SILVA (1993. It also described innovation elements for institutional integration with the community, such as the substitute mother, ombudsman and systematic voluntary work, done by Community Association of Friends and Users of Sofia Feldman Hospital

  17. H-Area Seepage Basins groundwater monitoring report -- third and fourth quarters 1993. Volume 1

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    Butler, C.T.

    1994-03-01

    During the second half of 1993, the groundwater at the H-Area Seepage Basins (HASB) was monitored in compliance with the September 30, 1992, modification of South Carolina Hazardous Waste Permit SC1-890-008-989. A detailed description of the uppermost aquifer is included in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Part B post-closure care permit application for the H-Area Hazardous Waste Management Facility submitted to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) in December 1990. Beginning first quarter 1993, the HASB`s Groundwater Protection Standard (GWPS), established in Appendix 3D-A of the cited permit, became the standard for comparison. Historically as well as currently, nitrate, nonvolatile beta, and tritium have been among the primary constituents to exceed standards. Other radionuclides and hazardous constitutents also exceeded the GWPS in the groundwater at the HASB (notably aluminum, iodine-129, strontium-90, technetium-99, and zinc) during the second half of 1993. Elevated constituents were found primarily in Aquifer Zone 2B{sub 2} and in the upper portion of Aquifer Zone 2B{sub 1}. However, constituents exceeding standards also occurred in several wells screened in the lower portion of Aquifer Zone 2B{sub 1} and Aquifer Unit 2A. Isoconcentration/isoactivity maps include in this report indicate both the concentration/activity and extent of the primary contaminants in each of the three hydrostratigraphic units during the second half of 1993. Water-level maps indicate that the groundwater flow rates and directions at the HASB have remained relatively constant since the basins ceased to be active in 1988.

  18. Solar-Geophysical Data Number 568, December 1991. Part 2 (comprehensive reports), Data for June 1991 and miscellaneous

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    Coffey, H.E.

    1991-06-01

    The contents include: Detailed index for 1991; Data for June 1991--Solar flares, Solar radio bursts at fixed frequencies, Solar x-ray radiation from GOES satellite, Mass ejections from the sun, Active prominences and filaments; Miscellaneous data--GOES solar proton events 1976-Oct 91

  19. Progress at LAMPF, 1992--1993

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    Hoffman, C.M. [ed.

    1994-07-25

    This Progress Report describes the operation of the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility (LAMPF) and the research programs carried out there for the years 1992 and 1993. The accelerator operated for over 100 days in 1992, providing beams of H{sup +}, H{sup {minus}}, and polarized H{sup {minus}} for a rich and varied research program in nuclear physics. The accelerator had only fair beam availability in 1992 (for example, the average H{sup +} beam availability was 72%), caused largely by problems in the 201-MHz rf system. A major effort was expended to address these problems before the 1993 run. These efforts were rewarded by good beam availability in 1993 and few problems with the 201-MHz system. LAMPF operated remarkably smoothly during 1993, in the midst of a period of great uncertainty in the future of the facility and the downsizing of MP Division, which led to the loss of a large number of key people to positions elsewhere in the Laboratory. The H{sup +} intensity had to be held to no more than {approximately} 800{mu}A because of a vacuum leak in the A2 target. Nevertheless, the accelerator operated very.reliably and the summer run in 1993 proved to be extremely productive. This report discusses the research conducted on: Nuclear and particle physics; atomic physics; radiation effects; materials science; astrophysics; and theoretical physics.

  20. Progress at LAMPF, 1992--1993

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    Hoffman, C.M.

    1994-01-01

    This Progress Report describes the operation of the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility (LAMPF) and the research programs carried out there for the years 1992 and 1993. The accelerator operated for over 100 days in 1992, providing beams of H + , H - , and polarized H - for a rich and varied research program in nuclear physics. The accelerator had only fair beam availability in 1992 (for example, the average H + beam availability was 72%), caused largely by problems in the 201-MHz rf system. A major effort was expended to address these problems before the 1993 run. These efforts were rewarded by good beam availability in 1993 and few problems with the 201-MHz system. LAMPF operated remarkably smoothly during 1993, in the midst of a period of great uncertainty in the future of the facility and the downsizing of MP Division, which led to the loss of a large number of key people to positions elsewhere in the Laboratory. The H + intensity had to be held to no more than ∼ 800μA because of a vacuum leak in the A2 target. Nevertheless, the accelerator operated very.reliably and the summer run in 1993 proved to be extremely productive. This report discusses the research conducted on: Nuclear and particle physics; atomic physics; radiation effects; materials science; astrophysics; and theoretical physics

  1. Radiation doses in diagnostic radiology and methods for dose reduction. Report of a co-ordinated research programme (1991-1993)

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    1995-04-01

    It is well recognized that diagnostic radiology is the largest contributor to the collective dose from all man-made sources of radiation. Large differences in radiation doses from the same procedures among different X ray rooms have led to the conclusion that there is a potential for dose reduction. A Co-ordinated Research Programme on Radiation Doses in Diagnostic Radiology and Methods for Dose Reduction, involving Member States with different degrees of development, was launched by the IAEA in co-operation with the CEC. This report summarizes the results of the second and final Research Co-ordination Meeting held in Vienna from 4 to 8 October 1993. 22 refs, 6 figs and tabs.

  2. Radiation doses in diagnostic radiology and methods for dose reduction. Report of a co-ordinated research programme (1991-1993)

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    1995-04-01

    It is well recognized that diagnostic radiology is the largest contributor to the collective dose from all man-made sources of radiation. Large differences in radiation doses from the same procedures among different X ray rooms have led to the conclusion that there is a potential for dose reduction. A Co-ordinated Research Programme on Radiation Doses in Diagnostic Radiology and Methods for Dose Reduction, involving Member States with different degrees of development, was launched by the IAEA in co-operation with the CEC. This report summarizes the results of the second and final Research Co-ordination Meeting held in Vienna from 4 to 8 October 1993. 22 refs, 6 figs and tabs

  3. INEL oversight program. Quarterly technical progress report, January 1993--December 1993

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    1994-01-01

    Idaho's successful lawsuit over shipments of spent nuclear fuel is a major milestone for 1993. The challenge forced the U.S. Department of Energy to cease all shipments of spent nuclear fuel to the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory until a site-wide environmental impact statement is completed. This agreement is a significant victory in Idaho's battle to hold the federal government responsible for its actions and force compliance with applicable laws. Much of the State's INEL-related activity in 1993 focused on ensuring that INEL operations are conducted in a manner that protects public health and the environment

  4. [Trends of vegetables and fruits consumption among Chinese adults aged 18 to 44 years old from 1991 to 2011].

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    Xiao, Yingting; Su, Chang; Ouyang, Yifei; Zhang, Bing

    2015-03-01

    To identify the trends of vegetables and fruits consumption among Chinese adults aged 18 to 44 years old from 1991 to 2011. Twenty four hour dietary recall data from China Health and Nutrition Survey (1991, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2009 and 2011) were used to identify the trends of vegetables and fruits consumption among Chinese between 18 and 44 years old. From 1991 to 2011, the proportion of daily consumption of vegetables rarely varied, while the vegetables intake declined significantly; and the proportion of daily consumption and intake of fruits kept increasing as follows. By 2011, the proportion of daily consumption and intake of vegetables and fruits among the respondents were 99.7%, 48.0%, 321.6 g/d, and 90.1 g/d respectively. A significant drop was found in the vegetables intake among the respondents against the vegetables intake as recommended by the Chinese dietary guidelines, up to 50.2% in 2011; a significant rise was found in the fruits intake of the respondents against the fruits intake as recommended by the said guidelines, up to 17.4% in 2011. The average daily intake of vegetables and fruits of young and middle-aged residents (18-44 age group) in nine provinces in China was found lower than that recommended in the Chinese dietary guidelines; in view of the high proportion of people having less vegetables and fruits intake that those recommended by the Chinese dietary guidelines, further measures are expected to encourage their vegetables and fruits intake.

  5. As metáforas da morte na poesia brasileira: um estudo à luz da linguística cognitiva

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    Full Text Available Neste artigo, a partir de uma visão sistematicamente cognitiva da metáfora, com base nos pressupostos da teoria da metáfora conceitual (LAKOFF; JOHNSON, 1980, 1999; LAKOFF; TURNER, 1989; LAKOFF, 1987,1993; KÖVECSES, 2005, apresentamos um inventário de dez metáforas conceituais usadas no licenciamento do conceito MORTE na construção de poesias de autores da literatura brasileira de diferentes escolas literária. O seu foco principal está na análise das relações das metáforas conceituais inventariadas com os diferentes modelos culturais que integram as construções textuais analisadas. Tal empreendimento possibilitou a identificação e descrição de diversificados modelos cognitivos/culturais subjacentes à construção do conceito MORTE, os quais, em linhas gerais, revelam tanto a concepção ocidental de morte como um fato inevitável da condição humana, quanto uma releitura dessa condição por meio da capacidade criativa dos poetas de (reapresentar a morte sob diferentes facetas nem sempre tão aterrorizantes, provavelmente numa tentativa de atenuar o terror que lhe écaracterístico pela sua natureza de mistério.Palavras-chave: Metáfora conceitual. Conceito Morte. Poesia

  6. Uma releitura da obra de Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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    2013-09-01

    Full Text Available Este artigo apresenta uma releitura de parte da obra de Elizabeth Ross, uma das autoras mais citadas sobre a questão da terminalidade da vida, do luto e do morrer. Sua obra tem sido de grande contribuição tanto para os profissionais de saúde como para pais, mães, filhos, parentes, leigos e religiosos que vivenciam o luto. Também tem sido alvo de controvérsias relacionadas a questões éticas e quanto a seu rigor científico. Os livros aqui comentados são: On death and dying (Sobre A morte e o morrer, de 1969; Questions and answers on death and dying (Perguntas e respostas sobre a morte e o morrer, de 1971; Living with death and dying(Vivendo com a morte e os moribundos, de 1981; On children and death (Sobre as crianças e a morte, de 1983; On life after death (Sobre a vida depois da morte, de 1991 e Life lessons (Lições de vida, de 2000.

  7. Snake River Sockeye salmon habitat and limnological research. Annual report 1993

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    Teuscher, D.; Taki, D.; Wurtsbaugh, W.A.; Luecke, C.; Budy, P.; Gross, H.P.; Steinhart, G.

    1994-06-01

    In 1993 we completed research directed at characterizing the 0. nerka populations and their interactions with other fish species in five Sawtooth Valley Lakes. Historically, Redfish, Alturas, Pettit, Stanley, and Yellow Belly Lakes provided Snake River sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) spawning and rearing habitat (Evermann 1896; Bjornn 1968). All of these lakes, with exception to Yellow Belly, still support 0. nerka populations. In chapter 1 of this report we describe 0. nerka spawning locations and densities, tributary fry recruitment, and results from a habitat survey completed in Redfish Lake. In chapter 2 we review foraging habits of fish that may compete with, or prey on 0. nerka populations. Kokanee fry emergence from Fishhook Creek in 1993 was 160,000. Fry emergence increased nearly five fold over that reported in 1992. Interestingly, spawning densities in 1991 and 1992 were somewhat similar (7,200 and 9,600, respectively). Discharge from Fishhook Creek was markedly higher in 1992 and may have caused the better egg to fry survival. 0. nerka spawning on sockeye beach appeared limited (< 100 fish). Additionally, sockeye beach was the only area that wild or residual sockeye were located. Of 24 adult sockeye released into Redfish Lake, from the brood stock program, two were found spawning in the south end of the lake. Results from the habitat survey indicated that substrate composition on sockeye beach is poor. 0. nerka diet patterns shifted from chironomid prey in June zooplankton prey in September. Rainbow trout consumed a broadrange of prey, with few instances of significant diet overlap with 0. nerka. Northern squawfish, bull char, and lake trout preyed on 0. nerka. Utilization of 0. nerka by predators was greatest in September

  8. Natural gas annual 1993

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    1994-01-01

    The Natural Gas Annual provides information on the supply and disposition of natural gas to a wide audience including industry, consumers, Federal and State agencies, and educational institutions. The 1993 data are presented in a sequence that follows natural gas (including supplemental supplies) from its production to its end use. Tables summarizing natural gas supply and disposition from 1989 to 1993 are given for each Census Division and each State. Annual historical data are shown at the national level

  9. Photovoltaic Subcontract Program, FY 1991

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    1992-03-01

    This report summarizes the fiscal year (FY) 1991 (October 1, 1990, through September 30, 1991) progress of the subcontracted photovoltaic (PV) research and development (R D) performed under the Photovoltaic Advanced Research and Development Project at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) -- formerly the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI). The mission of the national PV program is to develop PV technology for large-scale generation of economically competitive electric power in the United States. The technical sections of the report cover the main areas of the subcontract program: the Amorphous Silicon Research Project, Polycrystalline Thin Films, Crystalline Silicon Materials Research, High-Efficiency Concepts, the New Ideas Program, the University Participation Program, and the Photovoltaic Manufacturing Technology (PVMaT) project. Technical summaries of each of the subcontracted programs provide a discussion of approaches, major accomplishments in FY 1991, and future research directions.

  10. High Energy Physics Division semiannual report of research activities, July 1, 1993--December 31, 1993

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    Wagner, R.; Moonier, P.; Schoessow, P.; Talaga, R.

    1994-05-01

    This report describes the research conducted in the High Energy Physics Division of Argonne National Laboratory during the period of July 1, 1993--December 31, 1993. Topics covered here include experimental and theoretical particle physics, advanced accelerator physics, detector development, and experimental facilities research. Lists of division publications and colloquia are included

  11. High Energy Physics Division semiannual report of research activities, January 1, 1993--June 30, 1993

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    Schoessow, P.; Moonier, P.; Talaga, R.; Wagner, R.

    1993-12-01

    This report describes the research conducted in the High Energy Physics Division of Argonne National Laboratory during the period of January 1, 1993--June 30, 1993. Topics covered here include experimental and theoretical particle physics, advanced accelerator physics, detector development, and experimental facilities research. Lists of division publications and colloquia are included

  12. 21 CFR 73.1991 - Zinc oxide.

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    ... 21 Food and Drugs 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Zinc oxide. 73.1991 Section 73.1991 Food and Drugs FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES GENERAL LISTING OF COLOR... oxide is a white or yellow-white amorphous powder manufactured by the French process (described as the...

  13. Evolução das desigualdades socioeconômicas na mortalidade infantil no Brasil, 1993-2008 Evolution of socioeconomic inequalities in infant and child mortality in Brazil, 1993-20

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    Full Text Available No Brasil, a mortalidade infantil e na infância apresentam tendência decrescente. Poucos estudos investigaram a evolução temporal das desigualdades socioeconômicas nesses óbitos, no nível individual. O objetivo foi investigar a evolução temporal da magnitude das desigualdades na mortalidade infantil e na infância, segundo a escolaridade materna e a renda domiciliar per capita, no período 1993-2008, no Brasil. Foram utilizados microdados das Pesquisas Nacionais por Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD. A medida de desigualdade empregada foi o índice de concentração (IC, calculado para os óbitos infantis e na infância, segundo escolaridade materna e renda domiciliar per capita. No período de 1993 a 2008, houve redução das desigualdades na mortalidade infantil e na infância, no nível individual, segundo a escolaridade materna e a renda domiciliar per capita. Em 2008, a concentração dos óbitos na infância entre crianças cujas mães tinham menor escolaridade era maior do que a concentração dos óbitos infantis. Os IC segundo a renda apresentaram maior variabilidade, mas também demonstraram menor concentração dos óbitos ao final do período. A medição das desigualdades em saúde é importante para o acompanhamento da situação de saúde da população.In Brazil, infant and child mortality reveal a downward trend. Few studies have investigated the temporal trends in the inequalities of these deaths, at individual level, according to socio-economic status. The scope of this article was to investigate the temporal trends of the magnitude of inequalities in infant and child mortality, between groups defined by maternal education and household income per capita in the 1993-2008 period in Brazil. Microdata from the National Household Sample Survey were used. The inequality measure was the concentration index (CI. It was calculated for infant and child deaths, according to maternal education and household income per capita. During

  14. Activities co-operations on nuclear data in China in 1991

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    Cai Dunjiu

    1992-01-01

    The activities and co-operations on nuclear data in 1991 are introduced briefly. The meetings which were held by CNDC in 1991 are listed. The international meetings, workshops or training courses in the nuclear data field which were attended by chinese scientists in 1991 are presented. The international meeting held in China, the international cooperation projects during 1985 ∼ 1991 and the foreign scientists in nuclear fields visited CNDC/CIAE in 1991 are also described

  15. Evolução dos acidentes de trânsito em um grande centro urbano, 1991-2000 Traffic accidents in a metropolitan area in Brazil, 1991-2000

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    Full Text Available Este estudo descreve a evolução dos acidentes de trânsito em Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, entre 1991 e 2000, utilizando-se dados do Departamento Estadual de Trânsito do Estado da Bahia. Calculou-se taxas globais dos acidentes de trânsito, vítimas e taxas padronizadas de mortalidade por habitante e por veículos, e comparou-se médias destes indicadores para antes (1991 a 1994 e após (1995 a 2000 a adoção de medidas de intervenção como o uso do cinto de segurança e o Código Nacional de Trânsito. As taxas de acidentes de trânsito e de vítimas apresentaram-se elevadas e estáveis. A mortalidade reduziu entre 1995 e 1998, (25,7/100 mil habitantes e 18,1/100 mil, respectivamente estabilizando-se posteriormente. A diferença entre médias das taxas de mortalidade foi estatisticamente significante (p A time series study described the trend in motor vehicle accidents from 1991 to 2000, using data from the State Transit Department in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil. Rates were calculated for total motor vehicle accidents, number of casualties, and standardized mortality based on population and number of vehicles, comparing two periods (1991-1994 and 1995-2000, before and after the adoption of safety measures including compulsory seat belt use and the new National Transit Code (NTC. Vehicle accident and casualty rates were high and showed little variation during the study period. The mortality rate decreased from 25.7/100,000 inhabitants in 1995 to 18.1/100,000 in 1998 and remained stable thereafter. The only significant difference (p < 0.001 was in the mean motor vehicle accident mortality rate before and after the intervention. The case fatality rate decreased from 10.7% (1995 to 7% (2000. Although still representing a major public health problem in this important metropolitan area, the decrease in motor vehicle accident mortality was possibly due to interventions in 1995 and expanded NTC measures in 1998. Greater efforts to change driver and

  16. Eficiência de Metarhizium anisopliae no controle do Percevejo-do-Colmo Tibraca limbativentris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae em lavoura de arroz irrigado Efficiency of Metarhizium anisopliae on rice stem bug Tibraca limbativentris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae control in flooded rice field

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    José Francisco da Silva Martins

    2004-12-01

    Full Text Available O percevejo-do-colmo, Tibraca limbativentris Stal, 1860 (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae, é altamente prejudicial à cultura do arroz no Brasil, principalmente em sistemas de cultivo irrigados por inundação. O efeito de duas formas de aplicação, conídios em suspensão e veiculados em grãos de arroz autoclavado, da cepa (CP 172 de Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch. Sorok., no controle do percevejo, foi avaliado em três experimentos conduzidos em 1991, 1993 e 1994, em lavoura comercial de arroz irrigado. Em 1991, tanto a pulverização de conídios como a distribuição manual grãos de arroz cobertos com material fúngico em dosagem equivalente a 7,2 x 10(13 conídios.ha-1, sobre o solo e entre os colmos de arroz, onde os percevejos estavam alojados, reduziram significativamente a população natural do inseto com eficiência de controle de 52,6% e 61,8%, respectivamente. Ainda em 1991, estudo sobre o estabelecimento e persistência da cepa no solo do arrozal, com base na contagem de unidades formadoras de colônias (UFC, indicou que o fungo manteve-se viável na entressafra, até 216 dias após a aplicação, época da implantação de novos arrozais. O número de UFC foi maior nas parcelas tratadas com os grãos de arroz cobertos com material fúngico. O crescimento linear do número de UFC, no solo nas parcelas testemunhas, evidenciou disseminação do fungo para partes anteriormente não tratadas do arrozal. Resultados significativos de controle com a aplicação da suspensão de conídios e dos grãos de arroz com o fungo, na dose de 5 x 10(13 conídios.ha-1, também foram obtidos em 1993, com 51,8% e 48,2% de eficiência, respectivamente. Em 1994, a aplicaç��o da suspensão de 5 x 10(13 conídios.ha-1 resultou em 39,5% de controle do inseto. O índice de confirmação de infeção, contudo, foi baixo, nos dois anos, atingindo, no máximo, 20%, em 1993. O baixo número de insetos com micose, em comparação ao índice de mortalidade

  17. Hydro-Quebec annual report, 1993

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    1994-01-01

    An overview is presented of the activities of Hydro-Quebec for the year ended December 31, 1993, as well as its financial status. Export sales of electricity to other Canadian provinces and the USA are reported. Research programs and demonstration projects are described, as well as the utility's international activities. Environmental and economic considerations for the province are presented. Financial data includes total sales, sales by sector, export sales, and rate changes. A financial statement is included. In 1993, total sales volume was 152.1 TWh, or 7.5 TWh more than in 1992, for a total sales revenue of $7,004 million, an increase of 3.5% over 1992. Sales in Quebec increased 5 TWh, with nearly all of this increase coming from the industrial sector. Exports outside of Quebec totalled 15 TWh, or 20% more than in 1992. The largest increase in exports was in the form of short-term sales to the USA. Expenditures in 1993 were $3,761 million, only slightly more than in 1992. Facilities commissioned in 1993 included the Brisay power plant, two of six units at the Laforge-1 plant, and the north portion of the 12th transmission line from the LaGrande complex. Total installed capacity of the Hydro-Quebec system reached 29,131 MW, and total power produced was 131.6 TWh. Total length of transmission and distribution lines in 1993 reached 29,869 km and 100,908 km respectively. 9 figs., 17 tabs

  18. Aspectos da prática da eletroconvulsoterapia: uma revisão sistemática

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    Perizzolo Juliana

    2003-01-01

    Full Text Available A eletroconvulsoterapia (ECT é um tratamento eficaz para uma série de transtornos psiquiátricos. Observa-se, contudo, que a sua prática ainda conta com uma série de questões não bem compreendidas. Isso explica, em parte, as diferenças na sua aplicação em diferentes serviços e a falta de protocolos claros para a sua execução. O presente trabalho é oriundo de uma revisão sistemática da literatura sobre a ECT (MEDLINEÒ 1993-2003. Ele visa a buscar respostas para as seguintes questões: há diferença, em termos de eficácia, entre o posicionamento uni ou bilateral dos eletrodos? Com que dosagem elétrica deve-se iniciar uma série de ECT? Qual a real importância do limiar convulsivo? O que é uma crise convulsiva adequada e como proceder na ausência da mesma?

  19. Stupr e pré. Giovanni Testori riscrive Iacopone da Todi

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    Daniela Iuppa

    2012-12-01

    Full Text Available This essay investigates the fertile relationship between Giovanni Testori (1923-1993 and the tradition, constantly questioned by means of numerous rewritings of great western literary texts. Among other models, Iacopone da Todi appears as particularly important. In 1989, Testori worked on a new theatrical project, Stupr e pré, that remained unfinished and unpublished. In this work he “re-writes” the famous Donna de Paradiso. The following study analyses Testori’s adoption of some recurrent linguistic techniques to model Iacoponi da Todi’s masterpiece, in order to enlighten one of Testori’s fundamental poetical images: maternal love bent on death.

  20. Australian black coal statistics 1991

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    1992-01-01

    This third edition of Australian black coal statistics covers anthracite, bituminous and subbituminous coals. It includes maps and figures on resources and coal fields and statistics (mainly based on the calendar year 1991) on coal demand and supply, production, employment and productivity in Australian coal mines, exports, prices and ports, and domestic consumption. A listing of coal producers by state is included. A final section presents key statistics on international world trade in 1991. 54 tabs.

  1. Transmissividade a radiação solar do polietileno de baixa densidade utilizado em estufas Solar radiation transmissivity through low density polyethylene used in greenhouses

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    Galileo Adeli Buriol

    1995-01-01

    Full Text Available Determinou-se a transmissividade à radiação solar do polietileno de baixa densidade utilizado em estufas. O experimento foi conduzido em uma estufa tipo Capela com dimensões de 10m x 25m, coberta com polietileno transparente de baixa densidade, com espessura de 100µm e aditivado com anti-UV, instalada no Departamento de Fitotecnia da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, RS - Brasil. A radiação solar global diária incidente no interior e exterior da estufa foi medida no período de julho de 1991 a janeiro de 1992 e também a fração difusa da radiação solar em dias com diferentes condições atmosféricas e de condensação no filme plástico durante o período de maio a julho de 1993. A transmissividade média da radiação solar global foi de 56,2% nas primeiras horas do dia e de 81,3% nas horas próximas ao meio-dia. A fração difusa da radiação solar global foi mais elevada no interior da estufa do que no exterior, evidenciando o efeito dispersante do plástico e da condensação do vapor d'água na superfície interna do filme.The transmissivity of the solar radiation by polyethylene cover used in plastic greenhouses was evaluated in the Central Region of the Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. The study was carried out inside a 10m x 25m greenhouse covered with low density transparent polyethylene with 100µm thickness, located at Federal University of Santa Maria. Incoming global solar radiation inside and outside was measured daily dunng July, 1991 to January, 1992. The effect of polyethylene cover on diffuse solar radiation was determined dunng 1993 year. The average transmissivity of global solar radiation was 56.2% early in the moming and 81.3% at near noonday. Diffuse solar radiation proportion was higher inside than outside the greenhouse and enhanced when water condenses on the inner surface of the film.

  2. OS EFEITOS DA IDENTIFICAÇÃO REGIONAL NO VALOR DA MARCA DO PATROCINADOR ESPORTIVO

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    João Guilherme Barbosa de Amorim

    Full Text Available RESUMO Desde que foi escolhido como sede da Copa do Mundo de 2014 e dos Jogos Olímpicos de 2016, o montante de receitas movimentado pelo patrocínio esportivo no Brasil têm crescido significativamente, entretanto, sem que a prática gerencial e a pesquisa acadêmica tenham se desenvolvido no mesmo ritmo. O presente estudo, que visa contribuir para o avanço do conhecimento sobre tema, investigou o impacto da identificação regional do patrocinador e da congruência entre time e patrocinador no valor da marca do patrocinador. As principais referências teóricas do estudo são a teoria da identidade social (TAJFEL; TURNER, 1979, a teoria do esquema (AXELROD, 1973, a teoria da rede associativa (COLLINS; LOFTUS, 1975 e o valor da marca na perspectiva do consumidor (KELLER, 1993. A pesquisa foi realizada em Porto Alegre, capital do Rio Grande do Sul (RS, estado marcado pela valorização da cultura regional gaúcha. A amostra foi não-probabilística, composta por 2.116 fãs de Grêmio e Internacional. Foi analisada a relação entre os dois times as marcas Banrisul e a Unimed Porto Alegre, patrocinadoras de ambos os clubes há mais de dez anos. A análise dos dados foi realizada utilizando a Análise Fatorial Exploratória e Análise Fatorial Confirmatória; e foram verificados a confiabilidade e as validades convergente, discriminante e nomológica dos construtos. Para testar as hipóteses substantivas, foi aplicada a Modelagem de Equações Estruturais, usando a técnica ADF. Os resultados empíricos sugerem que o valor da marca do patrocinador é influenciado principalmente de forma indireta pela identificação regional do patrocinador, dado que este efeito é mediado parcialmente pela congruência entre time e patrocinador.

  3. Hydro-Quebec annual report, 1991

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    1991-01-01

    This annual report for the Quebec electric utility presents an overview of the year's activities and its financial status, including export sales of electricity to New Brunswick, Ontario, New York State, and the New England states. Research programs and demonstration projects are described, as well as the utility's activities in Africa and Asia. Environmental and economic considerations for the province are presented. Financial data includes total sales, sales by sector, export sales, and rate changes. A financial statement is included. In 1991, public controversy arose over electricity exports, risk-and-profit sharing contracts with some industrial customers, and the impacts of hydroelectric development. A net income of $760 million was achieved, representing an 88.1% increase over the previous year when exceptional measures were required to offset cumulative years of low runoff. These measures were suspended in late 1990 but low 1991 precipitation forced the continued purchase of backup electricity. Energy efficiency programs resulted in savings equivalent to energy consumed by a town of 13,000 people. Exports accounted for 7.2% of total sales in 1991. The first three generating units of LaGrande-2-A, totalling 999 MW, were commissioned. The groundwork has been laid for the vast corporate strategy of total customer satisfaction entitled Defi performance. In 1991, annual interruption time per customer dropped to 5.32 hours. 5 figs., 5 tabs.

  4. WATER TEMPERATURE and other data from USS WALKER from 1991-07-01 to 1991-07-10 (NODC Accession 9100147)

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    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — The data in this accession were collected from ship WALKER between July 1, 1991 to July 10, 1991. The real time data of water temperature at varying depth...

  5. Energy balance from Parana State: 1980-1993; Balanco energetico do Parana: 1980-1993

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    1994-12-31

    This energetic balance from the Parana State, Brazil, includes the data referent to the year of 1993. It aims to be a planning tool to the public sector embraced to the energetic question and to orient productive investments to the private sector. It also shows the energetic information during the period of 1980-1993, presenting energetic streams of energetic primary and secondary sources, since its production to the final consumption, according to the main sectors of the economy in the Parana State. The balance is divided in seven chapters, as follows: resume - a synthetic analysis of the energetic sector evolution during the last 14 years and the consolidated data about production, consumption, etc concerning to 1993; energetic supply and demand; energetic interchange transformation centers; another energetic information; energy and socio economy; consolidated energetic balances; and annex - balance structure, information treatment, units, conversion table to medium tEP and specific masses and higher calorific capacities 5 figs., 7 graphs, 1 map, 92 tabs.

  6. A atuação da Organização dos Estados Americanos (OEA nas crises políticas contemporâneas

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    Pedro Ernesto Fagundes

    2010-05-01

    Full Text Available Este artigo analisa a atuação da Organização dos Estados Americanos (OEA no período pós Guerra Fria, especificamente, nas crises políticas do Haiti (1991, Venezuela (2001 e Honduras (2009. O trabalho apresenta um panorama da atuação dessa organização multilateral a partir da década de 1950 até as mais recentes disputas ocorridas na América Latina.

  7. Raiva humana transmitida por cães: áreas de risco em Minas Gerais, Brasil, 1991-1999

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    Miranda, Cristiana Ferreira Jardim de; Silva, José Ailton da; Moreira, Élvio Carlos

    2003-01-01

    Com o objetivo de identificar e caracterizar as diferentes áreas de risco para a raiva humana transmitida por cães em Minas Gerais, realizou-se um estudo observacional retrospectivo quali-quantitativo, no período de 1991 a 1999. Utilizou-se a divisão do estado em 25 Diretorias Regionais de Saúde (DRS), vinculadas à Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de Minas Gerais (SES-MG). Os indicadores estudados foram a estimativa de população canina, a ocorrência de raiva canina e felina confirmada por exames...

  8. Factors affecting the quality of fish caught by Native Americans in the Zone 6 fishery 1991 through 1993

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    Abernethy, C.S.

    1994-09-01

    A program to monitor the salmon and steelhead (Oncorhynchus spp.) fishery in the lower Columbia River (Zone 6 fishery) was initiated in 1991 to respond to questions and comments frequently made by Native Americans at public meetings. Native Americans were concerned that the quality of the Columbia River had deteriorated and that the poor environmental conditions had affected the health and quality of fish they relied on for subsistence, ceremonial, religious, and commercial purposes. They also feared that eating contaminated fish might endanger the health of their children and future generations. Operations at the Hanford Site were listed as one of many causes of the deteriorating environment. Fisheries pathologists concluded that most of the external symptoms on fish were related to bacterial infection of gill net abrasions and pre-spawning trauma, and were not caused by pollution or contamination of the Columbia River. The pathologists also stated that consumption of the fish posed no threat to human consumers.

  9. Continue morbiditeits registratie peilstations Nederland 1993.

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    Bartelds, A.I.M.

    1994-01-01

    Het jaarverslag 1993 van de CRM-Peilstations bevat een beschrijving van de methodiek van deze sinds 1970 bestaande registratie en de uitkomsten voor het jaar 1993. Gegevens zijn verzameld over influenza(-achtige aandoeningen), het maken van een uitstrijkje van de baarmoedermond door de huisarts, de

  10. Petroleum supply annual 1993. Volume 2

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    1994-06-01

    This publication contains information on the supply and disposition of crude oil and petroleum products. The publication reflects data that were collected from the petroleum industry during 1993 through annual and monthly surveys. This second volume contains final statistics for each month of 1993.

  11. Vukovar 1991 Battle and Cultural Memory

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    Sandra Cvikić

    2014-03-01

    Full Text Available In this paper it is argued that Vukovar 1991 Battle traumatic memory wearing away process is a social issue and cannot be simply amputated by modernist narratives from accumulated traces of the past. Instead, those traumatic memories are constantly reconstructed, repressed, or transformed in some way or another under the pressure of manipulative power politics and competing ideologies in contemporary Croatian society.  Therefore, the question this paper asks is whether war crimes and atrocities committed in Vukovar 1991 have its meaningful place in the Croatian cultural memory and whether  social research techniques into contemporary cultural memory in Croatia can afford to avoid testimonial narrations of the Vukovar 1991 Battle and war experiences since they are an integral part of the collective memory?

  12. Kernkraftwerk Obrigheim (KWO) GmbH. Annual report 1991

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    Koerner, C.

    1992-01-01

    The Obrigheim nuclear power station was operated at full load from August 21 through Dec. 31, 1991, generating 1.108 GWh of electrical energy in 3.186 operating hours. The Obrigheim nuclear power station thus achieved during this period of 133 days in 1991 an operating availability of 100%. Since its commissioning in October 1968, the Obrigheim reactor station has been operating for 161.527 hours, generating 54.409 GWh (gross), and from test operation started in March 1969 up to the end of 1991, all in all 54.284 GWh have been generated in 160.747 operating hours, which means an availability time ratio of 78.2%, and a capacity factor of 80.4%. The plant was shut down in 1991 for the 21st refuelling operation including inspection and repair work, for a fictitious period of 1783 hours. In addition, power operation was stopped by an order of the supervisory authority for another 3.791 hours, so that the plant remained disconnected from the grid between Januar 1 and August 8, 1991. In the last part of the year 1991, until May 26, the plant had an excellent availability time ratio and thus contributed about 2.5% of the safe, economic and environmentally sound electricity supplies in Baden-Wuerttemberg. (orig.) [de

  13. The Canadian oil market: Annual review for 1993

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    1994-07-01

    An overview is provided of the salient features of the Canadian oil market for 1993. This is the first annual version of the review; previous reviews (1986 to March 1993) were published quarterly. Statistics and discussion are given for refined petroleum product demand, drilling and exploration activity, crude oil supply and disposition, major oil pipelines, refinery activity, crude oil and petroleum product stocks, crude oil prices, and refined petroleum product prices. In 1993, demand for refined products continued to slowly recover against a background of generally stable prices. Drilling activity nearly doubled from 1992, due to such factors as royalty relief, rising demand, improved prices, and lower interest rates. Crude oil production rose nearly 10% over the last two years, with most of the rise occurring in 1993, and imports in 1993 reached their highest level in 15 years. Deliveries of crude to Canadian refineries rose in almost all regions. Half of Canadian crude production was exported, and the 1993 oil trade surplus reached a record $3.4 billion. Monthly Interprovincial PipeLines apportionment levels reached record highs in 1993. Refinery rationalization continued and capacity fell 6%, raising average refinery utilization to 84%. The price of Canadian sweet crude declined 7% to a five-year low. 45 figs., 9 tabs

  14. FY 1991 report on the results of the development of an entrained bed coal gasification power plant. Part 4. Operation of pilot plant; 1991 nendo seika hokokusho. Funryusho sekitan gaska hatsuden plant kaihatsu - Sono 4. Pilot plant unten sosa hen

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    1993-01-01

    A record was summarized of the operation of the 200 t/d entrained bed coal gasification pilot plant that was constructed with the aim of establishing technology of the integrated coal gasification combined cycle power generation. As to the actual results of operation hours, the paper summarized the records of gasifier facilities, gas refining facilities, gas turbine facilities and safety environment facilities which were collected from April 1991 to January 1993. Relating to the actual results of start-up/stop, the paper summarized the records of gasifier facilities, gas refining facilities (desulfurization), gas refining facilities (dedusting), gas turbine facilities and safety environment facilities. Further, operation manuals were made for the schedule of plant start-up/stop, generalization, gasifier facilities, gas refining facilities (desulfurization), gas refining facilities (dedusting), gas turbine facilities, actual pressure/actual size combustor testing facilities and safety environment facilities. (NEDO)

  15. EFEITOS DA LARGURA DA FAIXA DE CAPINA NA CULTURA DA MAMONA

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    EDISON MARTINS PAULO

    1997-01-01

    Full Text Available Estudou-se a influência de diferentes larguras de faixas de controle de plantas daninhas sobre a altura, o número de racemos e a produção de grãos da mamoneira (Ricinus communis L. var. IAC-80, objetivando-se determinar a área vegetada entre as linhas de plantio. Os experimentos foram desenvolvidos em Adamantina, na Estação Experimental de Agronomia da Alta Paulista do Instituto Agronômico (IAC, nos anos agrícolas 1989/90, 1990/91 e 1991/92. O delineamento estatístico adotado foi o de blocos ao acaso com quatro repetições e oito tratamentos. Os tratamentos consistiram em faixas com 0,0; 0,5; 1,0; 1,5; 2,0; 2,5 e 3,0 m de largura capinadas ao longo da linha de plantio e mantidas sempre livres de plantas daninhas; além dessas, mateve-se uma faixa de 1,0 m de largura e mesmo procedimento, na qual a comunidade infestante das entrelinhas era roçada manual- mente sempre que a altura média de 0,3 m era atingida. Concluiu-se que faixas de capina menores do que 1,0 m aplicadas sobre a linha de plantio da cultura diminuíram a produção de grãos, o número de racemos e a altura da mamoneira.Three experiments were carried out in Adamantina at the Experimental Station of Agronomy of Alta Paulista, Instituto Agronômico (IAC, State of São Paulo, Brazil, on a Dark Red Latosol during 1989-1992, in order to study the effects of different row widths covered by weeds on the yield, height and number of racemes of IAC-80 castor bean cultivar. Hoed rows of 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0 m wide were studied. An extra treatment had the entire plot covered with weeds mantained at 0.3 m height. The row space used was 3.0 x 1.0 m and the plots were 9.0 x 5.0 m. The experiment was set in a randomized complete block design with four replications. Hoeing row width of 1.0 m or less reduced raceme emission, plant height and seed yields.

  16. Efeito do porta-enxerto no teor de nutrientes em tecidos da videira "cabernet sauvignon"

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    Miele,Alberto; Rizzon,Luiz Antenor; Giovannini,Eduardo

    2009-01-01

    A nutrição mineral da videira constitui-se em importante fator para a qualidade dos vinhos. Devido a isso, avaliou-se o efeito de porta-enxertos no teor de nutrientes em diferentes tecidos da videira 'Cabernet Sauvignon' (Vitis vinifera L.) na Serra Gaúcha. o experimento foi conduzido durante o ciclo vegetativo de 2004/2005, com os porta-enxertos Rupestris du lot, 101-14, 3309, 420A, Kober 5BB, 161-49, So4 e Paulsen 1103, enxertados em 1993 com a cv. 'Cabernet Sauvignon'. o delineamento exper...

  17. Annual Report 1993-1994

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    1994-01-01

    As a result of an amendment to the Environment Protection (Alligator River Region) Act 1979 - EP(ARR) in December 1993, the Supervising Scientist and his support organisation has been amalgamated with the Environment Protection Agency (EPA), in the Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories (DEST). All corporate information, including financial and personnel matters, relating to the operation of the Supervising Scientist during 1993-94 has therefore been incorporated in the DEST 1993-94 Annual Report. This report contains the information required in the EP(ARR) Act, namely: any directions given to the Supervising Scientist by the minister; information on the collection and assessment of information relating to the environmental effects of mining in the Alligator Rivers Region; standards, practices and procedures in relation to mining operations adopted or changed during the year, and the environmental effects of those changes; measures taken to protect or restore the environment from the effects of mining in the region; requirements forming prescribed instruments which were enacted, made, adopted or issued and which relate to the environment; implementation of the prescribed instruments related to the environment; and a statement of the cost of operations of the Supervising Scientist. The changes in organisational and operational arrangements introduced as a consequence of the 1993 amendment to the EP(ARR) Act are also described, as are results of research undertaken to underpin the supervisory and assessment roles of the Supervising Scientist. Details of all published and unpublished papers are included in the Appendix 4. 18 figs., 4 tabs

  18. Possible Threat for Middle East Inland Water: an Exotic and Invasive Species, Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (Weber, 1991) in Asi River, Turkey (Pisces: Loricariidae).

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    Şükran Yalçın Özdilek

    2015-01-01

    Ortadoğu iç suları için muhtemel tehdit: Asi Nehri’nde egzotik ve işgalci bir tür Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (Weber, 1991) (Pisces: Loricariidae). Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus bireyleri Güney Amerika kökenli olup, bu egzotik ve işgalci türü bireyleri Kuzey Amerika ve Uzakdoğu ülkelerine dağılmışlardır. Orta Doğu’da yer alan Asi Nehri’nin Türkiye sınırları dahilinde daha önce kayıtlarda bulunmayan bir P. disjunctivus bireyi yakalanmıştır. P. disjunctivus Asi Nehri’nde potansiyel olarak işg...

  19. Interactions of CO{sub 2} with temperature and other climate variables: Response of vegetation. Final report, September 1, 1988--August 31, 1993

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    Acock, B.; Kimball, B.A.

    1995-02-01

    The current project was initiated in 1991, and full details of the scope of the project are contained in the original proposal. that original proposal was reviewed and approved for three years funding. Progress made in 1991-92 and 1992-93 was described in annual Progress Reports and Statements of Work. This document summarizes progress made over the duration of the project, but with an emphasis on the final year`s (1993-94) results. Several of the important experiments are ongoing, to the extent that alternative funding could be arranged, and analyses of data from several of the earlier completed experiments is continuing. Therefore, this Final Report is also intermediary in nature, and additional results from this project will be reported in the open literature in the future. The overall objectives of the project were: (1) to examine experimentally, for major crop species, the interacting effects of CO{sub 2} concentration, temperature, and water availability on plant growth and development, (2) to model these interactions, and (3) to continue developing physiologically-based mechanistic models for predicting crop response to increased CO{sub 2} concentration and future global climate change.

  20. SKB annual report 1991. Including summaries of technical reports issued during 1991

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    1992-05-01

    This is the annual report on the activities of the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., SKB. SKB is the owner of CLAB, the central facility for interim storage of spent nuclear fuel, located at Oskarshamn. CLAB was taken into operation in July 1985 and to the end of 1991 in total 1514 tonnes of spent fuel (measured as uranium) have been received. Transportation from the nuclear sites to CLAB is made by a special ship, M/S Sigyn. At Forsmark the final repository for Radioactive Waste (SFR) was taken into operation in April 1988. The repository is situated in crystalline rock under the Baltic Sea. The first construction phase includes rock caverns for 60000 m 3 of waste. A second phase for additional 30000 m 3 is planned to be built and commissioned around the year 2000. At the end of 1991 a total of 7900 m 3 of waste have been deposited in SFR. SKB is in charge of a comprehensive research and development programme on geological disposal of nuclear waste. The total cost for R and D during 1991 was 182.7 MSEK of which 15.9 MSEK came from participants outside Sweden. Geological site-investigations are a substantial part of the programme. SKB is also the managing participant of the international Stripa-project under OECD/NEA. Cost calculations for the total nuclear waste management system, including decommissioning of all reactors, are updated annually. The total cost is estimated to 55 billion SEK. SKB also handles matters pertaining to prospecting and enrichment as well as stockpiling of uranium as strategic reserves for the Swedish nuclear power industry. Consulting service from SKB and associated expert groups are available on a commercial basis. Information activities are an integrated and important part of the Swedish radioactive waste management system. During 1991 successful public information activities have been carried out using mobile exhibitions in a tailor-made trailer and on the SKB ship M/S Sigyn. (au)

  1. Atomic masses 1993. The 1993 atomic mass evaluation

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    Audi, G.; Wapstra, A.H.

    1993-01-01

    The 1993 atomic mass evaluation by G. Audi and A.H. Wapstra is documented. The resulting data files containing recommended values of atomic masses, obtained by experiment of systematics, and related data such as reaction and separation energies are described. The data files can be obtained through online services from several nuclear data centers or on magnetic tape, free of charge. (author)

  2. FY 1991 report on the Coal Gasification Committee; 1991 nendo sekitan gasuka iinkai hokokusho

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    1992-03-01

    The paper reported activities of the Coal Gasification Committee, gasification power generation section and gasification technology section in FY 1991. The 1st Coal Gasification Committee Meeting was held on July 16,1991, and report/discussion were made about an outline of the FY 1991 research plan on the development of coal gasification technology. The 2nd Meeting was held on March 12, 1992, and report/discussion were made about activities of each section meeting and the progress of the development of coal gasification technology. In the section meeting of coal gasification power generation, report/discussion were made about the progress and study object of the development of entrained bed coal gasification power plant and support study for the development of the plant. In the 1st section meeting of coal gasification technology, as to the developmental plan on coal utilization hydrogen production technology, report/discussion were made about design/construction/operational study of pilot plant and support study for pilot plant (study using small equipment, study of trial manufacture of plant use equipment/materials). In the 2nd section meeting, report/discussion were made about the results of the development of coal utilization hydrogen production technology. (NEDO)

  3. Analyse en retour de la catastrophe de la Josefina (Equateur, 1993: contribution à la connaissance du concept de vulnérabilité appliqu�� aux mouvements de terrain

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    Full Text Available Cet article dresse une description et une reconstitution de la catastrophe de la Josefina (Équateur, printemps 1993 aussi bien sur le plan phénoménologique (enchaînement, caractéristiques, hypothèses de déclenchement, reconstitution numérique du volume déplacé, etc. que sur le plan socio-économique (analyse des pertes et des dommages, gestion de la crise. Un protocole d’analyse particulier, reposant sur les notions de processus d’endommagement et d’éléments exposés vient éclairer le thème de la vulnérabilité tel qu’il est défini dans les analyses de risque. Cela se traduit en particulier sur le plan structurel et corporel par la création d’une matrice d’endommagement, encore partielle, mais qui laisse entrevoir de nombreuses perspectives d’applications. ANÁLISIS DE LA CATÁSTROFE DE LA JOSEFINA (ECUADOR, 1993: CONTRIBUCIÓN A LA DEFINICIÓN DEL CONCEPTO DE VULNERABILIDAD APLICADO A LOS MOVIMIENTOS DE TERRENO. Este artículo presenta una descripción y una reconstitución de la catástrofe de la Josefina (Ecuador, primavera de 1993. Se analizan tanto los aspectos fenomenológicos del evento (mecanismos, hipótesis sobre el desencadenamiento, reconstitución numérica del volumen desplazado, etc. como los aspectos relacionados a las pérdidas, los daños y la gestión de la crisis. Se analizan igualmente las nociones de proceso generador de daños y de elemento expuesto, con el fin de refinar el concepto de vulnerabilidad y de riesgo. Este análisis se materializa, al menos desde el punto de vista corporal y estructural, en una matriz de daños que aunque todavía es parcial, deja entrever un sinnúmero de aplicaciones. JOSEFINA'S DISASTER BACK ANALYSIS (ECUADOR, 1993. CONTRIBUTION TO VULNERABILITY CONCEPT APPLIED TO MASS MOVEMENTS. This paper sets a description and reconstitution of Josefina disaster (Ecuador, spring 1993 with particular attention on phenomenon and socio-economic aspects. A special analysis about

  4. Savannah River Site environmental report for 1991. [Contains Glossary

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    Arnett, M.W.; Karapatakis, L.K.; Mamatey, A.R.; Todd, J.L.

    1991-01-01

    This report describes environmental activities conducted on and in the vicinity of the Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken, S.C., from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1991, with an update on compliance activities through April 1, 1992. The report is a single volume with a separate summary pamphlet highlighting the major findings for 1991. The report is divided into an executive summary and 14 chapters containing information on environmental compliance issues, environmental monitoring methods and programs, and environmental research activities for 1991, as well as historical data from previous years. Analytical results, figures, charts, and data tables relevant to the environmental monitoring program for 1991 at SRS are included.

  5. Savannah River Site environmental report for 1993 summary pamphlet

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    Karapatakis, L.

    1994-01-01

    This pamphlet summarizes the impact of 1993 Savannah River Site operations on the environment and the off-site public. It includes an overview of site operations; the basis for radiological and nonradiological monitoring; 1993 radiological releases and the resulting dose to the off-site population; and results of the 1993 nonradiological program. The Savannah River Site Environmental Report for 1993 describes the findings of the environmental monitoring program for 1993. The report contains detailed information about site operations,the environmental monitoring and surveillance programs, monitoring and surveillance results, environmental compliance activities, and special programs. The report is distributed to government officials, members of the US Congress, universities, government facilities, environmental and civic groups, the news media, and interested individuals

  6. Influenza virus epidemiological surveillance in Argentina, 1987-1993, with molecular characterization of 1990 and 1993 isolates

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    1998-12-01

    Full Text Available This report describes findings from epidemiological surveillance of influenza virus in two cities in Argentina (Mar del Plata and Córdoba from 1987 to 1993. It includes information on reporting and serologic characterization of isolated influenza viruses. In addition, determination was made of the nucleotide sequences of the HA1 subunits of five type A (subtype H3 viral strains isolated in the epidemics of 1990 and 1993. The incidence of illness, type of viruses isolated, and H gene sequences were similar to what has been reported from other parts of the world during the same period. The H3 strains isolated in the 1990 and 1993 seasons were somewhat removed in their molecular characteristics from the strains the World Health Organization recommended for vaccines for those years, and appeared closer to the strains recommended for vaccination in subsequent seasonsEn este informe se describen los resultados de la vigilancia epidemiológica de virus de gripe en dos ciudades de la Argentina (Mar del Plata y Córdoba de 1987 a 1993. Se incluye información acerca de la notificación y la caracterización serológica de los virus aisaldos. Además, se determinaron las secuencias de nucleótidos de las subunidades HA1 de cinco cepas tipo A (subtipo H3 aisladas durante las epidemias de 1990 y 1993. La incidencia de enfermedad, los tipos de virus aislados y las secuencias genéticas H fueron similares a las notificaciones del mismo período en otras partes del mundo. En sus características moleculares, las cepas H3 aisladas en las estaciones de 1990 y 1993 se distinguían un poco de las cepas que la Organización Mundial de la Salud recomendó incluir en las vacunas de esos años y se parecían más a las cepas recomendadas para vacunación en estaciones subsecuentes.

  7. A disseminação da epidemia da AIDS no Brasil, no período de 1987-1996: uma análise espacial

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    Szwarcwald Celia Landmann

    2000-01-01

    Full Text Available As taxas médias de incidência da AIDS em adultos no Brasil foram estimadas para os períodos 1987-89, 1990-92 e 1993-96, segundo o município de residência dos casos. Nas análises foram utilizadas as variáveis "tamanho da população do município de residência"; "proporção de população que vive em área urbana" e "concentração de pobreza", estratificando-se por sexo e categoria de exposição. A Região Sudeste apresenta menor ritmo de crescimento em contraste com os aclives acentuados das regiões Norte e Sul, do 2º ao 3º intervalo. Cotejando-se as variações das taxas de incidência de 1990-92 a 1993-96 por região ou tamanho de população, obtém-se maiores aumentos relativos entre as mulheres. Nas cidades grandes, a categoria "homo/bissexuais" prevalece, decrescendo proporcionalmente à medida que cresce o número de casos por transmissão heterossexual. Nos municípios médios predominam os usuários de drogas injetáveis e nos menores há aumento dos casos por transmissão heterossexual. A epidemia - ainda fenômeno urbano - dá sinais de expansão nos municípios rurais, intensificando-se naqueles situados abaixo do limite crítico regional do índice de pobreza. Há disseminação crescente da epidemia nos municípios mais pobres.

  8. Fiscal 1993 report. Coal liquefaction committee; 1993 nendo sekitan ekika iinkai hokokusho

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    1994-03-01

    The committee in this fiscal year had the 1st meeting in July 1993, the 2nd in December 1993, and the 3rd in March 1994, when fiscal 1993 research and development programs and results were reported and discussed. Reported and discussed at the 2nd meeting were the compilation of brown coal liquefaction technology development project results, evaluation report on the same, hydrorefining of oil from brown coal and the research and development of application technologies for the same, and an environmental safety evaluation test on the same. In selecting a standard coal for the operation of the 150 ton/day pilot plant, PSU (process supporting unit)-aided studies were made on the analytical values presented by coals, yield of the liquid, yield of the liquefaction residue, yield of the generated gas, amount of the hydrogen consumed, coal oil properties, liquefaction residue properties, operationality, etc. On-site investigations were conducted also in Indonesia, and a conclusion was reached that Tanito Harum coal would be the most suitable for the pilot plant. Concerning the liquefaction catalyst for the pilot plant, a report was given on a comparison made between the activity of a synthetic iron sulfide and that of natural pyrite. (NEDO)

  9. Radiation Control Regulation 1993

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    1993-01-01

    This Regulation (No. 434-1993) was made in pursuance of the Radiation Control Act 1990 and replaces the Active Substances Regulations 1959 repealed by the Act. It entered into force on 1 September 1993. The Regulation specifies that the technical radiation protection definitions have the same meaning as in the 1990 recommendations. The Regulation provides for the licensing of persons to use radioactive substances and radiation apparatus. It prescribes activities which may only be carried out by an accredited radiation expert and regulates the use of radiation apparatus and radioactive substances as well as the disposal and transport of radiation apparatus and radioactive substances. (NEA)

  10. Environment, 1980-1993

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    1994-01-01

    This document lists all sales publications of the International Atomic Energy Agency dealing with Environment issued during the period 1980-1993. It gives a short abstract and contents of these issues along with their costs in Austrian Schillings

  11. Annual report 1993

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    1994-01-01

    The book is a collection of short communications being a review of the scientific activity of Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warsaw in 1993. The papers are gathered in several branches as follows: radiation chemistry and physics (9); radiochemistry, stable isotopes, nuclear analytical methods, general chemistry (22); radiobiology (6). The last biggest chapter devoted to nuclear technologies and methods is divided into four smaller groups concerning: process engineering (2); material engineering, structural studies, diagnostics (14); radiation technologies (8) and nuclear control systems (4). The annual report of INCT 1993 contains also a general information about the staff and organizations of the Institute, the full list of scientific publications and patents, conferences organized by INCT, Ph.D. and Sc.D. thesis and a list of projects granted by Committee of Scientific Research and other organizations in Poland and elsewhere

  12. 1991 research and technology

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    1992-01-01

    Selected research and technology activities at Ames Research Center, including the Moffett Field site and the Dryden Flight Research Facility, are summarized. These activities exemplify the Center's varied and productive research efforts for 1991.

  13. Status report 1993-1997 on solar energy research; Statusbericht 1993-1997 Schwerpunkt `Solarenergieforschung`

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    Fuhs, W; Lux-Steiner, M; Tributsch, H; Willig, F

    1998-09-01

    Solar energy research at the Berlin Hahn-Meitner-Institut (HMI) comprises the following subjects: (a) Silicon thin film solar cells; (b) High-absorption intermediate semiconductors; (c) Photoelectrochemistry and photocatalysis; (d) Injection-type solar cells; (e) Interdisciplinary projects, accompanying materials research and basic research. The 1993 - 1997 status report presents a detailed outline of the projects. [Deutsch] Im Zentrum der Solarenergieforschung des Hahn-Meitner-Instituts (HMI) stehen die folgenden Vorhaben: (a) Duennschichtsolarzellen aus Silizium; (b) Hochabsorbierende Verbindungsleiter; (c) Photoelectrochemie und Photokatalyse; (d) Injektionssolarzellen; (e) Querschnittsaufgaben, begleitende Material- und Grundlagenforschung. Diese Vorhaben werden von Projekten verschiedener Abteilungen getragen. Der vorliegende Statusbericht 1993-1997 gibt eine detaillierte Uebersicht ueber die oben genannten Projekte. (AKF)

  14. Óbitos infantis evitáveis nas coortes de nascimentos de Pelotas, Rio Grandedo Sul, Brasil, de 1993 e 2004

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    Full Text Available Comparou-se a mortalidade infantil por causas evitáveis (óbitos reduzíveis por ações de imunoprevenção; por adequada atenção à mulher na gestação e parto e ao recém-nascido; por ações adequadas de diagnóstico e tratamento; e por ações adequadas de promoção à saúde vinculadas às ações adequadas de atenção à saúde nas coortes de nascimentos de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, de 1993 e 2004. Os óbitos foram monitorizados mediante visitas aos hospitais, cartórios, cemitérios, Delegacia Regional de Saúde e rastreio à base de dados do Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade (SIM do Rio Grande do Sul. Na coorte de 1993, houve 5.249 nascidos vivos e 111 óbitos infantis; na de 2004, 4.231 nascidos vivos e 82 óbitos infantis. O coeficiente de mortalidade infantil evitável foi 15,2:1.000 nascidos vivos em 1993 e 15,4 em 2004. Os coeficientes de mortalidades neonatal e pós-neonatal evitáveis foram, respectivamente, 11,2 e 4,0 em 1993 e 10,9 e 4,5 em 2004. Estratégias que visem à prevenção da prematuridade poderão ajudar a reduzir a mortalidade infantil em nosso meio.

  15. A Irresponsabilidade da Administração Pública por Encargos Trabalhistas em Face do Inadimplemento de Pessoa Contratada: Constitucionalidade do Art. 71, § 1º, da Lei 8.666/1993.

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    Adriano Figueredo Carneiro

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    Full Text Available O processo licitatório é o meio pelo qual a Administração Pública, em regra, contrata pessoas para a realização de obras, serviços, compras, alienações e locações, e tem seu fundamento no art. 37, XXI, da Constituição Federal de 1988, de maneira que o contrato realizado sob o manto da Lei nº 8.666/93 (Lei de Licitações e Contratos será regido, em sua plenitude, pelas normas ali insculpidas, em face do critério da legalidade e da especialidade. A ordem jurídica licitatória e contratual excluiu a responsabilidade da Administração Pública pelos encargos trabalhistas, fiscais e comerciais resultantes da inadimplência do contratado, nos termos do art. 71, § 1º, da Lei nº 8.666/93, porém a Justiça Trabalhista, com fundamento no art. 2º, § 2º, da Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho (CLT e na Súmula nº 331, do Tribunal Superior do Trabalho, vem declarando a responsabilidade da Administração Pública pelos encargos trabalhistas, em flagrante desrespeito à lei que regula a espécie. Procura-se, neste resumido trabalho, assentar o entendimento da constitucionalidade do art. 71, § 1º, da Lei nº 8.666/93, e da não aplicação da Súmula sobredita, na parte em que enuncia a responsabilidade subsidiária dos órgãos da administração pública direta e indireta, pelos encargos trabalhistas, em virtude de inadimplência da pessoa que foi contratada.

  16. 1991 SOLAR WORLD CONGRESS - VOLUME 1, PART I

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    The four-volume proceedings document the 1991 Solar World Congress (the biennial congress of the International Solar Energy Society) in Denver, CO, August 19-23, 1991. Volume 1 is dedicated to solar electricity, biofuels, and renewable resources. Volume 2 contains papers on activ...

  17. Market bulletin - April 1991

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    1991-01-01

    This bulletin deals with the brazilian electric power consumption in April 1991, containing data about the total consumption, the growth rates, the special tariffs, and the monthly evolution in each brazilian region. (C.G.C.)

  18. Market bulletin - February 1991

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    1991-01-01

    This bulletin deals with the brazilian electric power consumption in February 1991, containing data about the total consumption, the growth rates, the special tariffs, and the monthly evolution in each brazilian region. (C.G.C.)

  19. Market bulletin - March 1991

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    1991-01-01

    This bulletin deals with the brazilian electric power consumption in March 1991, containing data about the total consumption, the growth rates, the special tariffs, and the monthly evolution in each brazilian region. (C.G.C.)

  20. A extensão da impostura The extent of imposture

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    2000-12-01

    Full Text Available A partir da crítica ao livro Imposturas Intelectuais (1999, de A. Sokal & J. Bricmont, enfoca-se o tema da interdisciplinaridade entre Ciências Humanas e Ciências Naturais, no que esta abordagem é imprescindível aos assim chamados "novos paradigmas" de Saúde Pública, sob dois aspectos: (a distinguir as diversas possibilidades de interação entre as "Duas Culturas", dentre as quais ressaltam-se as ditas Transdisciplinaridades (incluindo-se aí as Teorias da Complexidade e a usual demarcação acadêmica de fronteiras associada às Guerras das Ciências, assinalando-se os aspectos restritivos à melhor operacionalização do pensamento em cada uma destas vertentes; (b revalorizar a dimensão pragmática de determinado enfoque filosófico quanto a questões de Fundamentos na pesquisa teórica em Saúde Pública, aqui exemplificado em termos de uma revisão aos conceitos de "possível" e "potencial" (Atlan, 1991 no modelo de risco.This paper comments on Sokal and Bricmont's stance towards interdisciplinarity approaches between the human and natural sciences, as stated in their controversial book Impostures Intellectuelles (Fashionable Nonsense (1999. It happens that interdisciplinarity is a subject of major importance to "new paradigms" in Public Health. First, the paper identifies different types of interaction between these "two cultures", such as transdisciplinary trends and the "Science Wars", and emphasizes their unproductive aspects. Second, it proposes a revaluation of pragmatism as a suitable way of including philosophical considerations in interdisciplinary Public Health research, exemplified by a correlation between the ideas of Henri Atlan (1991 and notions of risk theory (or model.

  1. A descentralização da política de assistência social no Ceará: caminhos e descaminhos

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    Martins Moroni da Silveira, Irma

    2007-01-01

    objetivo desta tese é estudar a descentralização da política de assistência social no Estado do Ceará no período 1993-2006. De início, foram estabelecidas articulações entre a história política do Estado brasileiro e a assistência social, discutindo sua inserção nos ciclos da centralização-descentralização, disposições constitucionais e principais ações governamentais nas várias conjunturas sociais, no complexo percurso da filantropia à Política Nacional de Assistência Social -...

  2. FY 1991 report on the bituminous coal liquefaction section; 1991 nendo rekiseitan ekikabukai hokokusho

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    1992-03-01

    The paper reported activities of the bituminous coal liquefaction section in FY 1991. In the 1st bituminous coal liquefaction section meeting, report/discussion were made on the outline of the plan on the FY 1991 research using pilot plant and the support study of pilot plant. In the 2nd section meeting, report was made on 'How the development of coal liquefaction technology should be in the 21st century,' a report made by the joint section of bituminous coal/brown coal liquefaction. In the 3rd section meeting, report/discussion were made on the state of progress of the FY 1991 R and D and results. In the study using the bituminous coal liquefaction pilot plant, report was made on the outline of construction of a 150t/d pilot plant, study on the acquisition of material balance, analytical study of the data on liquefaction tower, testing survey on properties of coal slurry, and testing survey on slurry preheating furnace. In the support study of pilot plant, report was made on the study using 1t/d PUS, study on the development of the optimum coal refining technology and improvement in the distillate distribution, study of conditions for coal liquefaction and study of solvent hydrogenation catalyst. (NEDO)

  3. Hohenheim University. 1991 research report

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    Geiler, U.

    1992-06-01

    The 1991 Research Report of the Hohenheim University near Stuttgart is based on data collected in 1989 and extensively in 1990 and 1991. The progress reports were sent to all of the faculties, institutions, particular research areas and centres of the University. Questions were posed regarding current and recently completed projects. The final version was adapted for print. The survey also enquired about financial support from third parties. The numerous contacts abroad of the Hohenheim University are also documented in this book. Finally, it was asked under which of the nine main Hohenheim research programme headings the particular project could be listed. (orig.) [de

  4. Dukovany nuclear power plant in 1993

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    1994-01-01

    Data on the power generation, nuclear safety, and gaseous and liquid releases into the environment were extracted from the 1993 annual report of the Dukovany nuclear power plant. Operation of the plant was safe and reliable in 1993. Three events were classed as INES category 1. The plant's Failure Commission dealt with 100 events which brought about a total electricity generation loss of 217,624 MWh, corresponding to about 22 reactor-days. Out of this, 26.8 % was due to human error. Three fires occurred at the power plant site. Releases of radioactive aerosols, tritium, noble gases and radioiodine into air and of tritium, corrosion products, and fission products into the aquatic environment were below annual limits. The collective dose equivalent was 1.78 manSv in 1993. (Z.S.). 2 tabs., 11 figs

  5. Variabilidade do vento na bacia hidrográfi ca do rio São Francisco durante a ocorrência da ZCAS / Variability of the wind in the hidrographic basin of the São Francisco river during ZCAS occurrence

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    Djane Fonseca da Silva

    2008-05-01

    Full Text Available O rio São Francisco é um dos rios brasileiros mais extensos e sua importância também está no volume de água transportado por ele através da região semi-árida, na sua contribuição histórica e econômica para fi xação das populações ribeirinhas e na criação das cidades hoje plantadas ao longo do vale. O principal mecanismo produtor de chuvas sobre a bacia do rio São Francisco é a Zona de Convergência do Atlântico Sul (ZCAS. A intensidade e direção do vento são variáveis de grande interesse nos estudos de balanço de água. Portanto, o presente trabalho tem como objetivo estudar a climatologia do vento e sua variabilidade na bacia do rio São Francisco. Foram utilizados dados mensais de ventos, componentes zonal e meridional, oriundos da Reanálise do NCEP/NCAR no período de 1982-1994, em três faixas de longitude (40ºW, 42,5ºW e 45ºW entre as latitudes de 25ºS e 5ºS. Observou-se que nas longitudes de 42,5ºW e 45ºW, a posição média da ZCAS está em torno de 20º S. Também foi observado que a posição da ZCAS apresenta uma grande variabilidade interanual, pois, de dezembro/1982 a fevereiro/1983 a ZCAS posicionou-se ao sul de 25ºS, enquanto no período de dezembro/1988 a fevereiro/1989 estava em torno de 15ºS. O posicionamento médio meridional da ZCAS em torno de 20º é de fundamental importância para produção de chuva sobre a bacia do rio São Francisco.

  6. Gas industry construction expenditures to grow rapidly

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    1991-01-01

    Between 1991 and 1993, the natural gas industry will invest $28.297 billion to install additional facilities for natural gas production and storage, transmission, underground storage, gas distribution and for other general expenditures, estimates the American Gas Association as shown in the 1990 Gas Facts. This is a 38% investment increase from the forecasts in the 1989 Gas Facts. This issue forecasts investments of $13.303 billion for 1991 and $18.396 billion for 1992. This issue does not include investments for 1993. In 1989, (the last figures released) the gas industry invested $7,341 billion for new transmission lines, distribution mains, underground storage, production and storage and general facilities. Included in the 1989 expenditures are: $3.980 billion in distribution facilities; $2.081 billion in gas transmission systems and $159 million in underground storage facilities. Investment in new distribution facilities in 1991 and $4.550 billion in 1993. This is a steady increase for these three years. Investments in natural gas transmission facilities show a steady increase also. In 1991, pipe line operating companies will invest $9.391 billion for new facilities, $9.005 in 1992 and $9.901 billion in 1993

  7. Dengue en Panamá, 1993

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    QUIROZ, EVELIA; ORTEGA, MARITZA; GUZMÁN, MARÍA GUADALUPE; VÁZQUEZ, SUSANA; PELEGRINO, JOSÉ LUIS; CAMPOS, CORNELIO; BAYARD, VICENTE; VÁZQUEZ, MANUEL; KOURÍ, GUSTAVO

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    Hasta 1993, Panamá era el único país de Centroamérica que había detectado transmisión autóctona de virus dengue sin experimentar una epidemia explosiva, pese a estar reinfestado con el mosquito Aedes aegypti desde 1985. En este trabajo se describen las características de este primer brote reportado el 19 de noviembre de 1993 y se demuestra que las epidemias se presentan a pesar de mantener un Programa de Vigilancia y Control para Dengue -que contempla bajos niveles de infestación del Aedes ae...

  8. Costs and indices for domestic oil and gas field equipment and production operations 1990 through 1993

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    1994-07-08

    This report presents estimated costs and indice for domestic oil and gas field equipment and production operations for 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993. The costs of all equipment and serives were those in effect during June of each year. The sums (aggregates) of the costs for representative leases by region, depth, and production rate were averaged and indexed. This provides a general measure of the increased or decreased costs from year to year for lease equipment and operations. These general measures do not capture changes in industry-wide costs exactly because of annual variations in the ratio of oil wells to gas wells. The body of the report contains summary tables, and the appendices contain detailed tables. Price changes for oil and gas, changes in taxes on oil and gas revenues, and environmental factors (costs and lease availability) have significant impact on the number and cost of oil and gas wells drilled. These changes also impact the cost of oil and gas production equipment and operations.

  9. Costs and indices for domestic oil and gas field equipment and production operations 1990 through 1993

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    1994-01-01

    This report presents estimated costs and indice for domestic oil and gas field equipment and production operations for 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993. The costs of all equipment and serives were those in effect during June of each year. The sums (aggregates) of the costs for representative leases by region, depth, and production rate were averaged and indexed. This provides a general measure of the increased or decreased costs from year to year for lease equipment and operations. These general measures do not capture changes in industry-wide costs exactly because of annual variations in the ratio of oil wells to gas wells. The body of the report contains summary tables, and the appendices contain detailed tables. Price changes for oil and gas, changes in taxes on oil and gas revenues, and environmental factors (costs and lease availability) have significant impact on the number and cost of oil and gas wells drilled. These changes also impact the cost of oil and gas production equipment and operations

  10. A negação: teoria da checagem e mudança lingüística Negation: checking theory and linguistic change

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    Lorenzo VITRAL

    1999-02-01

    Full Text Available Esse artigo analisa o fenômeno da concordância negativa de acordo com a teoria da checagem do Programa Minimalista (Chomsky, 1995. Comparando os dados do português brasileiro com os de outras línguas, fomos levados a considerar fatos de natureza diacrônica que foram descritos através da noção de gramaticalização (Hopper & Traugott, 1993. Finalmente, fizemos a hipótese de que as etapas de mudança lingüística previstas por essa noção são "visíveis" para o sistema computacional.This paper proposes an analysis of the negative agreement phenomenon assuming the checking theory of the Minimalist Program (Chomsky, 1995. After comparing Brazilian Portuguese with other languages, it was necessary to consider some diachronic facts described through the notion of grammaticalization (Hopper & Traugott, 1993. Finally, we claim that the stages of linguistic change presupposed by this notion are "visible" to the computational system.

  11. Nuclear Physics Division: annual report 1991

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    Betigeri, M.G.

    1993-01-01

    A brief account of the research and development activities carried out by the Nuclear Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay during the period January 1991 to December 1991 is presented. These R and D activities are reported under the headings : 1) Accelerator Facilities, 2) Research Activities, and 3) Instrumentation. At the end, a list of publications by the staff scientists of the Division is given. The list includes papers published in journals, papers presented at conferences, symposia etc., and technical reports. (author). figs., tabs

  12. Acidentes de trabalho em Barcelona (Espanha, no período de 1992-1993 Work accidents in Barcelona (Spain, from 1992 to 1993

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    1998-08-01

    Full Text Available INTRODUÇÃO: As estatísticas dos acidentes de trabalho, como qualquer outro sistema de notificação, devem servir de base para determinar prioridades e decidir quais medidas preventivas devem ser adotadas. Neste contexto, o objetivo do estudo é aprofundar a análise dos acidentes de trabalho através da utilização de técnicas estatísticas descritivas que permitam estabelecer a relação entre o número de acidentes de trabalho ocorridos em Barcelona (Espanha e as variáveis tipo de acidente, setor econômico, tamanho da empresa e tipo de contrato. MÉTODO: Como fonte de dados foi utilizado o sistema de notificação de acidentes graves e mortais ocorridos na cidade de Barcelona (Espanha, entre 1992 e 1993. Foram examinados 848 registros de acidentes de trabalho em trabalhadores do sexo masculino e a partir desses dados efetuou-se uma análise mediante modelos log-lineares. RESULTADOS E CONCLUSÕES: Os resultados evidenciam que os acidentes traumáticos e o setor de construção têm uma associação positiva, verificada, da mesma forma, entre os acidentes de trânsito e o setor de serviços. Os acidentes traumáticos e de trânsito apresentaram uma associação com as pequenas empresas e os acidentes não traumáticos demonstraram associar-se com as grandes empresas. Verificou-se, ainda, associação entre os trabalhadores temporais e o setor da construção frente aos trabalhadores com contrato fixo, em que se constatou uma associação com os setores de indústria e de serviços. Foi verificada associação positiva entre os acidentes ocorridos com os trabalhadores temporais e as pequenas e médias empresas.INTRODUCTION: The statistics related to labor accidents as with any other notification system ought to be the basis for programs and policies with a view to the adoption of preventive measures. In order to establish preventive norms, however, the health system needs data from researchers focussing on the dynamics of and the pitfalls

  13. Efeitos do fracionamento da adubação mineral, da adubação orgânica e da calagem na produtividade e incidência de vassoura-de-bruxa em cacaueiros da Amazônia

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    1998-03-01

    Full Text Available A resposta do cacaueiro à aplicação de micronutrientes, matéria orgânica, calcário e fracionamento da adubação foi determinada em dois experimentos, instalados em solos das unidades Terra Roxa estruturada eutrófica (TR e Latossolo Amarelo (LA, no Estado do Pará, no período de 1988 a 1993. As lavouras de cacau do híbrido Sca 6 x Be 10 foram implantadas pelo sistema de derrubada total e queima da floresta primária, utilizando-se sombreamento provisório de bananeira (Musa spp. e permanente de Erythrina poeppigiana ou Gmelina arborea. Os tratamentos foram distribuídos em blocos casualizados, com três repetições, sendo a parcela constituída de 20 plantas úteis. Os resultados de produção de cacau demonstraram que não houve interação significativa entre tratamentos e solos ou ano de condução do experimento. O fracionamento da adubação NPK em três aplicações/ano e a adubação NPK + Zn foram os melhores tratamentos, provocando incrementos (P < 0,05 na produtividade do cacaueiro da ordem de 27,5% e 10,9%, respectivamente. A menor incidência (P < 0,05 de frutos atacados pela enfermidade vassoura-de-bruxa, causada pelo fungo Crinipellis perniciosa, foi observada nos tratamentos em que se aplicaram uma mistura de micronutrientes (B, Cu, Zn, Fe e Mo ou esterco de gado na dosagem de 5 t ha-1; as porcentagens de frutos doentes dos demais tratamentos não diferiram da adubação NPK (testemunha. Para o aumento da produtividade, a estratégia de adubação mais eficiente foi o fracionamento da adubação NPK (60 kg ha-1 de N, P(20(5 e K(20 em três aplicações ao ano. O efeito de micronutrientes e do esterco de gado na infecção da vassoura-de-bruxa merece ser investigado com mais atenção.

  14. WATER TEMPERATURE and other data from PAUL in the Caribbean Sea from 1991-03-16 to 1991-03-24 (NODC Accession 9100075)

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    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — The data in this accession were collected in Carribbean Sea from Ship Paul between March 16, 1991 to March 24, 1991. The real time data of water temperature at...

  15. Age, period and cohort effects on adult physical activity levels from 1991 to 2011 in China.

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    To date no work has differentiated the effects of age, period, and cohort on physical activity (PA) among Chinese adults, while also considering biological, behavioral, economic, and environmental factors over time. We used data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) between 1991 and 2011 (20 years). The outcomes of interest are metabolic equivalent of task (MET) hours per week from work and domestic activities. Age, individual characteristics, household size, asset ownership, urbanization were included as covariates. Analyses for adult (≥20y) males (n = 29,343) and females (n = 31,094) was conducted to explicitly assess differences in PA due to age vs period effects, and implicitly assess differences by cohorts due to the period-specific experiences across individuals of varying ages. The mean age of the sample rose from 41.31 to 50.8 years and PA decreased from 427.75 ± 264.35 MET hours per week (MET-hr/wk) in 1991 to 245.99 ± 206.65 MET-hr/wk in 2011, with much steeper declines for women compared to men. For both genders, we found non-linear decreases in PA with age over time. Controlling for age effects, negative period effects on PA were observed in each survey year, and were substantial from 1993 to 2000 for males and from 1993 to 2011 for females. The interaction between survey year and age (P < 0.05) were observed from 2004 to 2011. Higher community urbanicity, vehicle ownership, TV and computer ownership, overweight and obese, higher education served as negative predictors. Bicycle ownership, bigger household size, non-professional jobs, being married and having more children (for women) were positive predictors of PA (P < 0.05). Furthermore, at any given age, individuals who were younger at baseline had higher mean PA compared with individuals older at baseline. This study followed a large cohort of adults over a significant portion of their lives. Strong age and secular trends were observed, resulting in an

  16. BENSC experimental reports 1993

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    Kirschbaum, Y.; Michaelsen, R.

    1994-05-01

    This volume contains the guest groups' experimental reports describing experimental work carried out on the Berlin Scattering Center in 1993. These experimental reports are intended as interim summaries. (HP)

  17. Aspectos bioecológicos de Arenaeus cribrarius (Lamarck (Decapoda, Portunidae da Praia da Barra da Lagoa, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil Bioecological aspects of Arenaeus cribrarius (Lamarck (Decapoda, Portunidae from Praia da Barra da Lagoa, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil

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    1996-01-01

    Full Text Available The specimens of Arenaeus cribrarius (Lamarck, 1818 used in this study were collected in the locality of Barra da Lagoa beach, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, in the period of April/1991 to March/1992. In this area temperature and salinity values were observed. A total of 341 samples, that 184 were male and 157 were female were collectted. The maturacion sexual stadium were measured (cm and weightied (g. Expression of relation among weight of body (wt and width of carapace (wid was Wt=0,0567 Wid3,0494 on males and wt=0,074 Wid2,8795 on females. The relation length (Lt width (wid of carapace was Lt=0,4322. wid on males and Lt=0,4578. wid on females.

  18. MHD Technology Transfer, Integration and Review Committee. Seventh semi-annual status report, April 1991--September 1991

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    1993-02-01

    This seventh semi-annual status report of the MHD Technology Transfer, Integration and Review Committee (TTIRC) summarizes activities of the TTIRC during the period April 1991 through September 1991. It includes a summary and minutes of the General Committee meeting, progress summaries of ongoing POC contracts, discussions pertaining to technical integration issues in the POC program, and planned activities for the next six months. The meeting included test plan with Western coal, seed regeneration economics, power management for the integrated topping cycle and status of the Clean Coal Technology Proposal activities. Appendices cover CDIF operations HRSR development, CFFF operations etc.

  19. Estudo observacional do comportamento empreendedor de Irineu Evangelista de Sousa da ótica de Filion no filme "Mauá - o Imperador e o Rei"

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    Fátima Regina Ney Matos

    Full Text Available Análise do comportamento empreendedor de Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, observado no filme "Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei". Procurou-se usar como base argumentativa o trabalho de Louis Jacques Filion (2004, 2000, 1993, 1991 sobre características empreendedoras básicas - inovação, aprendizagem, rede de relações e visão. A escolha do tema deveu-se ao pouco conhecimento dos alunos de graduação e pós-graduação em administração - detectado em uma pesquisa exploratória informal - sobre os empreendedores brasileiros e seu papel na evolução econômica do país, sendo relevante este resgate histórico. Após cinco exibições coletivas e algumas exibições individuais do filme, foi realizado um estudo observacional, tipo de observação de "segunda mão", indireta e não participante, com produtivas discussões em equipe. Na revisão bibliográfica buscou-se contextualizar, de maneira sucinta, as características do comportamento empreendedor da ótica de Filion (1991. Pode-se concluir que as características empreendedoras propostas na tipologia do autor apresentam-se com vigor no comportamento do Barão de Mauá, um homem à frente de seu tempo e que procurou contribuir na construção de um novo projeto para o Brasil, possibilitando a transição de um modelo econômico agrário exportador e escravocrata para uma economia de mercado baseada na industrialização, no trabalho assalariado e na livre iniciativa, sendo esse conhecimento essencial para o desenvolvimento do senso crítico e analítico do aluno.

  20. Research nuclear reactor RA - Annual Report 1995, with comparative review for period 1991-1995; Istrazivacki nuklearni reaktor RA - Izvestaj za 1995. godinu, uz uporedni pregled za period 1991-1995

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    Sotic, O [Institute of Nuclear Sciences Boris Kidric, Vinca, Beograd (Serbia and Montenegro)

    1995-12-01

    firmom Atomenergoexport. Prema tom ugovoru trebalo je da celokupna nova instrumentacija za reaktor RA bude isporucena Institutu u Vinci do kraja 1990. godine, ali je do septembra 1991. godine isporuceno svega 56% od predvidjene kolicine. Od tada je svaka isporuka obustavljena, a razlog je privremena zabrana na sve isporuke opreme za Jugoslaviju izrecena od strane ove organizacije Ujedinjenih nacija. Demontirana je postojeca instrumentacija u maksimalno mogucem obimu, kako bi se zadrzala neka osnovna merenja neophodna i u uslovima kada reaktor nije u pogonu. Kontrola i odrzavanje celopkupne opreme postrojenja, kao i remontni radovi izvrsavani su redovno i efikasno. Kontrola goriva od strane inspektora MAAE obavljana je jedanput mesecno. U ovom izvestajnom periodu na reaktoru RA bilo je zaposleno prosecno 47 radnika, sto je dovoljan broj u uslovima remontnih i investicionih radova. Nedostatak finansijskih sredstava za odrzavanje reaktora RA je neresen problem i u ovom periodu. Ovaj izvestaj podeljen je u dve celine: pogon i odrzavanje reaktora i zastita od zracenja na reaktoru RA.

  1. Coal industry annual 1993

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    1994-12-06

    Coal Industry Annual 1993 replaces the publication Coal Production (DOE/FIA-0125). This report presents additional tables and expanded versions of tables previously presented in Coal Production, including production, number of mines, Productivity, employment, productive capacity, and recoverable reserves. This report also presents data on coal consumption, coal distribution, coal stocks, coal prices, coal quality, and emissions for a wide audience including the Congress, Federal and State agencies, the coal industry, and the general public. In addition, Appendix A contains a compilation of coal statistics for the major coal-producing States. This report does not include coal consumption data for nonutility Power Producers who are not in the manufacturing, agriculture, mining, construction, or commercial sectors. This consumption is estimated to be 5 million short tons in 1993.

  2. Coal industry annual 1993

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    1994-01-01

    Coal Industry Annual 1993 replaces the publication Coal Production (DOE/FIA-0125). This report presents additional tables and expanded versions of tables previously presented in Coal Production, including production, number of mines, Productivity, employment, productive capacity, and recoverable reserves. This report also presents data on coal consumption, coal distribution, coal stocks, coal prices, coal quality, and emissions for a wide audience including the Congress, Federal and State agencies, the coal industry, and the general public. In addition, Appendix A contains a compilation of coal statistics for the major coal-producing States. This report does not include coal consumption data for nonutility Power Producers who are not in the manufacturing, agriculture, mining, construction, or commercial sectors. This consumption is estimated to be 5 million short tons in 1993

  3. Da violência simbólica nas relações sociais sobre a imagem do corpo

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    Eder José dos Santos

    2012-09-01

    Full Text Available Este trabalho se vale das propostas de Bourdieu (2001, para quem o simbólico é condicionado por formas de poder cuja função política atua instrumentalmente na imposição ou na legitimação da dominação entre distintas classes (violência simbólica. A respeito da compreensão de funcionamento social, parte das propostas da sociologia compreensiva desenvolvida por Max Weber (1991. O objetivo é demonstrar como as imagens aqui analisadas podem ser relacionadas, enquanto elementos fragmentados de uma realidade empírica, a um “tipo ideal” em torno de uma estética do corpo humano que uma esfera de poder, por meio do simbólico “(... enquanto instrumento por excelência da integração social” (BOURDIEU, 2001, p. 10, tenciona legitimar.

  4. A utilização dos materiais no Design e a competitividade da indústria moveleira da região metropolitana de Curitiba: um estudo de caso

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    Joselena de Almeida Teixeira

    2001-06-01

    Full Text Available O trabalho faz uma análise da utilização dos domínios e estratégias do Design e a sua relação com a competitividade do segmento moveleiro da Região Metropolitana de Curitiba em função da utilização dos materiais na criação, desenvolvimento e implementação do Design. A operacionalização da pesquisa se realizou mediante um estudo de caso, tendo como suporte teórico as variáveis: Design, materiais e competitividade. Para estabelecer um padrão de relacionamento entre as variáveis foram levantados os fatores de sucesso da competitividade da referida empresa e analisados à luz dos padrões de concorrência praticados na indústria de móveis. Para conjectura de explicação do relacionamento entre competitividade e as outras duas variáveis, os dados obtidos na entrevista foram, na seqüência, expostos aos modelos; estratégias genéricas de Porter (1986 e estratégias do Design (1993. O resultado desta exposição nos possibilitou inferir que a empresa busca vantagem competitiva por meio da diferenciação, no primeiro modelo citado. E, no segundo caso, há uma predominância na utilização do conceito aperfeiçoado.The work makes an analysis of the utilization of Design's domains and strategies and its relationship with the competitiveness level of the furniture segment from the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba concerning the utilization of materials in the Design's creation, development and implementation. The research realization was supported by a case study. The work was mostly based on the theoretical support of the following variables: Design, materials and competitiveness. To set relationship standard among the variables, were raised the factors of the competitiveness success of enterprise. These factors were analyzed based on the competitiveness standards used in the furniture industry. To the conjecture of the relationship explication between competitiveness and the two other variables, the interview's data were, in

  5. Ocean current observations near McMurdo Station, Antarctica from 1991 to 1993: Relation to wastewater discharge dispersal

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    Barry, J.P.

    1994-08-01

    Analyses of ocean currents in the vicinity of McMurdo Station, Antarctica, are relevant to the transport and dispersal of wastewater from the McMurdo Station sewage outfall pipe. Observations of ocean currents during the initial phases of this study have been presented by Howington and McFeters. These studies, using coliform bacterial counts as an indicator of dispersion of the wastewater plume and current meters to measure flow patterns, indicated that dispersal of the plume by local currents does not effectively remove the plume from the vicinity of McMurdo Sound, under the present outfall pipe location. Moreover, these studies suggest that, although the flow pattern is generally consistent with transport of the plume away from McMurdo Station, episodes of current reversal are sufficient to transport the wastewater plume along the shore toward the southeast, eventually overlapping the seawater intake area near the McMurdo jetty. Several concerns included (a) impacts of wastewater inputs to nearshore benthic and pelagic habitats adjacent to McMurdo Station, (b) effects of wastewater input to the McMurdo Station fresh water intake source, and (c) reduction in human impacts on the McMurdo Sound ecosystem. These concerns motivated studies to characterize nearshore currents more extensively in relation to dispersal of the wastewater plume. This report discusses analysis results of current observations from November 1992 to November 1993

  6. Análise espaço-temporal da cobertura vegetal e uso da terra na Interbacia do Rio Paraguai Médio-MT, Brasil Spatio-temporal analysis of vegetation cover and land use in the middle Paraguay River Interbasin-MT, Brazil

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    Seyla Poliana Miranda Pessoa

    2013-02-01

    Full Text Available O objetivo deste estudo foi realizar uma análise espaço-temporal da cobertura vegetal e do uso da terra na Interbacia do Rio Paraguai Médio-MT, Brasil, pelo geoprocessamento de imagens Landsat TM, dos anos 1991, 2001 e 2011. As imagens foram georreferenciadas, classificadas e processadas no software Spring e as classes temáticas, quantificadas e editadas no software ArcGis. Foram mapeadas sete classes, sendo as mais expressivas a vegetação nativa, a pastagem e a cana-de-açúcar. Os resultados indicaram alterações em todas as classes durante os últimos 20 anos, com a diminuição de 22,89% da vegetação nativa, relacionada com o aumento de 58,42% da pastagem e 490,26% de monocultura de cana-de-açúcar. Foi verificado o conflito de uso da terra, principalmente em áreas de mata ciliar, fato que pode influenciar negativamente na conservação da interbacia e, consequentemente, do pantanal mato-grossense.This study analyzed spatial and temporal land use changes in the Middle Paraguay River Interbasin-MT, Brazil using Landsat images from 1991, 2001 and 2011. Images were geo-referenced, classified and processed using Spring software, and thematic classes were edited and quantified using ArcGis software. Seven map classes were identified, and native vegetation, pasture and sugarcane were the most significant ones. The results showed changes in all classes during the past 20 years, primarily a 22.89% decrease of native vegetation, a 58.42% increase in pasture and 490.26% increase of sugarcane monoculture. We verified land use conflicts, mostly in riparian areas, which may negatively influence Interbasin and, consequently, Pantanal conservation in the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

  7. Volatiles combustion in fluidized beds. Technical progress report, 4 March 1993--3 June 1993

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    Hesketh, R.P.

    1993-09-01

    The goal of this project is to investigate the conditions in which volatiles will burn within both the dense and freeboard regions of fluidized beds. Experiments using a fluidized bed operated at incipient fluidization will be performed to characterize the effect of particle surface area, initial fuel concentration, and particle type on the inhibition of volatiles within a fluidized bed. The work conducted during the period 4 March, 1993 through 3 June, 1993 is reported in this technical progress report. The work during this time period consists primarily of the startup and trouble shooting of the fluidized bed reactor and gas phase modeling of methane and propane.

  8. Nitrogen from mountain to fjord - Annual report 1993; Nitrogen fra fjell til fjord. Aarsrapport 1993

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    Kaste, Oe; Bechmann, M; Toerset, K

    1994-07-01

    ``Nitrogen from mountain to fjord`` is an interdisciplinary research programme which studies the nitrogen cycle from deposition to discharge into the sea. The project includes investigation of the nitrogen budgets for two catchments and selected areas of mountain, heath, forest, crop land and fresh water. The main purpose of the project is to increase the knowledge of uptake and runoff of nitrogen and thus to improve the prediction of future effects on soil, forest, fresh water and fjords. The activities are concentrated about two water courses in Norway: Bjerkreimsvassdraget and Aulivassdraget. In Bjerkreimsvassdraget the nitrate concentration changed only little from 1992 to 1993. Relatively large variations in the nitrate concentrations were found in the forest and heath areas of the system. In Aulivassdraget the nitrogen concentration has changed considerably in 1992 and 1993. The maximum concentration measured in the main river was 13.2 mg N/l. In autumn 1992 and spring 1993 much nitrogen remained in the soil after the poor harvest of 1992 and at that time much nitrogen was carried away by the runoff. 16 refs., 19 figs., 16 tabs.

  9. 1993 Radiation Protection Workshop: Proceedings

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    1993-12-31

    The 1993 DOE Radiation Protection Workshop was conducted from April 13 through 15, 1993 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Over 400 Department of Energy Headquarters and Field personnel and contractors from the DOE radiological protection community attended the Workshop. Forty-nine papers were presented in eleven separate sessions: Radiological Control Manual Implementation, New Approaches to Instrumentation and Calibration, Radiological Training Programs and Initiatives, External Dosimetry, Internal Dosimetry, Radiation Exposure Reporting and Recordkeeping, Air Sampling and Monitoring Issues, Decontamination and Decommissioning of Sites, Contamination Monitoring and Control, ALARA/Radiological Engineering, and Current and Future Health Physics Research. Individual papers are indexed separately on the database.

  10. Baseline atmospheric program Australia 1993

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    Francey, R.J.; Dick, A.L.; Derek, N.

    1996-01-01

    This publication reports activities, program summaries and data from the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station in Tasmania, during the calendar year 1993. These activities represent Australia's main contribution to the Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network (BAPMoN), part of the World Meteorological Organization's Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW). The report includes 5 research reports covering trace gas sampling, ozone and radon interdependence, analysis of atmospheric dimethylsulfide and carbon-disulfide, sampling of trace gas composition of the troposphere, and sulfur aerosol/CCN relationship in marine air. Summaries of program reports for the calendar year 1993 are also included. Tabs., figs., refs

  11. 1993 Radiation Protection Workshop: Proceedings

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    1993-01-01

    The 1993 DOE Radiation Protection Workshop was conducted from April 13 through 15, 1993 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Over 400 Department of Energy Headquarters and Field personnel and contractors from the DOE radiological protection community attended the Workshop. Forty-nine papers were presented in eleven separate sessions: Radiological Control Manual Implementation, New Approaches to Instrumentation and Calibration, Radiological Training Programs and Initiatives, External Dosimetry, Internal Dosimetry, Radiation Exposure Reporting and Recordkeeping, Air Sampling and Monitoring Issues, Decontamination and Decommissioning of Sites, Contamination Monitoring and Control, ALARA/Radiological Engineering, and Current and Future Health Physics Research. Individual papers are indexed separately on the database

  12. Annual Report: Photovoltaic Subcontract Program FY 1991

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    1992-03-01

    This report summarizes the fiscal year (FY) 1991 (October 1, 1990, through September 30, 1991) progress of the subcontracted photovoltaic (PV) research and development (R&D) performed under the Photovoltaic Advanced Research and Development Project at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)-formerly the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI). The mission of the national PV program is to develop PV technology for large-scale generation of economically competitive electric power in the United States. The technical sections of the report cover the main areas of the subcontract program: the Amorphous Silicon Research Project, Polycrystalline Thin Films, Crystalline Silicon Materials Research, High Efficiency Concepts, the New Ideas Program, the University Participation Program, and the Photovoltaic Manufacturing Technology (PVMaT) project. Technical summaries of each of the subcontracted programs provide a discussion of approaches, major accomplishments in FY 1991, and future research directions.

  13. Consumo e eficiência do uso da água e componentes do rendimento do arroz irrigado Water use ifficiency, water consumiption and rice yield components

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    Marcos Gregório Ramos Hernandez

    1997-08-01

    Full Text Available Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o efeito de dois níveis de manejo da água, preparo do solo e de herbicidas no rendimento de grãos, consumo de água, eficiência do uso da água e nos componentes do rendimento do arroz irrigado. O experimento foi conduzido no ano agrícola 1993/1994 em área da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS. A cultivar de arroz BR-IRGA-414 foi semeada em linhas, em 22 de dezembro de 1993. O delineamento experimental foi de blocos ao acaso, trifatorial (2³, constituído de duas épocas do início da irrigação (15 e 30 dias após a emergência - DAE, dois sistemas de preparo do solo (preparo convencional e cultivo mínimo e controle de plantas invasoras (com e sem uso de herbicidas. Os resultados demonstraram que o consumo de água não diferiu significativamente entre os tratamentos. A associação entre o início da irrigação aos 30 DAE e o cultivo mínimo promoveu menor eficiência do uso da água. O inicio da irrigação aos 15 DAE proporcionou maior índice de colheita com maior número de panículas por metro quadrado e também menor esterilidade de espiguetas em relação à irrigação com início aos 30 DAE.The objective of this experiment was to study the effect oftwo water managments, tiliage systems and weed contral on rice yield, water use and water use efficiency and crop yield components. The experiment was conducted in 1993/94 crop growing season in the experimental field ofthe Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria - RS. Rice cultivar BR-IRGA-414 was sowed in rows in December 22, 1993. A factorial (23 experiment in a completely randomized block design was used wiih two irrigation dates (15 and 30 days after emergency - DAE, two soil tillage system (minimum and conventional and two weed control leveis (with and withoul herbicide appiication. The results indicate that the water consumption was similar among ali treatments. The interaction between irrigation at 30 DAE

  14. Niagara Falls Storage Site environmental surveillance report for calendar year 1993

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    1994-06-01

    This report summarizes the results of environmental surveillance activities conducted at the Niagara Falls Storage Site (NFSS) during calendar year 1993. It includes an overview of site operations, the basis for radiological and nonradiological monitoring, a summary of the results, and the estimated dose to the offsite population. Environmental surveillance activities were conducted in accordance with the site environmental monitoring plan, which describes the rationale and design criteria for the surveillance program, the frequency of sampling and analysis, specific sampling and analysis procedures, and quality assurance requirements. NFSS is in compliance with National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) Subpart H of the Clean Air Act as well as the requirements of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) under the Clean Water Act. Located in northwestern New York, the site covers 191 acres. From 1944 to the present, the primary use of NFSS has been storage of radioactive residues that were by-products of uranium production. Most onsite areas of residual radioactivity above regulatory guidelines were remediated during the early 1980s. Additional isolated areas of onsite contamination were remediated in 1989, and the materials were consolidated into the waste containment structure in 1991. Remediation of the site has now been completed

  15. Annual Energy Review 1993

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    1994-07-14

    This twelfth edition of the Annual Energy Review (AER) presents the Energy Information Administration`s historical energy statistics. For most series, statistics are given for every year from 1949 through 1993. Because coverage spans four and a half decades, the statistics in this report are well-suited to long-term trend analyses. The AER is comprehensive. It covers all major energy activities, including consumption, production, trade, stocks, and prices, for all major energy commodities, including fossil fuels and electricity. The AER also presents Energy Information Administration (EIA) statistics on some renewable energy sources. EIA estimates that its consumption series include about half of the renewable energy used in the United States. For a more complete discussion of EIA`s renewables data, see p. xix, ``Introducing Expanded Coverage of Renewable Energy Data Into the Historical Consumption Series.`` Copies of the 1993 edition of the Annual Energy Review may be obtained by using the order form in the back of this publication. Most of the data in the 1993 edition also are available on personal computer diskette. For more information about the diskettes, see the back of this publication. In addition, the data are available as part of the National Economic, Social, and Environmental Data Bank on a CD-ROM. For more information about the data bank, contact the US Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration, on 202-482-1986.

  16. Annual Energy Review 1993

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    1994-01-01

    This twelfth edition of the Annual Energy Review (AER) presents the Energy Information Administration's historical energy statistics. For most series, statistics are given for every year from 1949 through 1993. Because coverage spans four and a half decades, the statistics in this report are well-suited to long-term trend analyses. The AER is comprehensive. It covers all major energy activities, including consumption, production, trade, stocks, and prices, for all major energy commodities, including fossil fuels and electricity. The AER also presents Energy Information Administration (EIA) statistics on some renewable energy sources. EIA estimates that its consumption series include about half of the renewable energy used in the United States. For a more complete discussion of EIA's renewables data, see p. xix, ''Introducing Expanded Coverage of Renewable Energy Data Into the Historical Consumption Series.'' Copies of the 1993 edition of the Annual Energy Review may be obtained by using the order form in the back of this publication. Most of the data in the 1993 edition also are available on personal computer diskette. For more information about the diskettes, see the back of this publication. In addition, the data are available as part of the National Economic, Social, and Environmental Data Bank on a CD-ROM. For more information about the data bank, contact the US Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration, on 202-482-1986

  17. Astrometria diferencial de precision con VLBI el triangulo de Draco (y estudios de SN1993J)

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    Ros, E.

    1997-11-01

    pairwise and independently. In our case it is consistent with zero, and verifies satisfactorily the data process followed. The comparison of the measurements of the separations of the pair 1928+738/2007+777 (1991 data) with previous measurements (data from 1985 and 1988), carried out with the same technique, allows us to register adequately the absolute position of 1928+738 relative to 2007+777. We estimate the proper motion of components in 1928+738, and also identify the position of the radio source core. We confirm the superluminal motion of the components of 1928+738. The comparison of our results with those obtained by Eubanks (USNO) from group delay measurements (without structure correction) show the incorrectness of the latter. We also include succinctly in this PhD my colaboration in the work on the radio supernova SN 1993J, in galaxy M81. We have discovered a shell-like structure of the radio emission of SN 1993J which exploded on March 1993. We have also elaborated a movie of its evolution, by monitoring the shell structure for different epochs, and determined the deceleration of its expansion.

  18. Indian Ocean Near Real-Time Temperature Profile Data from the GTSPP project from 31 July 1991 to 20 August 1991 (NODC Accession 0000749)

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    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — Physical data were collected from XBT casts from the Indian Ocean. Data were collected from 31 July 1991 to 20 August 1991. Data were submitted by the Commonwealth...

  19. CSIR Annual report 1993

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    1993-01-01

    Full Text Available This report provides highlights on the activities and achievements of CSIR in the year 1993. An outline of the CSIR structure and financial reports are also presented in the report....

  20. Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory 1991 activity report. Facility developments January 1991--March 1992

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    Cantwell, K.; St. Pierre, M.

    1992-01-01

    SSRL is a national facility supported primarily by the Department of Energy for the utilization of synchrotron radiation for basic and applied research in the natural sciences and engineering. It is a user-oriented facility which welcomes proposals for experiments from all researchers. The synchrotron radiation is produced by the 3.5 GeV storage ring, SPEAR, located at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). SPEAR is a fully dedicated synchrotron radiation facility which operates for user experiments 7 to 9 months per year. SSRL currently has 24 experimental stations on the SPEAR storage ring. There are 145 active proposals for experimental work from 81 institutions involving approximately 500 scientists. There is normally no charge for use of beam time by experimenters. This report summarizes the activity at SSRL for the period January 1, 1991 to December 31, 1991 for research. Facility development through March 1992 is included

  1. Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory 1991 activity report. Facility developments January 1991--March 1992

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    Cantwell, K.; St. Pierre, M. [eds.

    1992-12-31

    SSRL is a national facility supported primarily by the Department of Energy for the utilization of synchrotron radiation for basic and applied research in the natural sciences and engineering. It is a user-oriented facility which welcomes proposals for experiments from all researchers. The synchrotron radiation is produced by the 3.5 GeV storage ring, SPEAR, located at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). SPEAR is a fully dedicated synchrotron radiation facility which operates for user experiments 7 to 9 months per year. SSRL currently has 24 experimental stations on the SPEAR storage ring. There are 145 active proposals for experimental work from 81 institutions involving approximately 500 scientists. There is normally no charge for use of beam time by experimenters. This report summarizes the activity at SSRL for the period January 1, 1991 to December 31, 1991 for research. Facility development through March 1992 is included.

  2. Choques na taxa de câmbio real e o saldo da balança comercial agropecuária brasileira: evidências da Curva J entre 1994 e 2007

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    Paulo Roberto Scalco

    2012-12-01

    Full Text Available O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar os efeitos de curto e longo prazo de choques na taxa de câmbio real sobre o saldo da balança comercial agropecuária brasileira, após a implantação do Plano Real. O procedimento metodológico empregado foi a análise multivariada descrita em Johansen (1991. Os resultados indicam que existem duas relações de longo prazo entre o saldo da balança comercial agrícola e renda doméstica com relação à renda do estrangeiro e à taxa de câmbio real. Verificou-se que, no longo prazo, um aumento de 1% da taxa de câmbio e na renda externa leva à expansão de 2,04% e 1,95%, respectivamente, no saldo da balança comercial. Esse resultado é consistente com a condição de Marshall-Lerner, que afirma: no longo prazo, o efeito volume deve superar o efeito preço, aumentando, assim, o saldo da balança comercial. Entretanto, no curto prazo, rejeita-se a hipótese de existência da Curva J.

  3. O Princípio da Prevenção e Precaução nas Licitações Sustentáveis

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    Full Text Available O presente artigo tem como objetivo apresentar uma abordagem sobre as licitações sustentáveis à luz do princípio da precaução. Por meio do método de pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, será realizada uma análise dos conceitos de licitações sustentáveis e a sua relação com o princípio da precaução e prevenção, partindo da obrigatoriedade prevista no art. 3°, da Lei n° 8.666/1993, de inclusão de critérios de sustentabilidade nas licitações públicas.

  4. Energy reports and testimony, 1991

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    1992-03-01

    World events significantly shaped the energy issue area work in 1991. The Iraqi war and oil disruption brought our oil pricing, national energy strategy, conservation, electricity supply, and alternative motor fuels work to the forefront. The collapse of Communism also stimulated greater congressional interest in how best to manage our nuclear weapons complex. This effort led the debate on the future needs and technology of weapons facilities, while also providing thoughtful insights on the $200 billion environmental cleanup effort. This paper includes information on these and other U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) documents directly related to energy that were issued between January and December 1991. Highlights of this paper include: Nuclear waste, Electricity supply, Nuclear science, and Nuclear safety and health

  5. Influência da liderança transformacional no comportamento organizacional: análise dos servidores da Reitoria do Instituto Federal do Triângulo Mineiro

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    Este estudo analisa a influência da relação entre liderança transformacional e comprometimento organizacional, aplicado aos servidores de uma instituição de ensino federal pública brasileira. Adotando uma abordagem metodológica quantitativa, utilizou-se o inquérito por questionário com escalas de mensuração Transformational Leadership Behavior Inventory (TLI) e o Modelo dos Três Componentes de Meyer e Allen (1991), foram coletados 127 respondentes, 113 dos quais servidores técnicos-adminis...

  6. O ensino da saúde coletiva no método de aprendizagem baseado em problemas: uma experiência da Faculdade de Medicina de Marília

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    Nelson Felice de Barros

    Full Text Available Este trabalho relata a estratégia de incorporação das bases da Saúde Coletiva no currículo da Faculdade de Medicina de Marília (Famema. Em 1991, a Famema passou a desenvolver o Projeto UNI, financiado pela Fundação Kellogg, iniciando um conjunto de mudanças no ensino de Medicina, resultando, em 1997, na introdução do método de ensino da Aprendizagem Baseada em Problemas (ABP. A ABP trabalha com a perspectiva holística do processo ensino aprendizagem e, por isso, estimula a participação ativa dos estudantes, principalmente, na cooperação em pequenos grupos; no auto-estudo e na educação multidisciplinar. Algum tempo após a introdução do ABP, identificou-se a dificuldade do uso de explicações das dimensões psicológicas e sociais para os problemas. A solução construída para a incorporação da dimensão social nos problemas foi a adoção da perspectiva sociológica das categorias fundantes da Saúde Coletiva: tempo, espaço e pessoa. O resultado foi a construção de uma matriz formada por seis tópicos e orientada para estimular os alunos a alcançar as noções de totalidade e integralidade do cuidado em saúde.

  7. International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste Scientific activities in 1991

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    1992-11-01

    The document contains three parts. Part 1 is a general review of the scientific activities of the Centre in 1991, including a statistical digest. Part II presents the scientific programme of the Centre in the following fields: Fundamental Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Mathematics, Physics and Energy, Physics and Environment, Applied Physics, Adriatico Research Conferences, as well as other aspects of the Centre activities in 1991. Part III lists the publications issued in 1991. Tabs

  8. Formação de profissionais de saúde no Brasil: uma análise no período de 1991 a 2008 Formación de profesionales de salud en Brasil: un análisis en el período de 1991 a 2008 Undergraduate programs for health professionals in Brazil: an analysis from 1991 to 2008

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    Ana Estela Haddad

    2010-06-01

    Full Text Available Estudo conduzido com o objetivo de contribuir para o planejamento e implementação de políticas de qualificação profissional no campo da saúde. Foram analisados 14 cursos de graduação da área da saúde: biomedicina, ciências biológicas, educação física, enfermagem, farmácia, fisioterapia, fonoaudiologia, medicina, medicina veterinária, nutrição, odontologia, psicologia, serviço social e terapia ocupacional, no período de 1991 a 2008. Dados sobre número de ingressantes, taxa de ocupação de vagas, distribuição de concluintes por habitante, gênero e renda familiar foram coletados a partir dos bancos do Ministério da Educação. Para o curso de medicina, a relação foi de 40 candidatos por vaga nas instituições públicas contra 10 nas privadas. A maioria dos ingressantes era composta por mulheres. A região Sudeste concentrou 57% dos concluintes, corroborando o desequilíbrio de distribuição regional das oportunidades de formação de profissionais de saúde e indicando a necessidade de políticas de incentivo à redução dessas desigualdades.Estudio conducido con el objetivo de contribuir a la planificación e implementación de políticas de calificación profesional en el campo de la salud. Fueron analizados 14 cursos de pregrado del área de la salud: biomedicina, ciencias biológicas, educación física, enfermería, farmacia, fisioterapia, fonoaudiología, medicina, medicina veterinaria, nutrición, odontología, psicología, servicio social y terapia ocupacional, en el período de 1991 a 2008. Datos sobre número de ingresos, tasa de ocupación de vagas, distribución de concluyentes por habitante, género y renta familiar fueron colectados a partir de bancos del Ministerio de Educación de Brasil. En el curso de medicina, la relación fue de 40 candidatos por vacante en las instituciones públicas contra 10 en las privadas. La mayoría de los ingresados estaba compuesta por mujeres. La región sudeste concentr

  9. Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project bibliography, 1992--1993. Supplement 4

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    1992-06-01

    Following a reorganization of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management in 1990, the Yucca Mountain Project was renamed Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project. The title of this bibliography was also changed to Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project Bibliography. Prior to August 5, 1988, this project was called the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations. This bibliography contains information on this ongoing project that was added to the Department of Energy's Energy Science and Technology Database from January 1, 1992, through December 31, 1993. The bibliography is categorized by principal project participating organization. Participant-sponsored subcontractor reports, papers, and articles are included in the sponsoring organization's list. Another section contains information about publications on the Energy Science and Technology Database that were not sponsored by the project but have some relevance to it. Earlier information on this project can be found in the first bibliography DOE/TIC-3406, which covers 1977--1985, and its three supplements DOE/OSTI-3406(Suppl.1), DOE/OSTI-3406(Suppl.2), and DOE/OSTI-3406(Suppl.3), which cover information obtained during 1986--1987, 1988--1989, and 1990--1991, respectively. All entries in the bibliographies are searchable online on the NNW database file. This file can be accessed through the Integrated Technical Information System (ITIS) of the US Department of Energy (DOE)

  10. Rate proposal for 1993 and 1994 [Hydro-Quebec

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    1994-01-01

    In its development plan, Hydro-Quebec has the goal of aligning its average rate increases with the inflation rate over the period 1993-2000. The near- and long-term evolution of rates must also follow the evolution of the costs of supply and assure the financial stability of the utility. The average annual increase target prices for 1993-95 is 3.5%. In 1993, the increase in supply cost is attributable to startup of service from the LaGrande 2-A and Becancour stations, as well as to energy efficiency programs and improvements in quality of service. In 1994-95, supply cost increases are related mainly to the second phase of the LaGrande complex. The present rate proposal is for two years and assures that rates will not increase beyond the projected rates of inflation of 2.3% for 1993 and 2.7% for 1994. Hydro-Quebec also has a long-term objective of gradually reducing cross-subsidization that exists among different tariff categories. A slight differentiation of rate increases in the various categories is proposed to reduce this cross-subsidization. The proposed rate increases are expected to bring additional revenues of $152 million for 1993/94 and $186 million for 1994/95. 3 figs., 35 tabs

  11. OS DESAFIOS DA APRENDIZAGEM DA PROFISSÃO E O ESTÁGIO

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    Elisangela André da Silva Costa

    2012-12-01

    Full Text Available O Estágio é um componente curricular que se constitui, por excelência, como uma oportunidade dos alunos vivenciarem momentos que favoreçam um processo de identificação com seu campo de atuação. Sua obrigatoriedade leva em consideração a aplicabilidade da legislação, a consistência teórica, a produção do conhecimento, a relação teoria e prática, a docência e a pesquisa. Nesse trajeto, são evidenciados limites e possibilidades da execução de projetos que venham a interferir de maneira positiva no processo de formação dos alunos, uma vez que neste campo de conhecimento ainda há dissensos sobre o que é Estágio, sobre qual o papel do professor orientador e sobre a natureza das atividades desenvolvidas pelo estagiário nos diferentes espaços que o recebem. Assim, o presente texto objetiva apresentar discussões sobre o Estágio dos Cursos de formação profissional e sobre os novos desafios que se apresentam no desenvolvimento do mesmo. Para tanto, realizou-se uma pesquisa bibliográfica, tendo como referências Pimenta e Lima (2004, Libâneo (2011, Rios (2000 e Nóvoa (1991, 1992, entre outros. Os resultados apontam que se faz necessário um aprofundamento conceitual das práticas que se realizam no Estágio, a ser realizado de maneira coletiva pelo professor da universidade, junto a seus pares e seus alunos.

  12. Solar-geophysical data number 584, April 1993. Part 1 (prompt reports). Data for March, February 1993, and late data

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    Coffey, H.E.

    1993-04-01

    Contents: data for march 1993: solar-terrestrial environment; iuwds alert periods (advance and worldwide); solar activity indices; solar flares; solar radio emission; stanford mean solar magnetic field; data for february 1993: solar active regions; sudden ionospheric disturbances; solar radio spectral observations; cosmic ray measurements by neutron monitor; geomagnetic indices. This research is applicable to studies in communications, environmental science,and solar energy

  13. United Rayore Gas Ltd. annual report, 1993

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    1993-01-01

    United Rayore Gas, a Calgary-based oil and gas company, had land holdings of 31,500 net production held acres and 20,000 net undeveloped acres as of March 31, 1993. The company's gross land holdings are concentrated in southeast Saskatchewan and cover over 80,000 acres. Production in 1993 averaged 1,941 barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) per day, of which 96% was oil and 4% was gas. About 35% of the company's production in 1993 was from horizontal wells. Total proven reserves in which the company has a working interest are 15.5 million bbl oil and 10.5 billion ft 3 of natural gas. Principal producing properties are located at Parkman, Glen Ewen, and Workman in southeast Saskatchewan. Oil and gas sales for the fiscal year were $14.4 million, compared to $5.7 million a year earlier. The increased revenue is due to increased production and acquisition of producing properties. Net 1993 earnings amounted to $1.3 million. A review of the company's operations for the year, management discussion and analysis of results, and financial statements are presented. 25 figs., 13 tabs

  14. Aransas Bay 1993-1994

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    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — During September 20-23, 1993 and May 9-12, 1994, a total of 200 samples were collected at proposed dredge disposal sites along the Intercoastal Waterway in Aransas...

  15. Estudos comparativos do léxico da fauna e flora Aruák

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    Ana Paula Brandão

    Full Text Available As línguas Apurinã, Piro e Iñapari, membros da família lingüística Aruák, são inicialmente comparadas com base nos dados utilizados na reconstrução de Payne (1991, e nas correspondências fonológicas apresentadas em Facundes (2000, 2002. A partir das evidências de agrupamento dessas três línguas, cognatos especificamente relacionados à fauna e flora Aruák são estabelecidos. Utilizando-se dos resultados encontrados na comparação, três questões são examinadas: o que as retenções lexicais indicam sobre o lugar dessas línguas dentro da família Aruák? Com base nos cognatos identificados, quais conceitos da flora e fauna provavelmente podem ser reconstruídos para estágios anteriores no desenvolvimento dessas três línguas a partir de uma língua ancestral? E, finalmente, quais inferências podem ser feitas sobre o passado desses povos com base na semântica da fauna e flora reconstruída?

  16. Annual Report 1992-1993

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    1993-11-01

    The Office of The Supervising Scientist (OSS) underwent several significant changes during 1992-1993. Thus, the Sydney office was relocated to Canberra, and by May 1993 all OSS operations outside of the Northern Territory were being carried out at that locality. The relocation provided an opportunity to review the staff structure and increase efficiency. The annual report describes in detail work being undertaken, both nationally and internationally in developing radiation protection concepts that are appropriate for uranium mining industry. The emphasis of OSS research program is oriented towards effects on the environment. The report also provides a summary of of the progress of all active projects of the Alligator Rivers Region Institute. Details of all published and unpublished papers as well as the financial statement for the OSS are included in Appendixes. 16 tabs.; 28 figs

  17. WATER TEMPERATURE and other data from INGRAHAM in the Persian Gulf from 1993-09-16 to 1993-09-18 (NCEI Accession 9300184)

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    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — The data in this accession were collected in Persian Gulf (Gulf of Iran) from ship INGRAHAM between September 16, 1993 and September 18, 1993. The real time data of...

  18. Annual report 1991-1992

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    1992-01-01

    The Annual Report 1991-92 contains an update on the NRPB's role in international and national standards, the technical services provided by the NRPB, their work on environmental, biomedical and physical sciences, the status of NRPB publications giving advice, the NRPB's finances, its senior directing staff and finally NRPB members. (UK)

  19. Avaliação da eqüidade da Previdência no meio rural do Brasil

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    Full Text Available Este trabalho avalia a eqüidade do sistema brasileiro de aposentadorias pagas no meio rural, dando ênfase à década de 1990. Entende-se como eqüidade a distribuição de aposentadorias sem viés de cor (ou raça, sexo e nível de educação. Motivado pela Constituição Federal de 1988, as Leis nº 8.212 e nº 8.213, de 1991 permitiram que homens (com 60 anos de idade ou mais e mulheres (com 55 anos de idade ou mais que tivessem comprovado exercício da atividade rural pudessem obter aposentadoria de um salário mínimo, mesmo não tendo contribuído com o sistema previdenciário. Tais mudanças foram significativas, pois igualaram os direitos de mulheres e homens e fixaram um valor mínimo das aposentadorias. Usando a análise tabular de microdados da PNAD (para os anos de 1992, 1996 e 1999 o trabalho comprova que essa nova sistemática previdenciária permitiu o aumento da renda per capita dos aposentados no meio rural, sem causar aumento da desigualdade da distribuição de renda. A mesma análise tabular dos dados sugere a presença de vieses na concessão das aposentadorias em favor de homens (em relação às mulheres, dos brancos (em relação aos negros e dos mais instruídos (em relação aos menos instruídos, o que foi estatisticamente comprovado através da estimativa do modelo próbite. O trabalho se encerra sugerindo algumas medidas que possam minimizar essa ineqüidade na distribuição das aposentadorias pagas no meio rural.This paper evaluates the equality of the Brazilian system of pensions paid in rural areas during the 1990s. The equality implies equal access to the social security benefits, regardless ethnic, sex and education differences among retired persons. Basing on 1988 Federal Constitution, Laws 8,212 and 8,213, both from 1991, have instituted the old age pension equal to one minimum wage for men (60 years or older and for women (55 years or older if they can prove they were rural workers. These old citizens can

  20. Research laboratories annual report 1991

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    1992-08-01

    The 1990-1991 activities, of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission's research laboratories, are presented in this report. The main fields of interest are chemistry and material sciences, life and environmental sciences, nuclear physics and technology

  1. Proceedings of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing Fall Meeting 1993

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    1993-11-01

    This proceedings contains articles of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing Fall Meeting, 1993. It was held on Nov. 22, 1993 in Seoul, Korea and subject of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing Fall Meeting 1993. There are main session and technical session.

  2. Proceedings of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing Spring Meeting 1993

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    1993-05-01

    This proceedings contains articles of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing Spring Meeting, 1993. It was held on May. 24, 1993 in Seoul, Korea and subject of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing Spring Meeting 1993. There are main session and technical session.

  3. Quarterly coal report, April--June 1993

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    1993-11-26

    In the second quarter of 1993, the United States produced 235 million short tons of coal. This brought the total for the first half of 1993 to 477 million short tons, a decrease of 4 percent (21 million short tons) from the amount produced during the first half of 1992. The decrease was due to a 26-million-short-ton decline in production east of the Mississippi River, which was partially offset by a 5-million-short-ton increase in coal production west of the Mississippi River. Compared with the first 6 months of 1992, all States east of the Mississippi River had lower coal production levels, led by West Virginia and Illinois, which produced 9 million short tons and 7 million short tons less coal, respectively. The principal reasons for the drop in coal output for the first 6 months of 1993 compared to a year earlier were: a decrease in demand for US coal in foreign markets, particularly the steam coal markets; a draw-down of electric utility coal stocks to meet the increase in demand for coal-fired electricity generation; and a lower producer/distributor stock build-up. Distribution of US coal in the first half of 1993 was 15 million short tons lower than in the first half of 1992, with 13 million short tons less distributed to overseas markets and 2 million short tons less distributed to domestic markets.

  4. Solar-geophysical data number 586, June 1993. Part 1 (prompt reports). Data for May, April 1993, and late data

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    Coffey, H.E.

    1993-06-01

    Contents: data for may 1993; solar-terrestrial environment; iuwds alert periods (advance and worldwide); solar activity indices; solar flares; solar radio emission; stanford mean solar magnetic field; data for april 1993; solar active regions; sudden ionospheric disturbances; solar radio spectral observations; solar radioheliograph; cosmic ray measurements by neutron monitor; geomagnetic indices. This research is relevant to studies in atmospheric/environmental science, solar energy, plasma physics, and communications

  5. Water pollution monitoring in Tirrenian Sea 1991--1993; Monitoraggio ambientale nel bacino del basso Tirreno nel triennio 1991-1993

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    Scipioni, A.; Napoli, M. [Padova Univ. (Italy), Ist. di Chimica Industriale; Cavolo, F. [Padova Univ. (Italy), Dip.di Biologia

    1996-07-01

    A marine environmental research programme is in course of carrying out for some years in a definite coastal zone of the southern Tirrenian Sea in order to point out possible significant pollutions, identify their origin and study the appropriate preventive and protective measures. In the first stage of the programme the analysis of the actual water quality was done, by evaluation of several indicators (temperature, conductivity, pH, turbidity and suspended sediments, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll a, nutrients concentration, bacteriological parameters) at three different distances from the shore: 50 m, 500 m and 1 mile. The analysis of the collected values shows that the actual water quality is on the whole quite satisfactory, except for some restricted areas in which a bacteriological pollution, due to high concentrations of coliforms and Streptococcus faecalis, has been pointed out.

  6. The Nordic programme for nuclear safety 1990-1993. Plan for 1993

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    1993-04-01

    In 1993 the fourth Nordic Nuclear Safety Research programme will be concluded with final reports on all of the eighteen projects. Each report will contain the results of the work carried out which has taken four years to complete and, at the same time, give a more general survey of the Northern countries' competence within the fields of emergency readiness in situations of abnormal radiation, radioactive waste and its disposal, radioecology and nuclear reactor safety - accessibility of appropriate information. Some of the reports will be published in the form of reference books or in the form of databases of direct assistance to the authorities. A number of seminars will be held so that the results and professional level of the reports can be discussed. The coordinators' and project leaders' plans for these activities are presented with the the amounts of money that project organizers have asked the Nordic Nuclear Safety Research programme to finance them with. During 1993 the plans for the programme starting in 1994 must be laid, and future researchers, project leaders, involved organizations and sponsors determined. (AB)

  7. The Agency's technical co-operation activities in 1993

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    1994-08-01

    This document reviews the IAEA's Technical Cooperation activities for 1993. Apart from an overview, the report contains reviews by Agency programmes and technical divisions, by area, by component and by fund. Summaries of project implementation are also included, as well as indications of the achievements of projects completed in 1993

  8. Annual report and accounts 1993-94

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    1994-01-01

    Scottish Nuclear produces almost half Scotland's electricity requirements from the two AGRs it owns and operates; Hunterston-B and Torness. It is also responsible for decommissioning the Magnox power station at Hunterson-A. In this report the company policy and a summary of its operation and technical programme are given. Unit generating costs have fallen over the preceding few years to 2.83 p/KWh in 1993/94. The accounts show an operating profit with a total profit of 472 million for the 1993/94 financial year. (UK)

  9. Safety-related LWR research. Annual report 1993

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    Hueper, R.

    1994-06-01

    The reactor safety R and D work of the Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Centre (KfK) has been part of the Nuclear Safety Research Project (PSF) since 1990. The present annual report 1993 summarizes the results on LWR safety. The research tasks are coordinated in agreement with internal and external working groups. The contributions to this report correspond to the status at the end of 1993. (orig./HP) [de

  10. Current meter and temperature profile data from current meter and buoy casts in the TOGA area of Pacific Ocean from 29 March 1991 to 24 December 1993 (NODC Accession 9900057)

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    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — Current meter and temperature profile data were collected using current meter and buoy casts in the TOGA area of Pacific Ocean from 29 March 1991 to 24 December...

  11. Annual report 1991

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    1992-01-01

    During 1991 Ontario Hydro's activities reflected a company in transition marked by changing customer needs, new social demands and global economic pressures. The nuclear system performed below expectations, although performance improved over 1990. Technical problems prevented the utility from bringing Darlington NGS unit 1 into service. Ontario Hydro has committed about $4 billion to extend the lives of fossil and hydroelectric stations and restore nuclear performance. In September Ontario Hydro's management structure was reorganized again. Policy, planning and strategic efforts were put under the direction of the Chair. All operating functions were to report directly to the President. New Board committees were formed to guide environmental activities and promote a better understanding of aboriginal and northern affairs. The unfavourable economic and operating conditions of 1991 affected financial performance. An 11.8% rate increase was announced for 1992. Electricity demand increased by 1.3%over 1990 to 139.1 million megawatt hours. Major capital additions have been deferred by at least seven years. Uranium contracts were canceled with Rio Algom and Denison Mines. Administrative and support budgets were cut, and executive salaries frozen. A number of quality improvement programs have been implemented with the cooperation of labour groups, reducing the amount of time needed for the retubing of the Pickering-4 reactor. (L.L.)

  12. Relationship of black layer and milk line development on maize seed maturity Relação entre o desenvolvimento da camada negra e da linha de transformação em amido e a maturidade de sementes de milho

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    1995-04-01

    Full Text Available The relationship of black layer and milk line development on maize seed maturity was evaluated under tropical conditions. Seed moisture (g.kg-1, standard germination - SG (7 days, 25°C, and vigor, using accelerated aging-AA (96 hours, 42°C and 100% of RH, cold test-CT only in 1991/92 (7 days at 10°C and 7 days at 25°C and electrical conductivity-EC (four 50-seed samples, 24 hours imbibition at 25°C and milk line and black layer formation (using a five-stage rating system were determined at 3 to 4 days intervals, using two genotypes (hybrid CX 133 and variety IAC 100 during the crop seasons of 1990/91 and 1991/92. The results showed that physiological maturity was reached before stage 4, based on seed germination and vigor (AA and CT values, which occurred before that stage and presented the lowest values of EC. On the other hand, moisture content levels of 300 to 350 g.kg-1 were reached only at stage 4. The milk line ratings proved useful in predicting physiological maturity as well as the harvest maturity.A relação entre o desenvolvimento da camada negra e da linha de transformação em amido e a maturidade fisiológica de sementes de milho foi estudada durante dois anos agrícolas (1990/91 e 1991/92. Para atingir os objetivos do trabalho, avaliou-se o grau de umidade, a germinação, o vigor (envelhecimento acelerado, teste frio e condutividade elétrica e o desenvolvimento da camada negra e da linha de transformação em amido para dois genótipos (CX 133 e IAC 100. Com base nos resultados de germinação e vigor das sementes verificou-se que a maturidade fisiológica foi alcançada antes do estádio 4. Por outro lado, graus de umidade de 30 a 35% foram alcançados somente no estádio de desenvolvimento 4. A linha de transformação em amido provou ser um instrumento útil para predizer a maturidade fisiológica e de colheita para sementes de milho.

  13. 38 CFR 1.991 - Procedures for salary offset: when deductions may begin.

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    ... 38 Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Procedures for salary offset: when deductions may begin. 1.991 Section 1.991 Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS GENERAL PROVISIONS Salary Offset Provisions § 1.991 Procedures for salary offset...

  14. Canadian petroleum industry: 1991 [annual] monitoring report

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    1991-01-01

    Data are provided on the financial performance of the oil and gas industry in Canada during 1991. The report is based on data from 154 companies accounting for ca 90% of total revenues of the petroleum industry. The report lists noteworthy happenings in the industry, gives highlights of the year, then details financial performance, sources and uses of funds, comparative performance with other industries, ownership and control trends, research and development expenditures, and income tax-related data for the current and previous years. In 1991, the overall industry experienced a fall in cash flow of 22% to $7.6 billion, and net income dropped from a profit of $2.3 billion in 1990 to a loss of $2.4 billion in 1991. Upstream revenues fell $2.8 billion as a result of lower crude oil and marketable natural gas prices. The drop in natural gas prices to their lowest level in over a decade resulted in many companies taking asset write-offs totalling almost $2 billion. Rate of return on average shareholder's equity was -6% in 1991 against +5.6% in 1990. The industry increased overall capital expenditures by 10% to $9.7 billion, largely on the strength of participation in major projects such as Caroline gas field development, Hibernia, Cohasset/Panuke and the Bi-Provincial Upgrader. Canadian ownership of upstream revenues increased to 45.2% from 44% in 1990, while Canadian control rose from 40.9% to 42.8%. 24 figs., 56 tabs

  15. Solar-geophysical data number 587, July 1993. Part 1 (prompt reports). data for June, May 1993, and late data

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    Coffey, H.E.

    1993-07-01

    Contents: data for june 1993; solar-terrestrial environment; iuwds alert periods (advance and worldwide); solar activity indices; solar flares; solar radio emission; stanford mean solar magnetic field; data for may 1993; solar active regions; sudden ionospheric disturbances; solar radio spectral observations; solar radioheliograph - 164 mhz - nancay; cosmic ray measurements by neutron monitor; geomagnetic indices. This research is applicable to research in solar energy, plasma physics, communications, and environmental science

  16. June 1991 Pinatubo, Philippines Images

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    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — Mount Pinatubo is an andesitic island arc volcano, located on the southwestern part of the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Prior to 1991, it had been dormant for...

  17. ITER Council proceedings: 1993

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    1994-01-01

    Records of the third ITER Council Meeting (IC-3), held on 21-22 April 1993, in Tokyo, Japan, and the fourth ITER Council Meeting (IC-4) held on 29 September - 1 October 1993 in San Diego, USA, are presented, giving essential information on the evolution of the ITER Engineering Design Activities (EDA), such as the text of the draft of Protocol 2 further elaborated in ''ITER EDA Agreement and Protocol 2'' (ITER EDA Documentation Series No. 5), recommendations on future work programmes: a description of technology R and D tasks; the establishment of a trust fund for the ITER EDA activities; arrangements for Visiting Home Team Personnel; the general framework for the involvement of other countries in the ITER EDA; conditions for the involvement of Canada in the Euratom Contribution to the ITER EDA; and other attachments as parts of the Records of Decision of the aforementioned ITER Council Meetings

  18. ITER council proceedings: 1993

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    1994-12-31

    Records of the third ITER Council Meeting (IC-3), held on 21-22 April 1993, in Tokyo, Japan, and the fourth ITER Council Meeting (IC-4) held on 29 September - 1 October 1993 in San Diego, USA, are presented, giving essential information on the evolution of the ITER Engineering Design Activities (EDA), such as the text of the draft of Protocol 2 further elaborated in ``ITER EDA Agreement and Protocol 2`` (ITER EDA Documentation Series No. 5), recommendations on future work programmes: a description of technology R and D tastes; the establishment of a trust fund for the ITER EDA activities; arrangements for Visiting Home Team Personnel; the general framework for the involvement of other countries in the ITER EDA; conditions for the involvement of Canada in the Euratom Contribution to the ITER EDA; and other attachments as parts of the Records of Decision of the aforementioned ITER Council Meetings.

  19. Malaysia: World Oil Report 1991

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    Khin, J.A.

    1991-01-01

    This paper reports that the Malaysian government announced tax incentives for fiscal year 1991/92 by cutting export duties on crude oil to encourage companies to develop more oil fields. The export duty exemption on cost recovery oil was increased from the current 20% to 50% on April 1, 1991. Nearly 115,200 sq mi of shallow-water acreage off Malaysia has been awarded to PS contractors, leaving only about five blocks remaining. Therefore, Petronas plans to award deeper water blocks (water depths of 655 ft or more) in the second half of this year, once terms are finalized. It is understood that these areas will be offshore of Sarawak and Sabah, covering in excess of 38,000 sq mi. Petronas the that there would be some improvement in the PSC terms for the deep-water areas

  20. Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States March/April 1991

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    Warden, Thomas

    1991-01-01

    U.S. agricultural exports fell to $16.5 billion (55 million tons) during the ·first 5 months of FY 1991, a decline of $1.4 billion and 14 million tons... Agricultural imports remained at $9.4 ·billion during the first 5 months of FY 1991....USDA allocated $200 million to 47 trade organizations to conduct export market promotions for a variety of agricultural products during FY 1991... Japan was the top market for U.S. agricultural exports during the past 3 fiscal years, followed by the Soviet...

  1. English Leadership Quarterly, 1993.

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    Strickland, James, Ed.

    1993-01-01

    These four issues of the English Leadership Quarterly represent those published during 1993. Articles in number 1 deal with parent involvement and participation, and include: "Opening the Doors to Open House" (Jolene A. Borgese); "Parent/Teacher Conferences: Avoiding the Collision Course" (Robert Perrin); "Expanding Human…

  2. Decisive Force -- The New American Way of War

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    1994-03-02

    New York: Penguin , 1993, pp. 303-311; Lou Cannon, President Re•Mn: The Role of a Lifetime, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991, pp. 390-395. 4. For some...Washington DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1991. Finer, S. E. The Man on Horseback: Military Intervention into Politics, Harmonsworth, Engand: Penguin ...p. 19. Hennelly, Michael J. *U.S. Policy in El Salvador: Creating Beauty or Beast?* fta ~dlM Spring 1993, pp. 66. Herring, George C. ’American

  3. Activity report 1993-1994; Rapport d`activite 1993-1994

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    This reports presents the Leon Brillouin Laboratory (LLB) activity during 1993-1994. Concerning the physico-chemical and biological systems, polymers are still a main field of the LLB. New ideas and experiments appeared also in the field water, ionic solids, polyelectrolyte and biologicals systems. Concerning structures and phase transitions, activity in the field of crystalline structures has been reinforced. Disordered systems, metallurgy and material fields were also developed. Concerning magnetism and superconductivity, important results were obtained. (TEC). 159 refs., 241 figs., 29 tabs.

  4. Report of the 33rd Japanese Antarctic Research ExpeditionーActivities of the summer party(1991-1992and wintering party(1992ー

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    Mitsuo Fukuchi

    1996-03-01

    Full Text Available Summer activities in the 1991/92 austral summer and winter activities in 1992 of the 33rd Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE are described. The JARE-33 consisted of 16 members of the summer party and 37 members of the wintering party (one member of the wintering party returned with the summer party. Two Brazilian fish physiologists joined the summer party based on the exchange scientist program of the Antarctic Treaty. The icebreaker SHIRASE left Tokyo on 14 November 1991 and arrived at Breid Bay on 18 December, where the closing of Asuka Camp was completed. Then she headed to Syowa Station and arrived there on 4 January 1992. Transportation of cargo by helicopter to Syowa Station was carried out between 23 December 1991 and 18 January 1992. A total of 848t of cargo, including pipe transport of light oil (342kl and freight by oversnow vehicles (215t, were transported. A new central building was constructed from 23 December to 17 February as the start of an 8-year reintegration project of Syowa Station. Three generator engines of 200kVA capacity were overhauled. Concurrently, various research programs such as absolute gravity measurement and field surveys including inland oversnow traverse were performed. However, there were some problems with a super conducting gravity meter while the gravity meter was being tested for winter operation. Therefore, one scientist working on the gravity meter who planned to winter-over decided to leave Syowa Station with the gravity meter. all of the summer party left Syowa Station on 17 February and headed to Sydney, Australia, while oceanographic and marine biological observations were carried out on board. Members of the summer party of JARE-33 and the wintering party of JARE-32 returned to Narita by air on 27 March 1992. The wintering party of JARE-33 worked at Syowa Station from 1 February 1992 to 31 January 1993. The scientific research programs cover the following four major disciplines : (1 upper

  5. 1990-1991 activity report

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    1992-01-01

    The 1990-1991 activity report of LYON Nuclear Physics Institute is presented and includes the following topics: scientific and technical works in theoretical physics, high and intermediate energy nuclear physics, low and mean energy nuclear physics and multi-field physics (by means of AMPHORA multidetector, EUROGAM high performance gamma multidetector); theses, congress contributions and published papers

  6. Effects of UV radiation on phytoplankton

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    Smith, Raymond C.; Cullen, John J.

    1995-07-01

    It is now widely documented that reduced ozone will result in increased levels of ultraviolet (UV) radiation, especially UV-B (280-320nm), incident at the surface of the earth [Watson, 1988; Anderson et al., 1991; Schoeberl and Hartmann, 1991; Frederick and Alberts, 1991; WMO, 1991; Madronich, 1993; Kerr and McElroy, 1993], and there is considerable and increasing evidence that these higher levels of UV-B radiation may be detrimental to various forms of marine life in the upper layers of the ocean. With respect to aquatic ecosystems, we also know that this biologically- damaging mid-ultraviolet radiation can penetrate to ecologically- significant depths in marine and freshwater systems [Jerlov, 1950; Lenoble, 1956; Smith and Baker, 1979; Smith and Baker, 1980; Smith and Baker, 1981; Kirk et al., 1994]. This knowledge, plus the dramatic decline in stratospheric ozone over the Antarctic continent each spring, now known to be caused by anthropogenically released chemicals [Solomon, 1990; Booth et al., 1994], has resulted in increased UV-environmental research and a number of summary reports. The United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) has provided recent updates with respect to the effects of ozone depletion on aquatic ecosystems (Hader, Worrest, Kumar in UNEP 1989, 1991, Hader, Worrest, Kumar and Smith UNEP 1994) and the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) has provided [SCOPE, 1992] a summary of the effects of increased UV radiation on biological systems. SCOPE has also reported [SCOPE, 1993] on the effects of increased UV on the biosphere. In addition, several books have recently been published reviewing various aspects of environmental UV photobiology [Young et al., 1993], UV effects on humans, animals and plants [Tevini, 1993], the biological effects of UV radiation in Antarctica [Weiler and Penhale, 1994], and UV research in freshwater ecosystems [Williamson and Zagarese, 1994]. Several other reviews are relevant [NAS, 1984; Caldwell

  7. Deaths among drug addicts in Denmark in 1987-1991

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    Kringsholm, Birgitte; Kaa, Elisabet; Steentoft, Anni

    1994-01-01

    In the period 1987–1991 a total of 739 fatalities among drug addicts was investigated at the three University Institutes of Forensic Medicine in Denmark. The annual number rose from 130–140 in the first 4 years to 192 in 1991, and 80% were males. The mean and median age for both males and females...

  8. O triste quadro da saúde: análise de um out-door

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    Fernando Lefèvre

    1995-09-01

    Full Text Available Procura-se, neste trabalho, analisar um out­door presente na cidade de São Paulo, no mês de maio de 1993, e que intitula-se : "O triste quadro da saúde". Em função de vários elementos encontrados no texto e em função do contexto externo, o referido out-door permite e possibilita, pelo menos, duas leituras de sentidos absolutamente opostos, o que, certamente, implica, no caso de um out-door "assinado", uma escolha inadequada da mensagem por parte dos signatários. Em função disso, sugere-se cuidado e atenção para a ambigüidade presente, com muita freqüência, nas mensagens e nos discursos.

  9. Legionnaires' disease in the renal transplant unit of "Hospital das Clinicas, FMUSP": during a five year period (1988-1993 Doença dos legionários na Unidade de Transplante Renal (UTR do Hospital das Clínicas FMUSP, no período de 1988 a 1993

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    Neusa Augusta de Oliveira Mazieri

    1994-06-01

    Full Text Available Several reports have related Legionella pneumophila with pneumonia in renal transplant patients, however this association has not been systematically documented in Brazil. Therefore this paper reports the incidence, by serologycal assays, of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 in these patients during a five year period. For this purpose sera from blood samples of 70 hospitalized patients with pneumonia from the Renal Transplant Unit of Hospital das Clinicas, FMUSP collected at the acute and convalescent phase of infection were submitted to indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA to demonstrate anti-Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 antibodies. Of these 70 patients studied during the period of 1988 to 1993,18 (25.71 % had significant rises in specific antibody titers for Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1. Incidence was interrupted following Hospital water decontamination procedures, with recurrence of infections after treatment interruption. In this study, the high susceptibility (25.71% of immunodepressed renal transplant patients to Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 nosocomial infections is documented. The importance of the implementation and maintenance of water decontamination measures for prophylaxis of the infection is also clearly evident.Embora vários trabalhos tem mostrado a presença de Legionella pneumophila associado a pneumopatias infecciosas em transplantados renais, tal associação não fora antes realizado de maneira sistemática no Brasil. Os autores julgaram oportuno a determinação da incidência por comprovação sorológica da Legionella pneumophila sorogrupo 1 em transplantados renais num período de 5 anos. Para tanto amostras de soros de 70 pacientes com pneumopatia infecciosa internados na UTR do HC-FMUSP, colhidos na fase aguda e convalescente da infecção, foram submetidas à reação de imunofluo-rescência indireta para pesquisa de anticorpos anti-Legionella pneumophila sorogrupo 1. Dos 70 pacientes

  10. Retrospecto do controle da tuberculose no Brasil Retrospect of tuberculosis control in Brazil

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    Miguel Aiub Hijjar

    2007-09-01

    Full Text Available O objetivo do trabalho foi fazer um retrospecto da ação das medidas de controle da tuberculose no Brasil, desde o final do século XIX, abrangendo a história das lutas sociais e destacando instituições e figuras humanas dedicadas a buscar soluções para esses problemas. As respostas brasileiras à tuberculose iniciaram-se na sociedade com as Ligas Contra a Tuberculose, difundindo avanços científicos, como a vacinação BCG, iniciada em 1927. Do poder público, a Inspetoria de Profilaxia da TB (1920, o Serviço Nacional de Tuberculose (1940, e a da Campanha Nacional Contra a Tuberculose (1946, coordenaram políticas nacionais como a da quimioterapia, iniciada com a descoberta da estreptomicina, em 1944. O surgimento da resistência bacteriana levou ao desenvolvimento de vários esquemas terapêuticos. O esquema I (rifampicina, hidrazida e pirazinamida, o principal de 1979 e ainda em uso, teve grande impacto epidemiológico. Em 1993, a OMS declarou a tuberculose em emergência mundial. Como resposta, o Brasil elaborou suas estratégias; a primeira foi o Plano Emergencial para Controle da Tuberculose (1994, com priorização de 230 municípios. Como perspectiva aponta-se a efetiva municipalização das ações e sua maior integração aos Programas de Agentes Comunitários e Saúde da Família.The aim of the study was to look back on the course of action involving measures of tuberculosis control in Brazil since the end of the 19th century, covering the history of social struggles and pointing out institutions and people that have dedicated themselves to looking for solutions to these issues. The Brazilian response to tuberculosis started in society with the Ligas Contra a Tuberculose (Leagues Against Tuberculosis, promoting scientific advances, such as the BCG vaccination, which begun in 1927. From the public power, the Inspetoria de Profilaxia da TB (TB Prophylaxis Inspection Service - 1920, the Serviço Nacional de Tuberculose (National

  11. Annual report 1991

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    Broda, R; Lesniak, L; Malecki, P; Stachura, Z; Wojciechowski, H [eds.

    1993-12-31

    The material presented describing the scientific activities of the Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics in 1991 is the first annual report in several years.The arrangement of the report from various departments reflect the present structure of the Institute and is meant to help in the future task of reconstructing the Institute. Few guidelines proposed by the editorial board gave the individual departments much freedom in selecting the material and choosing the volume and format of presentation. (author).

  12. Annual report 1991

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    Broda, R.; Lesniak, L.; Malecki, P.; Stachura, Z.; Wojciechowski, H. [eds.

    1992-12-31

    The material presented describing the scientific activities of the Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics in 1991 is the first annual report in several years.The arrangement of the report from various departments reflect the present structure of the Institute and is meant to help in the future task of reconstructing the Institute. Few guidelines proposed by the editorial board gave the individual departments much freedom in selecting the material and choosing the volume and format of presentation. (author).

  13. Annual report 1991

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    Broda, R.; Lesniak, L.; Malecki, P.; Stachura, Z.; Wojciechowski, H.

    1992-01-01

    The material presented describing the scientific activities of the Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics in 1991 is the first annual report in several years.The arrangement of the report from various departments reflect the present structure of the Institute and is meant to help in the future task of reconstructing the Institute. Few guidelines proposed by the editorial board gave the individual departments much freedom in selecting the material and choosing the volume and format of presentation. (author)

  14. Mulheres com H: estereótipos ambivalentes, representações tensionadas e identidades queer no programa de TV Papeiro da Cinderela

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    DOURADO, Rodrigo Carvalho Marques

    2009-01-01

    Este trabalho analisa o programa de televisão Papeiro da Cinderela, produzido e veiculado pela TV Jornal do Commercio de Pernambuco, tendo como apresentador o ator-transformista Jeison Wallace, intérprete da personagem Cinderela . Essa personagem surgiu no cenário teatral pernambucano em 1991 e, desde então, estabeleceu um permanente diálogo com os veículos de comunicação do estado, passando a comandar uma atração diária na programação daquela emissora a partir de 2005. O o...

  15. Number 2 heating oil/propane program. Final report, 1991/92

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    1992-06-01

    During the 1991--92 heating season, the Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources (DOER) participated in a joint data collection program between several state energy offices and the federal Department of Energy`s (DOE) Energy Information Administration (EIA). The purpose of the program was to collect and monitor retail and wholesale heating oil and propane prices and inventories from October, 1991 through March, 1992. This final report begins with an overview of the unique events which had an impact on the reporting period. Next, the report summarizes the results from the residential heating oil and propane price surveys conducted by DOER over the 1991--1992 heating season. The report also incorporates the wholesale heating oil and propane prices and inventories collected by the EIA and distributed to the states. Finally, the report outlines DOER`s use of the data and responses to the events which unfolded during the 1991--1992 heating season.

  16. Brine Sampling and Evaluation Program, 1991 report

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    Deal, D.E.; Abitz, R.J.; Myers, J.; Martin, M.L.; Milligan, D.J.; Sobocinski, R.W.; Lipponer, P.P.J. [International Technology Corp., Albuquerque, NM (United States); Belski, D.S. [Westinghouse Electric Corp., Carlsbad, NM (United States). Waste Isolation Div.

    1993-09-01

    The data presented in this report are the result of Brine Sampling and Evaluation Program (BSEP) activities at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plan (WIPP) during 1991. These BSEP activities document and investigate the origins, hydraulic characteristics, extent, and composition of brine occurrences in the Permian Salado Formation and seepage of that brine into the excavations at the WIPP. When excavations began at the WIPP in 1982, small brine seepages (weeps) were observed on the walls. Brine studies began as part of the Site Validation Program and were formalized as a program in its own right in 1985. During nine years of observations (1982--1991), evidence has mounted that the amount of brine seeping into the WIPP excavations is limited, local, and only a small fraction of that required to produce hydrogen gas by corroding the metal in the waste drums and waste inventory. The data through 1990 is discussed in detail and summarized by Deal and others (1991). The data presented in this report describes progress made during the calendar year 1991 and focuses on four major areas: (1) quantification of the amount of brine seeping across vertical surfaces in the WIPP excavations (brine ``weeps); (2) monitoring of brine inflow, e.g., measuring brines recovered from holes drilled downward from the underground drifts (downholes), upward from the underground drifts (upholes), and from subhorizontal holes; (3) further characterization of brine geochemistry; and (4) preliminary quantification of the amount of brine that might be released by squeezing the underconsolidated clays present in the Salado Formation.

  17. Trends in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, hearing loss, intellectual disability, and vision impairment, metropolitan atlanta, 1991-2010.

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    Kim Van Naarden Braun

    Full Text Available This study examined the prevalence and characteristics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD, cerebral palsy (CP, hearing loss (HL, intellectual disability (ID, and vision impairment (VI over a 15-20 year time period, with specific focus on concurrent changes in ASD and ID prevalence. We used data from a population-based developmental disabilities surveillance program for 8-year-olds in metropolitan Atlanta. From 1991-2010, prevalence estimates of ID and HL were stable with slight increases in VI prevalence. CP prevalence was constant from 1993-2010. The average annual increase in ASD prevalence was 9.3% per year from 1996-2010, with a 269% increase from 4.2 per 1,000 in 1996 to 15.5 per 1,000 in 2010. From 2000-2010, the prevalence of ID without ASD was stable; during the same time, the prevalence of ASD with and without co-occurring ID increased by an average of 6.6% and 9.6% per year, respectively. ASD prevalence increases were found among both males and females, and among nearly all racial/ethnic subgroups and levels of intellectual ability. Average annual prevalence estimates from 1991-2010 underscore the significant community resources needed to provide early intervention and ongoing supports for children with ID (13.0 per 1,000, CP, (3.5 per 1,000, HL (1.4 per 1,000 and VI (1.3 in 1,000, with a growing urgency for children with ASD.

  18. ICRP (1991) and deterministic effects

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    Mole, R.H.

    1992-01-01

    A critical review of ICRP Publication 60 (1991) shows that considerable revisions are needed in both language and thinking about deterministic effects (DE). ICRP (1991) makes a welcome and clear distinction between change, caused by irradiation; damage, some degree of deleterious change, for example to cells, but not necessarily deleterious to the exposed individual; harm, clinically observable deleterious effects expressed in individuals or their descendants; and detriment, a complex concept combining the probability, severity and time of expression of harm (para42). (All added emphases come from the author.) Unfortunately these distinctions are not carried through into the discussion of deterministic effects (DE) and two important terms are left undefined. Presumably effect may refer to change, damage, harm or detriment, according to context. Clinically observable is also undefined although its meaning is crucial to any consideration of DE since DE are defined as causing observable harm (para 20). (Author)

  19. Tratamento da pseudartrose infectada da tíbia pelo método de Ilizarov: técnica do encurtamento agudo com subseqüente alongamento Treatment of infected pseudoarthrosis of the tibia by Ilizarov's method: technique using acute compression and subsequent distraction

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    Jorge Luiz Borges

    2007-09-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO:Comprovar a eficácia do tratamento da pseudartrose infectada da tíbia pelo método de Ilizarov, utilizando a técnica do encurtamento agudo do foco da pseudartrose com posterior alongamento ósseo. MÉTODOS: Foram estudados 20 pacientes adultos portadores de pseudartrose unilateral infectada da tíbia, tratados no período entre novembro de 1993 e setembro de 2000. No pós-operatório, os pacientes foram avaliados quanto a dor, necessidade de órtese, avaliação da mobilidade articular, retorno às atividades normais do dia-a-dia e/ou do trabalho, consolidação da pseudartrose, cura da infecção, existência de deformidades ósseas, discrepância no comprimento dos membros e consolidação óssea na área do regenerado ósseo. RESULTADOS: Os resultados funcionais foram: excelentes em 10 pacientes (50%, bons em oito (40%, regulares em um (5% e ruins em um paciente (5%. O tempo de consolidação da pseudartrose, do segmento ósseo alongado e o tempo de uso do fixador foram proporcionais à extensão da perda óssea. CONCLUSÃO: O método de Ilizarov, associado ao encurtamento agudo com subseqüente alongamento ósseo, mostrou-se eficaz para o tratamento da pseudartrose infectada da tíbia.OBJECTIVE: To verify the effectiveness of treating the infected pseudoarthrosis of the tibia by Ilizarov's method using the technique of acute compression of the focus of pseudoarthrosis with later bone distraction. METHODS: 20 adult patients with unilateral infected pseudoarthrosis of the tibia treated from November 1993 to September 2000 were studied. In the postoperative period, the patients were evaluated for pain, orthesis requirement, joint mobility, return to daily life activities and/or to work, union of the pseudoarthrosis, cure of the infection, presence of bone deformities, discrepancy in limb length, and bone union in the bone regenerate area. RESULTS: Functional results were: excellent in 10 patients (50%, good in eight (40%, regular in

  20. Performance profiles of major energy producers, 1991

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    Performance Profiles of Major Energy Producers 1991 is the fifteenth annual report of the Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Financial Reporting System (FRS). The report examines financial and operating developments, with particular reference to the 23 major energy companies (the FRS companies) required to report annually on Form EIA-28. It also traces key developments affecting the financial performance of major energy companies in 1991, as well as reviews important trends. Financial information is reported by major lines of business including oil and gas production, petroleum refining and marketing, and other energy operations. Domestic and international operations are examined separately in this report

  1. PSI annual report 1993

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    1994-01-01

    A brief overview is given of the research performed in 1993 at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villigen and Wuerenlingen, in the fields of nuclear and particle physics, biosciences, condensed matter and material sciences, nuclear and general energy. The SLS (=Synchrotron Lichtquelle Schweiz) project is briefly described. figs., tabs

  2. Avaliação educacional: o estado do conhecimento da Revista Ensaio: Avaliação e Políticas Públicas em Educação (1993-2008 Evaluación educacional: el estado del conocimiento de la revista Ensayo: Evaluación y Políticas Públicas en Educación (1993-2008 Educational evaluation: the state of art of ensaio or 'Ensaio Journal: Evaluation and Public Policies in Education’ (1993-2008

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    Full Text Available Este artigo aborda o estado do conhecimento da produção científica na área de avaliação educacional veiculada pela Revista Ensaio: Avaliação e Políticas Públicas em Educação, um dos principais periódicos disseminadores da produção científica brasileira na área da avaliação da educação. De um universo de 418 textos publicados pela Revista, no período de 1993 a 2008, foram selecionados 204 artigos sobre avaliação educacional, identificando-se: eixos temáticos predominantes, países de origem, procedências institucionais, distribuições regionais e tendências existentes em termos das metodologias de pesquisa adotadas. Constatou-se que a Revista em questão é uma publicação essencialmente brasileira, destacando-se pela grande concentração de artigos que abordam a avaliação educacional em nível institucional, com prevalência significativa dos estudos de cunho teórico e maior concentração de produção científica em instituições do eixo Rio de Janeiro-Minas Gerais, bem como do Ceará, este último fora da região sudeste do país.Este artículo aborda el estado del conocimiento de la producción científica en el área de la evaluación educacional divulgada por la Revista Ensayo: Evaluación y Políticas Públicas en Educación, una de las principales revistas diseminadoras de la producción científica brasileña en el área de la evaluación de la educación. De un universo de 418 textos publicados por la Revista en el período de 1993 a 2008, se seleccionaron 204 artículos sobre evaluación educacional y se identificaron ejes temáticos predominantes, países de origen, procedencia institucional, distribución regional y tendencias existentes en relación a las metodologías de investigación más utilizadas. Se constató que la Revista abordada es una publicación esencialmente brasileña y que se destaca por la gran concentración de artículos sobre la evaluación educacional en el

  3. JAERI TIARA annual report vol. 3 (1993). April 1993 - March 1994

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    Ishigaki, Isao; Tanaka, Ryuichi; Seguchi, Tadao

    1994-11-01

    This annual report describes research activities which have been performed with the JAERI TIARA (Takasaki Ion Accelerators for Advanced Radiation Application) facilities from April 1, 1993 to March 31, 1994. Summary reports of 80 papers and brief descriptions on status of TIARA in the period are contained. A list of publications, the type of research collaborations and organization of TIARA are also given as appendices. (author)

  4. Performance profiles of major energy producers 1993

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    Performance Profiles of Major Energy Producers 1993 is the seventeenth annual report of the Energy Information Administration`s (EIA) Financial Reporting System (FRS). The report examines financial and operating developments in energy markets, with particular reference to the 25 major US energy companies required to report annually on Form EIA-28. Financial information is reported by major liens of business, including oil and gas production, petroleum refining and marketing, other energy operations, and nonenergy businesses. Financial and operating results are presented in the context of energy market developments with a view toward identifying changing corporate strategies and measuring the performance of ongoing operations both in the US and abroad. This year`s report analyzes financial and operating developments for 1993 (Part 1: Developments in 1993) and also reviews key developments during the 20 years following the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973--1974 (Part 2: Major Energy Company Strategies Since the Arab Oil Embargo). 49 figs., 104 tabs.

  5. Annual report of JMTR, 1993

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    Yamazaki, Hiroshi; Komori, Yoshihiro; Nakayama, Fusao

    1994-12-01

    In FY 1993 (April 1993 to March 1994), the JMTR was operated from the 106th cycle to the former half of the 109th cycle, and the JMTR was fully converted to the LEU fuels in the 108th cycle. Various capsules and rabbits were irradiated for nuclear fuels and materials research and for radioisotope production, and the related PIEs were carried out. R and D works on irradiation technology and PIE technology have been extensively continued as follows:Capsules have been developed for fusion materials irradiation experiments and fundamental research ; Re-instrumentation technique, remote control crack propagation testing machine, examination technique with miniaturized specimens and underwater cutting machine for high radioactive components have been developed;Irradiation tests on blanket materials has been intensively carried out. (author)

  6. Sprainting activity of captive otters: its relationship with breeding cycle and number of animals

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    1995-12-01

    Full Text Available Abstract The marking activity of captive otters (Lutra lutra was studied from April 1989 to August 1993 in an enclosure of 1.64 ha in size, located in the Ticino Valley Natural Park (Piemonte region, northern Italy. The number of otters in the enclosure varied from 1 to 6 and three litters of 1, 2 and 2 cubs were recorded in October 1990, 1991 and 1992. The sprainting activity, expressed as number of signs (spraints and anal secretions per day was associated to the breeding cycle and increased in relation to the number of animals present in the enclosure. These data are of particular importance in order to explain the annual variation of the marking level in wild otter populations. Riassunto Attività di marcamento di 1ontre in cattività in relazione a1 ciclo riproduttivo e a1 numero degli animali - L'attività di marcamento della lontra (Lutra lutra è stata rilevata dall'aprile 1989 all'agosto 1993 in un recinto di 1,64 ha, situato nel Parco Naturale della Valle del Ticino (regione Piemonte, provincia di Novara. I1 numero di animali presenti in tale recinto variava da 1 a 6, e la nascita di tre cucciolate, composte da 1, 2 e 2 piccoli, è stata registrata in ottobre negli anni 1990, 1991 e 1992. L'intensità di marcamento, espressa come numero di segni (feci e secrezioni anali per giorno era associata a1 ciclo riproduttivo della specie e incrementava in relazione al numero di animali presenti nel recinto. I dati acquisiti rivestono particolare importanza per interpretare le variazioni nell'arco dell'anno del livello di marcamento di popolazioni selvatiche.

  7. WATER TEMPERATURE and other data from PAUL in the TOGA Area - Pacific and Caribbean Sea from 1991-11-17 to 1991-12-11 (NODC Accession 9200003)

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    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — The data in this accession were collected in Caribbean Sea, TOGA Area - Pacific (30 N to 30 S) from ship PAUL between November 17, 1991 and December 11, 1991. The...

  8. Environmental releases for calendar year 1993

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    1994-07-01

    This report presents data on radioactive and nonradioactive materials released into the environment during calendar year 1993 from facilities managed by Westinghouse Hanford Company. As part of this executive summary, comprehensive data summaries of air emissions and liquid effluents in 1993 are displayed in tables. These tables represent the following: radionuclide air emissions data; data on radioactive liquid effluents discharged to the soil; radionuclides discharged to the Columbia River; nonradioactive air emissions data; total volumes and flow rates of 200/600 area liquid effluents. Both summary and detailed presentations of these data are given. When appropriate, comparisons to data from previous years are made

  9. Nuclear technology in Germany in 1993

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    On 28-29 January 1993, the Nuclear Safety Department of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection in co-operation with the Office of the Nuclear Safety Standards Commission organized a winter seminar on 'Nuclear technology in the Federal Republic in 1993 - tasks, problems, perspectives from the point of view of those concerned'. Main topics were the practical aspects of nuclear safety regulations and the application of the nuclear safety rules. This volume includes the welcome and opening addresses and the 12 papers presented; the views expressed remain, however the responsibility of the named authors and are not necessarily those of the editor. (orig.) [de

  10. Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2010

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    ... 2015 Special Report NCJ 2392 03 Intimate Partner Violence, 1993–2010 Shannan Catalano, Ph.D., BJS Statistician ... to 2010, the overall rate of intimate partner violence in the United States declined by 64%, from ...

  11. Proceedings of the 1991 Joint International Waste Management Conference

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    This proceedings contains articles of 1991 joint international waste management conference. It was held on October 21-23, 1991 in Seoul, Korea. The main subject titles are as follows: national waste management programs, waste management in developing countries, incineration - development and experience, site characterization and performance assessment, waste disposal, decontamination and decommissioning, waste solidification and waste form, radioactive waste processing, mixed waste and others (Yi, J. H.)

  12. Coal distribution, January--June 1991

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    The Coal Distribution report provides information on coal production, distribution, and stocks in the United States to a wide audience including Congress, Federal and State agencies, the coal industry, and the general public. The data in this report are collected and published by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) to fulfill its data collection and dissemination responsibilities as specified in the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-275, Sections 5 and 13, as amended). This issue presents information for January through June 1991. Coal distribution data are shown (in Tables 1--34) by coal-producing Sate of origin, consumer use, method of transportation, and State of destination. All data in this report were collected by the EIA on Form EIA-6, ''Coal Distribution Report.'' A copy of the form and the instructions for filing appear in Appendix B. All data in this report for 1991 are preliminary. Data for previous years are final. 6 figs., 34 tabs

  13. Site environmental report for 1991

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    Cassady, C.K.; Gordon, K.W.; Holland, R.C.

    1992-01-01

    This report describes the results of the Environmental Protection Program conducted at Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, in calendar year 1991. This program routinely monitors radioactive and chemical materials at the Sandia site and in the surrounding area. The Environmental Protection Department of SNL, Livermore, prepared this report in accordance with the requirements of Department of Energy Orders 5484.1 and 5400.1. It documents, evaluates, and interprets effluent and environmental monitoring data. These data are used in part to determine Sandia's compliance with environmental laws and regulations. Much of the off-site monitoring data presented in this report has been collected by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), which provides off-site environmental monitoring for both facilities. The Environmental Monitoring Program at SNL, Livermore, augments LLNL's program by performing on-site and perimeter monitoring, and by monitoring airborne and liquid effluents. Based on comparison to appropriate safety standards and background measurements, operations at SNL, Livermore, in 1991 posed no significant threat to the public or the environment

  14. Site characterization progress report: Yucca Mountain, Nevada, April 1, 1993--September 30, 1993, No. 9

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    1994-02-01

    In accordance with requirements of Section 113(b)(3) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as amended, and 10 CFR 60.18(g), the U.S. Department of Energy has prepared this report on the progress of site characterization activities at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the period April 1, 1993, through September 30, 1993. This report is the ninth in a series issued at intervals of approximately six months during site characterization of Yucca Mountain as a possible site for a geologic repository for the permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste. Also included in this report are activities such as public outreach and international programs that are not formally part of the site characterization process. Information on these activities is provided to report on all aspects of the Yucca Mountain studies

  15. Site characterization progress report: Yucca Mountain, Nevada, April 1, 1993--September 30, 1993, No. 9

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    In accordance with requirements of Section 113(b)(3) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as amended, and 10 CFR 60.18(g), the U.S. Department of Energy has prepared this report on the progress of site characterization activities at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the period April 1, 1993, through September 30, 1993. This report is the ninth in a series issued at intervals of approximately six months during site characterization of Yucca Mountain as a possible site for a geologic repository for the permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste. Also included in this report are activities such as public outreach and international programs that are not formally part of the site characterization process. Information on these activities is provided to report on all aspects of the Yucca Mountain studies.

  16. Leishmaniose visceral entre índios no Estado de Roraima, Brasil: aspectos clínicoepidemiológicos de casos observados no período de 1989 a 1993 Visceral leishmaniasis among Indians of the State of Roraima, Brazil: clinical and epidemiologic aspects of the cases observed from 1989 to 1993

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    Full Text Available Descreve-se o perfil epidemiológico da leishmaniose visceral entre índios no estado de Roraima, Brasil, baseado na ocorrência de casos humanos observados e nos inquéritos caninos e entomológicos realizados no período de 1989 a 1993. Foram registrados 82 casos humanos de leishmaniose visceral em seis dos oito municípios então existentes no estado; houve predomínio de 69,5% para o sexo masculino entre os casos observados. A maioria (52,4% dos casos foi entre crianças de zero a dez anos de idade. Registrou-se o índice de 10,3% de infecção canina natural, entre 3.773 cães examinados em 74 localidades pesquisadas. A Lutzomyia longipalpis foi encontrada nas áreas de maior prevalência da doença, em 31 localidades diferentes. Os casos humanos, caninos e vetores estão concentrados em regiões onde predominam serras e lavrados, áreas características de ocorrência da leishmaniose visceral americana. A introdução e intensificação das atividades garimpeiras na região podem ter contribuído para a introdução da doença.A description of the epidemiological profile of visceral leishmaniasis among Indians in the State of Roraima, Brazil, was based on the clinical characteristics of human and dog disease, ecological aspects of the area where the cases occurred and entomologic investigations performed from 1989 to 1993. The 82 human cases were reported in six out of eight Counties that existed then in the state; there was a 69.5% predominance of male cases among those registered and a greater (52.4% occurrence of the disease in children from zero to ten years old. The rate of natural infection was 10.3% out of 3,773 dogs examined in 74 different locations. Lutzomyia longipalpis was found in 31 areas with greater prevalence of the disease. The human and animal cases as well as the vectors were concentrated in areas where mountains and arable soil predominate, typical locations for the occurrence of American visceral leishmaniasis.

  17. Medicine use among adolescents: the 11-year follow-up of the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil birth cohort study Utilização de medicamentos por adolescentes: a visita de 11 anos da coorte de nascimentos de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, 1993

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    Full Text Available The aim of this study was to investigate medicine use and associated factors among adolescents. This was a prospective cohort study including 4,452 adolescents born in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, in 1993. Information on medicine use in the 15 days prior to the interviews was collected from the mothers. Overall prevalence of medicine use was 30.9%, and 64.7% of the medicines had been prescribed by a physician. The most frequently used pharmacological groups were medicines for the nervous (35.9% and respiratory systems (25.7%. Medicine use was directly associated with socioeconomic status, maternal schooling, complications during pregnancy or delivery, and neonatal problems resulting in the need for intensive care. Underweight and obese adolescents were more likely to use medicines as compared to those with normal body mass index. A direct association was observed between maternal use of hypnotic drugs and sedatives and adolescent medicine use. It is essential to implement educational policies aimed at promoting rational use of medicines by adolescents.O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar o uso de medicamentos e fatores associados em adolescentes. Trata-se de estudo de coorte prospectivo, incluindo 4.452 adolescentes nascidos em Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, em 1993. As informações sobre o uso de medicamentos pelo adolescente nos 15 dias anteriores à entrevista foram fornecidas pelas mães. A prevalência global de uso de medicamentos foi de 30,9%, sendo que destes, 64,7% foram indicados por médicos. Os grupos farmacológicos mais utilizados foram os medicamentos que atuam nos sistemas nervoso (35,9% e respiratório (25,7%. O uso de medicamentos esteve diretamente associado ao nível econômico, escolaridade da mãe, intercorrência na gravidez ou parto que gerou doença até a adolescência, problema de saúde no momento do nascimento que levou o recém-nascido à UTI, magreza e obesidade. Foi observada uma rela

  18. Summary of Research 1993

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    1993-12-31

    TrOLOGY hRi: Sensors. Pfeifer, G.K., Frack , K.L., and Kjono, 0., wSunmary Report on Sonar KMEWODMMS Passive Sonar, Ana Signal Modeling for FY1993 (U), UPS...bilateral force feedback in hydraulic tolooperator systems is investigatod. In this work, single and two DOF systems have been constructed and tested

  19. Houston Ship Channel 1993-1994

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    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — Between May 5, 1993 and September 19, 1994, we collected quantitative 1-m2 area drop samples and measured a variety of habitat attributes using field surveys and...

  20. Oak Ridge Reservation environmental report for 1991

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    1992-10-01

    The first two volumes of this report present data and supporting narratives regarding the impact of the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) on its surrounding environs and the public during 1991. Volume 1 includes all narrative descriptions, summaries, and conclusions and is intended to be a ''stand-alone'' report for the reader who does not want to review in detail all of the 1991 data for the ORR. This volume, Volume 2, includes the detailed data formats that ensure all the environmental data are represented. Narratives are not included. The information in Vol. 2 is addressed and analyzed in Vol. 1

  1. Annual report 1991 TECO Energy Inc

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    1992-01-01

    Achievements of TECO energy during 1991 are summarized in the annual report which includes financial statements for the year up to 31 December 1991. Methane production from coal seams in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama, by TECO Coalbed Methane, increased to 55 million cubic feet per day. The purchase of Gulf-States Paper's interest in two coalbed methane projects brought TECO's total commitment in coalbed methane to 135 million dollars. TECO Coal acquired additional reserves of low-sulphur coal in bringing total holdings to 175 million tons. Work continued on construction of TECO Power Services' combined cycle power plant. Tampa Electric announced plans to build a power plant in Polk County using the latest coal gasification technology TECO Transport ampersand Trade's shipping and transloading companies performed well during the year

  2. Brookhaven highlights for fiscal year 1991, October 1, 1990--September 30, 1991

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    Rowe, M.S.; Cohen, A.; Greenberg, D.; Seubert, L.; Kuper, J.B.H.

    1991-01-01

    This report highlights Brookhaven National Laboratory's activities for fiscal year 1991. Topics from the four research divisions: Computing and Communications, Instrumentation, Reactors, and Safety and Environmental Protection are presented. The research programs at Brookhaven are diverse, as is reflected by the nine different scientific departments: Accelerator Development, Alternating Gradient Synchrotron, Applied Science, Biology, Chemistry, Medical, National Synchrotron Light Source, Nuclear Energy, and Physics. Administrative and managerial information about Brookhaven are also disclosed. (GHH)

  3. Brookhaven highlights for fiscal year 1991, October 1, 1990--September 30, 1991

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    Rowe, M.S.; Cohen, A.; Greenberg, D.; Seubert, L.; Kuper, J.B.H.

    1991-12-31

    This report highlights Brookhaven National Laboratory`s activities for fiscal year 1991. Topics from the four research divisions: Computing and Communications, Instrumentation, Reactors, and Safety and Environmental Protection are presented. The research programs at Brookhaven are diverse, as is reflected by the nine different scientific departments: Accelerator Development, Alternating Gradient Synchrotron, Applied Science, Biology, Chemistry, Medical, National Synchrotron Light Source, Nuclear Energy, and Physics. Administrative and managerial information about Brookhaven are also disclosed. (GHH)

  4. Brookhaven highlights for fiscal year 1991, October 1, 1990--September 30, 1991

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    Rowe, M.S.; Cohen, A.; Greenberg, D.; Seubert, L.; Kuper, J.B.H.

    1991-01-01

    This report highlights Brookhaven National Laboratory's activities for fiscal year 1991. Topics from the four research divisions: Computing and Communications, Instrumentation, Reactors, and Safety and Environmental Protection are presented. The research programs at Brookhaven are diverse, as is reflected by the nine different scientific departments: Accelerator Development, Alternating Gradient Synchrotron, Applied Science, Biology, Chemistry, Medical, National Synchrotron Light Source, Nuclear Energy, and Physics. Administrative and managerial information about Brookhaven are also disclosed

  5. A liberdade de consciência e sua implicação na concepção educacional de Condorcet, Humboldt e Mill

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    Full Text Available O objetivo do presente artigo é compreender qual a concepção educacional de Condorcet, Humboldt e Mill através da análise da categoria liberdade de consciência. O referencial teórico-metodológico empregado é o materialismo histórico. As fontes utilizadas são: Esboço de um quadro histórico dos progressos do espírito humano (CONDORCET, 1993, Bosquejo de un cuadro histórico de los progresos del espíritu humano y otros textos (CONDORCET, 1997, Cinco memórias sobre a instrução pública (CONDORCET, 2008 e Escritos sobre instrução pública: Condorcet (CONDORCET, 2010,  Os limites da acção do estado (HUMBOLDT, 1990, Princípios de economia política (MILL, 1988 e Sobre a liberdade (MILL, 1991. Pode-se concluir que a liberdade de consciência influenciou de forma diferente a concepção de escola pública e laica em cada um dos autores.

  6. Plankton data collected from instrumented tower and net casts in the Greenland Sea from the POLARSTERN from 09 June 1991 to 16 June 1991 (NODC Accession 0000772)

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    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — Plankton data were collected using instrumented tower and net casts from the POLARSTERN in the Greenland Sea. Data were collected from 09 June 1991 to 16 June 1991....

  7. Lithuanian Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee - 1993-2003

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    Medeliene, D.

    2003-01-01

    Brief overview of the Lithuanian Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee (LNSAC) activities is presented. LNSAC was established in May 1993, main task is to advise the Lithuanian government on industrial and regulatory matters of nuclear safety. One of the most of important tasks was to exert pressure on the Government so that it allocates sufficient funds from the national budget for setting up a national regulatory body. Statements of the members of LNSAC are presented. In the CD minutes of the meetings of the LNSAC in 1993-2003 and official documents regulating Committee activities are included

  8. Long-term (1991-1995) monitoring of the intertidal biota of Saudi Arabia after the 1991 Gulf War oil spill

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    Jones, D.A.; Plaza, J.; Watt, I. [University of Wales, Bangor (United Kingdom). P.G. School of Ocean Sciences; Al Sanei, M. [Jubail Marine Wildlife Sanctuary (Saudi Arabia)

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    Quantitative surveys of the intertidal macrobiota were conducted between 1991 and 1995 in the Saudi Arabian Gulf along permanent transect lines (PTLs). These were established within the area impacted between Ras az-Zaur and Abu Ali as a result of the 1991 Gulf War, which now forms the Jubail Wildlife Sanctuary, and at control unpolluted sites to the south of the region. Oil moved rapidly off the lower shore and became impacted along the top of all shores within the study region. During the study period this oil weathered and has largely disappeared from rocky shores and decreased in extent in soft sediment shores. By December 1991 between 50 and 100% mortality of biota had occurred on the upper shore as a result of pollution, but by 1995 on the lower shore species diversity was similar to that found on unpolluted shores, and in the upper eulittoral ranged from normal to 71% of that found on control shores. Recovery rates for Saudi Arabia shores, although tentative for upper shore marshes, are within the time scale for shores worldwide, but longer than for subtropical shores elsewhere. (author)

  9. Long-term (1991-1995) monitoring of the intertidal biota of Saudi Arabia after the 1991 Gulf War oil spill

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    Jones, D.A.; Plaza, J.; Watt, I.

    1998-01-01

    Quantitative surveys of the intertidal macrobiota were conducted between 1991 and 1995 in the Saudi Arabian Gulf along permanent transect lines (PTLs). These were established within the area impacted between Ras az-Zaur and Abu Ali as a result of the 1991 Gulf War, which now forms the Jubail Wildlife Sanctuary, and at control unpolluted sites to the south of the region. Oil moved rapidly off the lower shore and became impacted along the top of all shores within the study region. During the study period this oil weathered and has largely disappeared from rocky shores and decreased in extent in soft sediment shores. By December 1991 between 50 and 100% mortality of biota had occurred on the upper shore as a result of pollution, but by 1995 on the lower shore species diversity was similar to that found on unpolluted shores, and in the upper eulittoral ranged from normal to 71% of that found on control shores. Recovery rates for Saudi Arabia shores, although tentative for upper shore marshes, are within the time scale for shores worldwide, but longer than for subtropical shores elsewhere. (author)

  10. 1991 Pacific Northwest Loads and Resources Study, Technical Appendix: Volume 1.

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    United States. Bonneville Power Administration.

    1992-03-01

    This publication provides detailed documentation of the load forecast scenarios and assumptions used in preparing BPA's 1991 Pacific Northwest Loads and Resources Study (the Study). This is one of two technical appendices to the Study; the other appendix details the utility-specific loads and resources used in the Study. The load forecasts and assumption were developed jointly by Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and Northwest Power Planning Council (Council) staff. This forecast is also used in the Council's 1991 Northwest Conservation and Electric Power Plan (1991 Plan).

  11. Quarterly coal report, January--March 1993

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    The United States produced 242 million short tons of coal in the first quarter of 1993, a decrease of 6 percent (14 million short tons) from the amount produced during the first quarter of 1992. The decrease was due to a decline in production east of the Mississippi River. All major coal-producing States in this region had lower coal production levels led by West Virginia, which produced 5 million short tons less coal. The principal reasons for the overall drop in coal output compared to a year earlier were: A decrease in demand for US coal in foreign markets; a slower rate of producer/distributor stock build-up; and a drawn-down of electric utility coal stocks. Distribution of US coal in the first quarter of 1993 was 10 million short tons lower than in the first quarter of 1992, with 5 million short tons less distributed to both electric utilities and overseas markets. The average price of coal delivered to electric utilities during the first quarter of 1993 was $28.65 per short ton, the lowest value since the first quarter of 1980. Coal consumption in the first quarter of 1993 was 230 million short tons, 4 percent higher than in the first quarter of 1992, due primarily to a 5-percent increase in consumption at electric utility plants. Total consumer stocks, at 153 million short tons, and electric utility stocks, at 144 million short tons, were at their lowest quarterly level since the end of 1989. US. coal exports totaled 19 million short tons, 6 million short tons less than in the first quarter of 1992, and the lowest quarterly level since 1988. The decline was primarily due to a 1-million-short-ton drop in exports to each of the following destinations: Italy, France, Belgium and Luxembourg, and Canada.

  12. Quarterly coal report, January--March 1993

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    1993-01-01

    The United States produced 242 million short tons of coal in the first quarter of 1993, a decrease of 6 percent (14 million short tons) from the amount produced during the first quarter of 1992. The decrease was due to a decline in production east of the Mississippi River. All major coal-producing States in this region had lower coal production levels led by West Virginia, which produced 5 million short tons less coal. The principal reasons for the overall drop in coal output compared to a year earlier were: A decrease in demand for US coal in foreign markets; a slower rate of producer/distributor stock build-up; and a drawn-down of electric utility coal stocks. Distribution of US coal in the first quarter of 1993 was 10 million short tons lower than in the first quarter of 1992, with 5 million short tons less distributed to both electric utilities and overseas markets. The average price of coal delivered to electric utilities during the first quarter of 1993 was $28.65 per short ton, the lowest value since the first quarter of 1980. Coal consumption in the first quarter of 1993 was 230 million short tons, 4 percent higher than in the first quarter of 1992, due primarily to a 5-percent increase in consumption at electric utility plants. Total consumer stocks, at 153 million short tons, and electric utility stocks, at 144 million short tons, were at their lowest quarterly level since the end of 1989. US. coal exports totaled 19 million short tons, 6 million short tons less than in the first quarter of 1992, and the lowest quarterly level since 1988. The decline was primarily due to a 1-million-short-ton drop in exports to each of the following destinations: Italy, France, Belgium and Luxembourg, and Canada

  13. Mudanças na Madrugada: a presença do acontecimento e a tessitura da ordem

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    BRASILIENSE, Danielle R.

    2006-12-01

    Full Text Available This article intends to explore the relation between the production of the midiatic event and the construction of identities in the specific case of the “chacina da Candelária”, occurred in 23 of July of 1993. I intend to explore the narrative journalistic of O Globo, and the way for which this vehicle translates the contradiction of the reality for its readers, observing, mainly, as this media manages the concepts of the daily life, or the common sense. This work intends to answer to some questions: how is constructed initially the event “chacina da Candelária”? What we are understanding for event? How the periodical constructs the narratives of the common sense?

  14. Estilos parentais e suporte social da família percepcionados por jovens delinquentes

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    2009-01-01

    De acordo com Baumrind (1966), existem três tipos de estilos parentais, que terão diferentes influências em termos de desenvolvimento das crianças e jovens. Neste sentido, procurou conhecer-se a percepção que jovens delinquentes têm do estilo parental, bem como o suporte social da família por eles vivenciado, utilizando as versões traduzidas de Parental Authority Questionnaire – PAQ (Buri, 1991) e Perceived Social Support Family Scale - PSS-Fa (Procidano & Heller, 2000). Rec...

  15. O comportamento no processo de busca da informação por meio das tecnologias da informação e comunicação: um estudo de caso sobre os discentes da Faculdade de Biblioteconomia no Estado do Pará

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    Full Text Available Aborda as relações entre o comportamento durante o procedimento de busca informacional e as Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC's, tratadas numa perspectiva interdisciplinar no contexto da graduação em Biblioteconomia na Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA. Objetiva-se investigar como os alunos da graduação em Biblioteconomia realizam as suas pesquisas acadêmicas, averiguando se há êxito nos resultados obtidos, focalizando, em especial, o acesso a textos acadêmicos, para a leitura e produção textual desses discentes, que se encontram em processo de formação profissional. A metodologia foi empregada da seguinte maneira: na primeira com a pesquisa bibliográfica, fundamentada em autores como Kuhlthau (1991; 1999; 2004 e 2005, Wilson (1997; 1999; 2000 e 2006 e abrangendo contribuições de outros pensadores sobre a temática abordada. Na segunda etapa, realizou-se um estudo exploratório e descritivo de abordagem quali-quantitativa, com aplicação de questionário contendo perguntas fechadas, abertas e híbridas. Os resultados alcançados mostram que os discentes de modo geral apresentam desempenho satisfatório no processo de busca informacional, pois, realizam o processo de recuperação da informação de modo proficiente.

  16. EML Surface Air Sampling Program, 1990--1993 data

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    Larsen, R.J.; Sanderson, C.G.; Kada, J.

    1995-11-01

    Measurements of the concentrations of specific atmospheric radionuclides in air filter samples collected for the Environmental Measurements Laboratory's Surface Air Sampling Program (SASP) during 1990--1993, with the exception of April 1993, indicate that anthropogenic radionuclides, in both hemispheres, were at or below the lower limits of detection for the sampling and analytical techniques that were used to collect and measure them. The occasional detection of 137 Cs in some air filter samples may have resulted from resuspension of previously deposited debris. Following the April 6, 1993 accident and release of radionuclides into the atmosphere at a reprocessing plant in the Tomsk-7 military nuclear complex located 16 km north of the Siberian city of Tomsk, Russia, weekly air filter samples from Barrow, Alaska; Thule, Greenland and Moosonee, Canada were selected for special analyses. The naturally occurring radioisotopes that the authors measure, 7 Be and 210 Pb, continue to be detected in most air filter samples. Variations in the annual mean concentrations of 7 Be at many of the sites appear to result primarily from changes in the atmospheric production rate of this cosmogenic radionuclide. Short-term variations in the concentrations of 7 Be and 210 Pb continued to be observed at many sites at which weekly air filter samples were analyzed. The monthly gross gamma-ray activity and the monthly mean surface air concentrations of 7 Be, 95 Zr, 137 Cs, 144 Ce, and 210 Pb measured at sampling sites in SASP during 1990--1993 are presented. The weekly mean surface air concentrations of 7 Be, 95 Zr, 137 Cs, 144 Ce, and 210 Pb for samples collected during 1990--1993 are given for 17 sites

  17. Comportamentos orientados a clientes em grandes empresas de serviços: perspectivas da linha de frente sobre antecedentes da atuação para a qualidade

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    Há proposições teóricas que argumentam que a satisfação dos colaboradores com o trabalho tem influência sobre a qualidade percebida pelos clientes. Entre essas proposições, destaca-se o modelo conhecido como cadeia de lucro em serviços (Heskett, Sasser e Schlesinger, 1991), que vincula a satisfação dos colaboradores no trabalho com a satisfação dos clientes e o decorrente resultado financeiro das organizações de serviços. Esta pesquisa procura aumentar a compreensão da relação entre atitudes ...

  18. Pressões da globalização e a resposta criadora

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    Full Text Available Este artigo aborda a globalização como um complexo processo de institucionalização e examina o potencial da teoria institucional na elucidação das características do fenômeno, em especial, na forma específica como se manifesta nas regiões periféricas. Distingue-se uma globalização hegemônica, que se realiza como difusão institucional a partir dos países cêntricos, de uma globalização contra-hegemônica, constituída de respostas estratégicas de baixo para cima. Com uma síntese entre o "velho" e o "novo" institucionalismos na vertente organizacional, a teoria institucional parece habilitar-se a contextualizar o processo em sua dualidade local/global. Argumenta-se, no entanto, que por excessivo apego à idéia da tendência normal ao equilíbrio, essa teoria encontra dificuldades para lidar com os aspectos dinâmicos do fenômeno, particularmente, os que envolvem conflito e mudança de valores. Embora as alternativas de resposta consideradas por Oliver (1991 incluam variadas formas de resistência contra a conformidade às pressões exógenas, este estudo defende, a exemplo de Zimmerman e Zeitz (2002, uma tipologia ampliada de respostas estratégicas. Com a inclusão da resposta da criação, essa tipologia parece espelhar melhor os contrastantes processos da globalização, inclusive, os que implicam mudanças fundamentais no próprio ambiente.

  19. Mortalidade materna na cidade de São Paulo de 1993 a 1995 Maternal mortality in São Paulo City from 1993 to 1995

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    Full Text Available Os objetivos deste trabalho foram: determinar o coeficiente de mortalidade materna para o município de São Paulo, as patologias mais freqüentes que determinaram o óbito e a distribuição por faixas etárias. Foram revisados neste estudo retrospectivo 179.872 atestados de óbito de mulheres entre 10 e 49 anos de idade abrangendo no período de abril de 1993 a dezembro de 1995.Foram selecionados 761 atestados de óbito nos quais o estado gravídico era declarado ou presumido. A gravidez foi confirmada em 291 dos 761 casos e 53 destes estão ainda sob investigação. Os dados foram tabulados, agrupados e analisados considerando a idade e a causa da morte, de acordo com a 9ª Revisão do CID - Classificação Internacional de Doenças. Dos 291 casos positivos para associação com gravidez, 82 (28,17% não apresentaram nenhuma referência a este fato no atestado de óbito (subnotificação. Dos 291 óbitos, 183 (62,9% se deveram a causas diretas, sendo a hemorragia (47/183, a pré-eclâmpsia/eclâmpsia (46/183 e as complicações do aborto (43/183 as principais patologias. Em 79 casos a causa foi indireta, sendo a cardiopatia (33/79 a principal patologia determinante do óbito. A síndrome hipertensiva (pré-eclâmpsia/eclâmpsia e/ou hipertensão arterial crônica foi responsável por 19,93% das mortes. Este estudo possibilitou calcular o Coeficiente de Mortalidade Materna para o município de São Paulo: 50,24 por 100.000 nascidos vivos.The parpose of the present report was to determine the maternal mortality rate in São Paulo, the most frequent pathologies which caused death and the distribution of cases paccording to age. In thepresent retrospective study 179,872 death certificates from April 1993 to December 1995 of women from 10 to 49 years old. Were reviewed 761 death certificates were selected, in which the pregnancy state was either declared or presumed; pregnancy was confirmed in 291/761 cases and 53/761 cases are still under

  20. Acidentes de trabalho em Barcelona (Espanha, no período de 1992-1993

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    1998-08-01

    Full Text Available INTRODUÇÃO: As estatísticas dos acidentes de trabalho, como qualquer outro sistema de notificação, devem servir de base para determinar prioridades e decidir quais medidas preventivas devem ser adotadas. Neste contexto, o objetivo do estudo é aprofundar a análise dos acidentes de trabalho através da utilização de técnicas estatísticas descritivas que permitam estabelecer a relação entre o número de acidentes de trabalho ocorridos em Barcelona (Espanha e as variáveis tipo de acidente, setor econômico, tamanho da empresa e tipo de contrato. MÉTODO: Como fonte de dados foi utilizado o sistema de notificação de acidentes graves e mortais ocorridos na cidade de Barcelona (Espanha, entre 1992 e 1993. Foram examinados 848 registros de acidentes de trabalho em trabalhadores do sexo masculino e a partir desses dados efetuou-se uma análise mediante modelos log-lineares. RESULTADOS E CONCLUSÕES: Os resultados evidenciam que os acidentes traumáticos e o setor de construção têm uma associação positiva, verificada, da mesma forma, entre os acidentes de trânsito e o setor de serviços. Os acidentes traumáticos e de trânsito apresentaram uma associação com as pequenas empresas e os acidentes não traumáticos demonstraram associar-se com as grandes empresas. Verificou-se, ainda, associação entre os trabalhadores temporais e o setor da construção frente aos trabalhadores com contrato fixo, em que se constatou uma associação com os setores de indústria e de serviços. Foi verificada associação positiva entre os acidentes ocorridos com os trabalhadores temporais e as pequenas e médias empresas.

  1. Acidentes de trabalho em Barcelona (Espanha, no período de 1992-1993

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    Sampaio Rosana F.

    1998-01-01

    Full Text Available INTRODUÇÃO: As estatísticas dos acidentes de trabalho, como qualquer outro sistema de notificação, devem servir de base para determinar prioridades e decidir quais medidas preventivas devem ser adotadas. Neste contexto, o objetivo do estudo é aprofundar a análise dos acidentes de trabalho através da utilização de técnicas estatísticas descritivas que permitam estabelecer a relação entre o número de acidentes de trabalho ocorridos em Barcelona (Espanha e as variáveis tipo de acidente, setor econômico, tamanho da empresa e tipo de contrato. MÉTODO: Como fonte de dados foi utilizado o sistema de notificação de acidentes graves e mortais ocorridos na cidade de Barcelona (Espanha, entre 1992 e 1993. Foram examinados 848 registros de acidentes de trabalho em trabalhadores do sexo masculino e a partir desses dados efetuou-se uma análise mediante modelos log-lineares. RESULTADOS E CONCLUSÕES: Os resultados evidenciam que os acidentes traumáticos e o setor de construção têm uma associação positiva, verificada, da mesma forma, entre os acidentes de trânsito e o setor de serviços. Os acidentes traumáticos e de trânsito apresentaram uma associação com as pequenas empresas e os acidentes não traumáticos demonstraram associar-se com as grandes empresas. Verificou-se, ainda, associação entre os trabalhadores temporais e o setor da construção frente aos trabalhadores com contrato fixo, em que se constatou uma associação com os setores de indústria e de serviços. Foi verificada associação positiva entre os acidentes ocorridos com os trabalhadores temporais e as pequenas e médias empresas.

  2. Technical progress report. Private sector initiatives between the United States and Japan. January 1991 - December 1991; ANNUAL

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    1993-01-01

    This annual report for calendar year 1991 describes the efforts performed under the Private Sector Initiatives contract. The report also describes those efforts that have continued with private funding after being initiated under this contract

  3. 1991 Environmental monitoring report Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico

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    Culp, T.; Cox, W.; Hwang, S.; Jones, A.; Longley, S.; Parsons, A.; Wolff, T.; Fish, J.; Ward, S.

    1992-11-01

    This 1991 report contains monitoring data from routine radiological and nonradiological environmental surveillance activities. Summaries of significant environmental compliance programs in progress such as National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation, environmental permits, envirorunental restoration (ER), and various waste management programs for Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque (SNL, Albuquerque) are included. The maximum offsite dose impact was calculated to be 1.3 x 10 -3 mrem. The total population within a 50-mile radius of SNL, Albuquerque, received a collective dose of 0.53 person-rem during 1991 from SNL, Albuquerque, operations. As in the previous year, the 1991 operations at SNL, Albuquerque, had no discernible impact on the general public or on the environment

  4. Paul Scherrer Institut annual report 1993. Annex I

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    Frosch, R.; Herlach, D.

    1994-02-01

    This newsletter contains reports on the following subjects: - activities of the F1 division of PSI, - nuclear and particle physics supported by the F1 division, - applications of muons in solid-state physics and chemistry. Groups were asked to present new preliminary or final results obtained in 1993, and also to send lists of papers related to F1-supported work which appeared in scientific journals during 1993. (author) figs., tabs., refs

  5. Midsouth Pulpwood Prices, 1991

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    Patrick E. Miller

    1993-01-01

    The average delivered price for a cord of Midsouth roundwood in 1991 was $56.39, an increase of 6.5 percent since 1990. Softwood roundwood averaged $58.24 and hardwoods, $50.48 per standard cord, up 2.8 and 7.9 percent, respectively. Chipped residue prices were $26.52 for softwood and $21.0l for hardwood per green ton. The expenditure for wood fiber in the Midsouth...

  6. Molecular analyses of Vibrio cholerae O1 clinical strains, including new nontoxigenic variants isolated in Mexico during the Cholera epidemic years between 1991 and 2000.

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    Lizárraga-Partida, Marcial Leonardo; Quilici, Marie-Laure

    2009-05-01

    We studied the evolution of Vibrio cholerae O1 during the 1991 to 2000 cholera epidemic in Mexico by biochemical, serological, and molecular characterization of strains collected during this period. Strains were divided into toxigenic and nontoxigenic groups according to the presence or absence of genes encoding cholera toxin. As previously reported, we characterized two populations among toxigenic strains, which were present from the first year of the epidemic. BglI rRNA analysis revealed that these strains had ribotype profiles, denoted M5 and M6 in our study, that were identical to those previously designated Koblavi B5 or Popovic 5 and Popovic 6a or Tamayo B21a, respectively. Ribotype M5 was isolated between 1991 and 1993. This ribotype had a low level of genetic variation as detected by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Ribotype M6 persisted from 1991 to 2000. However, PFGE profiles suggested that two epidemiologically unrelated strains coexisted within this single ribotype from 1995 until the end of the epidemic. We identified three new BglI ribotypes, Mx1, Mx2, and Mx3, from nontoxigenic V. cholerae O1 strains isolated between 1998 and 2000; one of them grouped strains positive for the toxin-coregulated pilus island. They differed from nontoxigenic clones isolated in Latin America and on the U.S. Gulf Coast and are probably autochthonous Mexican V. cholerae O1 variants. Most of these new variants were isolated from states surrounding the Gulf of Mexico, where the highest incidence of cholera in the country was recorded. Thus, the Mexican Gulf Coast, like the U.S. Gulf Coast, may act as an environmental reservoir of V. cholerae O1.

  7. A Casa da Cerca, um projeto de autor: 20 anos de programação para o diálogo

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    Full Text Available Aberta ao público em 1993, a Casa da Cerca-Centro de Arte Contemporânea, equipamento cultural da Câmara Municipal de Almada instalado numa antiga quinta de recreio setecentista, foi um projeto da autoria do pintor Rogério Ribeiro, a convite da autarquia. O programa inicial de investigação e divulgação da história e da contemporaneidade do exercício do desenho, mantém-se até hoje. Amado por uns, criticado por outros e constantemente debatido no seio da instituição, ele vai sendo repensado por uma equipa que, mantendo o eixo do projeto inicial, o tem atualizado e, no processo, criado com os visitantes uma relação privilegiada, que tem aumentado e fidelizado os diversos públicos. Este artigo pretende oferecer o testemunho de um projeto com participação biográfica — e que até agora foi tema de duas dissertações de mestrado em museologia e turismo — e evocar algumas das estratégias da Casa da Cerca no relacionamento com a sua envolvente e os seus públicos, através da sua programação, num momento em que celebra 20 anos de atividade cultural.

  8. Research and technology, 1993

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    1994-01-01

    Selected research and technology activities at Ames Research Center, including the Moffett Field site and the Dryden Flight Research Facility, are summarized. These activities exemplify the center's varied and productive research efforts for 1993. This year's report presents some of the challenging work recently accomplished in the areas of aerospace systems, flight operations and research, aerophysics, and space research.

  9. Isotope-committee reports 1993

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    Alvarez, M.

    1996-02-01

    Statistics is given for in vivo diagnosis and therapy in Sweden during 1993 where open radiation sources were used. For each type of examination/therapy the following data are reported: Nuclide, Chemical form; Method of administration; Total number of cases; Mean/maximum activity at the use. In total 119 854 diagnostic examinations and 3 461 therapies were performed. Tabs

  10. Environment annual report 1993

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    1994-01-01

    In the 1993 Environment Annual Report for BNFL, data are presented for radioactive discharges to the environment and their associated doses to the criteria group members of the public in the vicinity of Sellafield, Drigg, Chapelcross, Springfields and Capenhurst. Similarly, data are also presented for non-radioactive discharges to water and air for each site. (UK)

  11. The Savannah River Site`s Groundwater Monitoring Program, third quarter 1991

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    1992-02-17

    The Environmental Protection Department/Environmental Monitoring Section (EPD/EMS) administers the Savannah River Site`s (SRS) Groundwater Monitoring Program. During third quarter 1991, EPD/EMS conducted extensive sampling of monitoring wells. Analytical results from third quarter 1991 are listed in this report.

  12. Kolm Armastust ja Anarhiat. Nekrofiil, drellimõrvar ja John Woo Tallinnas / Jaan Ruus

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    2009-01-01

    Helsingi filmifestivali "Armastus ja Anarhia" mitme seansi toimumisest Eestis 1993.a. septembris : Abel Ferrara "Drellimõrvar" ("Driller Killer", 1979), sakslase Jörg Buttgereiti "Nekromantik" (1987) ja "Nekromantik 2" (1991), John Woo "Hard Boiled" (1993). Buttgereit ja Woo olid ka ise kohal

  13. Jamaica Beach Projects 1982-1993

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    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — We used data from 1984 samples taken approximately monthly over 11 yrs (1982 to 1993) with a drop trap sampler that sampled an area of 2.6 m2 to quantify and compare...

  14. THE SCIENCE OF SCIENCE (NAUKOZNAWSTWO) IN POLAND: THE CHANGING THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES AND POLITICAL CONTEXTS--A HISTORICAL SKETCH FROM THE 1910S TO 1993.

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    Kokowski, Michał

    2015-01-01

    The article sketches the history of naukoznawstwo (literally meaning the science connoisseurship or the science of science or science studies) in Poland from the 1910s to the end of the Cold War (1991), and the recovery of full political independence in 1993. It outlines the changing research perspectives of this interdisciplinary field of knowledge in Poland against a background of changing political conditions caused by the reconfigurations of the political order. The first part of the article concerns the period from the 1910s, when Poland was occupied by Russia, Prussia, and Austria, through the regaining of independence by Poland in 1918, the reconstruction of the state in 1918-1939; the second part--World War II; the third part--the period from the initial period of Soviet dominance (1944-1954) in Poland and simultaneously the beginnings of the Cold War (1947-1954), the period 1955-1956 (when the Polish state was liberated from Sovietization), through the different political crises in October 1956, March 1968, December 1970, and June 1976, to the emergence of the Independent Self-governing Trade Union Solidarity in September 1980, the end of the Cold War (1991), and the recovery of full political independence in 1993. The article outlines the fundamental achievements of prominent Polish scholars (among others K. Twardowski, M. Ossowska, S. Ossowski, T. Kotarbiński, K. Ajdukiewicz, S. Michalski, F. Znaniecki, B. Suchodolski, L. Fleck, M. Choynowski, Z. Modzelewski, S. Amsterdamski), politicians (among others B. Bierut, E. Krasowska), politicians and scholars (H. Jabłoński, S. Kulczyński), as well as committees (among others the Academic Section of the Józef Mianowski Fund, The Science of Science Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences), schools of thought (among others the Lvov-Warsaw School of Philosophy), and academic units (among others the Science of Science Seminar in Kraków, the Department for the History of Science and Technology of the Polish

  15. Historical and current use of spanish moss as a monitor of atmospheric trace metals

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    Whitten, M.L.; Mossler, M.A.; Kosalwat, P.; Newman, J.R. [KBN Engineering and Applied Sciences, Inc., Gainesville, FL (United States)

    1995-12-31

    Spanish moss (Tillandsia usnesoides) is an epiphytic member of the pineapple family, Historically, tissue levels in this plant have illustrated the elevated concentration of lead near well traveled roads, as well as nickel and tin in the vicinity of battery fabrication or smelting facilities, respectively. From a survey of Spanish moss plants growing throughout the Southeast, mercury at or slightly above the limit of detection was present in eight of 128 samples. Five of these samples were collected in Florida. As part of a biomonitoring project, Spanish moss was collected from 1991 to 1993 around a waste-to-energy facility in Lake County, Florida, After three years, the percentage of Spanish moss samples which contained detectable levels of arsenic and cadmium decreased over time. Lead was detected in all samples collected throughout the monitoring period, but the mean concentration decreased from 3.7 mg/kg on a dry weight basis (1991) to 1.4 mg/kg (1993). This trend in lead levels may indicate clearance that is occurring due to the discontinuation of leaded gasoline. The percentage of moss samples containing mercury above the limit of detection increased from 67% (1991) to 97% (1993); however, mean concentrations do not support a trend in increasing concentration of this element (0.30 mg/kg on a fresh weight basis in 1991 vs. 0.19 mg/kg in 1993). Apparently, atmospheric metal concentrations are not increasing in the vicinity of the facility at this time.

  16. AGARD Index of Publications, 1989-1991 (Index des Publications 1989-1991)

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    1992-07-01

    26150 18-08) May N92-12458# Sener Ingenieria y Sistemas S.A., Madrid (Spain). 1991 A METHODOLOGY FOR SOFTWARE SPECIFICATION AND (AGARD-AG-317...RICARDO MINGUEZ, andAGARND/ Scientionl ruestions Executive PEDRO SEGUROLA (Sener Ingenieria y Sistemas S.A., Madrid, Complex control systems like those used...rai-1ir-a nt"l madala p310 9*1-15745 Renaent i wrosmrnevsto thite RAF atr tensapfortce "Is"-pt p77 M91-10972 AM TOc eun.111ACa Al@ g p 34 N9*1-191)72

  17. Variations in teenage birth rates, 1991-98: national and state trends.

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    Ventura, S J; Curtin, S C; Mathews, T J

    2000-04-24

    This report presents national birth rates for teenagers for 1991-98 and the percent change, 1991-98. State-specific teenage birth rates by age, race, and Hispanic origin for 1991 and 1998 and the percent change, 1991 to 1998, are also presented. Tabular and graphical descriptions of the trends in teenage birth rates for the Nation and each State, by age group, race, and Hispanic origin of the mother, are discussed. Birth rates for teenagers 15-19 years declined nationally between 1991 and 1998 for all age and race and Hispanic origin populations, with the steepest declines recorded for black teenagers. State-specific rates fell significantly in all States for ages 15-19 years; declines ranged from 10 to 38 percent. In general, rates by State fell more for younger than for older teenagers, ranging by State from 10 to 46 percent for ages 15-17 years. Statistically significant reductions for older teenagers ranged from 3 to 39 percent. Reductions by State were largest for black teenagers 15-19 years, with rates falling 30 percent or more in 15 States. Among the factors accounting for these declines are decreased sexual activity, increases in condom use, and the adoption of the implant and injectable contraceptives.

  18. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva entre dois mundos: uma análise de notícias do New York Times

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    Maria Inez Mateus Dota

    2007-01-01

    Full Text Available Este trabalho analisa um conjunto de notícias publicadas pelo The New York Times , versão on-line, que aborda a presença do presidente do Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, no Fórum Social Mundial em Porto Alegre, Brasil, e no Fórum Econômico Mundial em Davos, Suíça, em janeiro de 2003. Baseando-se no referencial teórico-metodológico da Análise Crítica do Discurso - Bell e Garrett (1998, Fairclough (1995 e 2001 e Fowler (1991 -, investigam-se as estratégias discursivas utilizadas pelo jornal para referir-se ao presidente brasileiro participando de dois eventos de repercussão internacional, que representam pólos ideológicos opostos.This paper analyzes a set of news published on The New York Times on-line version which deals with the presence of Brazil's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January, 2003. Based on Critical Discourse Analysis theoretical and methodological foundations - Bell and Garrett (1998, Fairclough (1995 and 2001 and Fowler (1991 -, the discoursive strategies used by the newspaper to refer to the Brazilian president participating of two events of international effect, which represent opposite ideological poles, are investigated.

  19. EML Surface Air Sampling Program, 1990--1993 data

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    Larsen, R.J.; Sanderson, C.G.; Kada, J.

    1995-11-01

    Measurements of the concentrations of specific atmospheric radionuclides in air filter samples collected for the Environmental Measurements Laboratory`s Surface Air Sampling Program (SASP) during 1990--1993, with the exception of April 1993, indicate that anthropogenic radionuclides, in both hemispheres, were at or below the lower limits of detection for the sampling and analytical techniques that were used to collect and measure them. The occasional detection of {sup 137}Cs in some air filter samples may have resulted from resuspension of previously deposited debris. Following the April 6, 1993 accident and release of radionuclides into the atmosphere at a reprocessing plant in the Tomsk-7 military nuclear complex located 16 km north of the Siberian city of Tomsk, Russia, weekly air filter samples from Barrow, Alaska; Thule, Greenland and Moosonee, Canada were selected for special analyses. The naturally occurring radioisotopes that the authors measure, {sup 7}Be and {sup 210}Pb, continue to be detected in most air filter samples. Variations in the annual mean concentrations of {sup 7}Be at many of the sites appear to result primarily from changes in the atmospheric production rate of this cosmogenic radionuclide. Short-term variations in the concentrations of {sup 7}Be and {sup 210}Pb continued to be observed at many sites at which weekly air filter samples were analyzed. The monthly gross gamma-ray activity and the monthly mean surface air concentrations of {sup 7}Be, {sup 95}Zr, {sup 137}Cs, {sup 144}Ce, and {sup 210}Pb measured at sampling sites in SASP during 1990--1993 are presented. The weekly mean surface air concentrations of {sup 7}Be, {sup 95}Zr, {sup 137}Cs, {sup 144}Ce, and {sup 210}Pb for samples collected during 1990--1993 are given for 17 sites.

  20. [Tobacco cultivationin Salento (Apulia Region, Southern Italy) from 1929 to 1993: possible health implications].

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    Montinari, Maria Rosa; Minelli, Pierluca; Gianicolo, Emilio Antonio Luca

    2018-01-01

    The Province of Lecce (Apulia Region, Southern Italy) is one of the Italian areas where the prevalence of respiratory disease and cancer of the respitartory tract is very high. Through a descriptive analysis of the historical series of tobacco culture indicators, a historical reconstruction of the development of tobacco cultivation in Salento (the area where the Province of Lecce is located) is here presented, in order to provide an additional element of knowledge on potential risk factors for respiratory diseases and cancers. Data regarding extensions in hectares and crop productions in the province of Lecce, in Apulia, and in Italy are from the Chamber of commerce of Lecce province and from the Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat). From 1929 to 1993, the province of Lecce provided between 75% and 94% of the tobacco cultivated in Apulia Region and 25% of the national tobacco until 1945. Since the late Sixties, a growing increase in annual average production was observed, reaching 21.5 quintals per hectare in 1991 in Salento. This large tobacco production, associated with intensive use of pesticides, could be an element to be observed in analytical studies as a determining potential for the high prevalence of respiratory diseases and pulmonary cancers in the male population of the province of Lecce.

  1. Annual report scientific activities 1991

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    1992-03-01

    In 1991 the TRIUMF project welcomed the announcement by the government of Canada of its intent to join British Columbia and Canada's foreign partners in the construction of KAON. The ongoing science program of TRIUMF was beset with funding shortfalls but continued to provide world-class science. its science and technology transfer. The science covered in this report includes, a very important and difficult experiment on radiative muon capture which probes the standard model of quarks, leptons and unified forces. In the proton hall the new TISOL facility is providing important new information on nucleosynthesis in stars. In materials science studies with muons the elucidation of the properties of high-temperature superconductors remains of great interest. In 1991 the materials studied for this purpose include C 60 , colloquially termed 'bucky balls'. The TRIUMF/KAON Technology Transfer Office, funded by the provincial government, aided in the development of many new ventures. In the meantime a variety of accelerator studies prospered, some pertaining to the improvement of the existing TRIUMF cyclotron and some to TRIUMF's future. (659 refs.)

  2. Bibliography of Lewis Research Center Technical Publications announced in 1991

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    1992-01-01

    This compilation of abstracts describes and indexes the technical reporting that resulted from the scientific engineering work performed and managed by the Lewis Research Center in 1991. All the publications were announced in the 1991 issues of STAR (Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports) and/or IAA (International Aerospace Abstracts). Included are research reports, journal articles, conference presentations, patents and patent applications, and theses.

  3. Household energy consumption and expenditures 1993

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    1995-10-05

    This presents information about household end-use consumption of energy and expenditures for that energy. These data were collected in the 1993 Residential Energy Consumption Survey; more than 7,000 households were surveyed for information on their housing units, energy consumption and expenditures, stock of energy-consuming appliances, and energy-related behavior. The information represents all households nationwide (97 million). Key findings: National residential energy consumption was 10.0 quadrillion Btu in 1993, a 9% increase over 1990. Weather has a significant effect on energy consumption. Consumption of electricity for appliances is increasing. Houses that use electricity for space heating have lower overall energy expenditures than households that heat with other fuels. RECS collected data for the 4 most populous states: CA, FL, NY, TX.

  4. July 1993 Hokkaido, Japan Images

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    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — On July 12, 1993, a magnitude 7.6 Ms (7.7 Mw) (HRV) earthquake at 13:17 UT in the Sea of Japan near Hokkaido caused a back-arc tsunami that caused damage in all of...

  5. Contracepção feminina e política pública no Brasil: pontos e contrapontos da proposta oficial

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    Augusta Thereza de Alvarenga

    1998-07-01

    Full Text Available O presente trabalho busca retraçar como a questão da contracepção feminina é publicizada na mídia, a partir de matéria veiculada em dois matutinos paulistas e um carioca. Procura demonstrar como interesses econômicos, políticos e ideológicos estão presentes no interior do próprio Estado e da sociedade civil caracterizando, sobretudo na conjuntura 1984-1993, a indefinição de uma política para o setor centrado na polêmica planejamento familiar versus controle da natalidade. A conjuntura pós 93 redefine a discussão enfatizando, com base nos preceitos defendidos na Conferência do Cairo 94 sobre direitos reprodutivos, a questão do direito ao aborto e à esterilização feminina legalizados.The present paper aims at characterising contraception as a public policy in Brazil from news matter published in two São Paulo's and one Rio's major daily newspapers. It tries to show how economic, political and ideological interests are present within the State it self and the civil society focusing the theme in a polemic way in the issue family planning versus birth control. Contraception as a public policy remains thus indefinite specially within 1984-1993. The polar discussion is re-defined after 93 with emphasis on principles defended in the Cairo Conference (1994 on reproductive rights and the right to decriminalized/legalised sterilisation and abortion.

  6. Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data 1991 annual report - Nonreactors

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    1992-08-01

    The annual report of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data (AEOD) describes activities this office performed during 1991. The report is published in two separate parts. NUREG-1272, Vol. 6, No. 1, covers power reactors and presents an overview of the operating experience of the nuclear power industry from the NRC perspective. This report, NUREG-1272, Vol, 6, No. 2, covers nonreactors and presents a review of the events and concerns during 1991 associated with the use of licensed material in nonreactor applications, such as personnel overexposures and medical misadministrations. The reports discuss the Incident investigation Team program and summarize both the Incident Investigation Team and Augmented Inspection Team reports issued during 1991. Each volume contains a list of the AEOD reasons issued for 1981 through 1991

  7. Fitoplâncton do estuário do Tejo (Portugal) : dinâmica sazonal, interanual e produção primária

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    Gameiro, Carla Alexandra Lapa Pereira, 1972-

    2009-01-01

    Tese de doutoramento, Biologia (Ecologia), Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, 2009 Disponível no documento POCI 2010-Formação Avançada para a Ciência - Medida IV.3 da Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (SFRH/BD/13988/2003) e projecto "Programa de Monitorização dos ecossistemas terrestre e estuário na envolvente à CTRSU de S. João da Talha" financiado pela empresa Valor Sul.

  8. Molecular Analyses of Vibrio cholerae O1 Clinical Strains, Including New Nontoxigenic Variants Isolated in Mexico during the Cholera Epidemic Years between 1991 and 2000▿

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    Lizárraga-Partida, Marcial Leonardo; Quilici, Marie-Laure

    2009-01-01

    We studied the evolution of Vibrio cholerae O1 during the 1991 to 2000 cholera epidemic in Mexico by biochemical, serological, and molecular characterization of strains collected during this period. Strains were divided into toxigenic and nontoxigenic groups according to the presence or absence of genes encoding cholera toxin. As previously reported, we characterized two populations among toxigenic strains, which were present from the first year of the epidemic. BglI rRNA analysis revealed that these strains had ribotype profiles, denoted M5 and M6 in our study, that were identical to those previously designated Koblavi B5 or Popovic 5 and Popovic 6a or Tamayo B21a, respectively. Ribotype M5 was isolated between 1991 and 1993. This ribotype had a low level of genetic variation as detected by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Ribotype M6 persisted from 1991 to 2000. However, PFGE profiles suggested that two epidemiologically unrelated strains coexisted within this single ribotype from 1995 until the end of the epidemic. We identified three new BglI ribotypes, Mx1, Mx2, and Mx3, from nontoxigenic V. cholerae O1 strains isolated between 1998 and 2000; one of them grouped strains positive for the toxin-coregulated pilus island. They differed from nontoxigenic clones isolated in Latin America and on the U.S. Gulf Coast and are probably autochthonous Mexican V. cholerae O1 variants. Most of these new variants were isolated from states surrounding the Gulf of Mexico, where the highest incidence of cholera in the country was recorded. Thus, the Mexican Gulf Coast, like the U.S. Gulf Coast, may act as an environmental reservoir of V. cholerae O1. PMID:19213700

  9. PRÁTICAS, SABERES E MEMÓRIA GUARANI NA CONQUISTA DA TERRA: UMA EXPERIÊNCIA DE CONFLITO NO LITORAL CATARINENSE

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    CLOVIS ANTONIO BRIGHENTI

    2009-12-01

    Full Text Available Starting from the analysis of the process of demarcation of the Earth Indigenous Hill of the Horses, located in the municipal district of Thatched hut, state of Santa Catarina, we will look for to understand the relationship of the Brazilian State with that indigenous population. In spite of the land still not to be in the indigenous community's definitive ownership, for legal effects she is Declared. Along the process, that he/she had beginning in 1993, the indigenous community's participation has been decisive in the conquest of new stages and in the definition of the current limits. Interferences of several orders have been generating tensions and disturbances in the community, besides exposing the group and the demarcation process to the national public opinion, when a magazine of national circulation made reference to the group how being foreign. It is in that context that we will look for to analyze the process of conquest of the earth and conquest of the citizenship.RESUMO: A partir da análise do processo de demarcação da Terra Indígena Morro dos Cavalos, localizada no município de Palhoça, estado de Santa Catarina, buscaremos compreender o relacionamento do Estado brasileiro com essa população indígena. Apesar da Comunidade Indígena ainda não estar na posse definitiva da terra, para efeitos legais ela está Declarada. Ao longo do processo, que teve início em 1993, a participação da Comunidade Indígena tem sido decisiva na conquista de novas etapas e na definição dos limites atuais.Interferências de várias ordens têm gerado tensões e abalos na comunidade, inclusive expondo o grupo e o processo de demarcação à opinião pública nacional, quando uma revista de circulação nacional fazia referência ao grupo como sendo estrangeiros. É nesse contexto que buscaremos analisar o processo de conquista da terra e conquista da cidadania.

  10. Water pollution monitoring in Tirrenian Sea 1991-1993

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    Scipioni, A.; Napoli, M.; Cavolo, F.

    1996-01-01

    A marine environmental research programme is in course of carrying out for some years in a definite coastal zone of the southern Tirrenian Sea in order to point out possible significant pollutions, identify their origin and study the appropriate preventive and protective measures. In the first stage of the programme the analysis of the actual water quality was done, by evaluation of several indicators (temperature, conductivity, pH, turbidity and suspended sediments, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll a, nutrients concentration, bacteriological parameters) at three different distances from the shore: 50 m, 500 m and 1 mile. The analysis of the collected values shows that the actual water quality is on the whole quite satisfactory, except for some restricted areas in which a bacteriological pollution, due to high concentrations of coliforms and Streptococcus faecalis, has been pointed out

  11. Severn barrage project. Additional regional studies 1991-1993

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    1993-01-01

    These appendices contain summaries of the principle effects of barrage construction on different local authority areas and on transportation of labour. Recreation and tourism policies, current planning policy, potential development pressure, drainage, estuary management, coastal zone protection and planning, and a model simulating the behaviour of locks handling traffic with tidal constraints are discussed. Existing legislation is also considered. (UK)

  12. RA reactor operation in 1991, Part 1; Deo 1 - Pogon i odrzavanje nuklearnog reaktora RA u 1991. godini

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    Sotic, O; Cupac, S; Sulem, B; Zivotic, Z; Majstorovic, D; Sanovic, V [Institute of Nuclear Sciences Boris Kidric, Vinca, Beograd (Serbia and Montenegro)

    1992-01-01

    During the previous period RA reactor was not operated because the Committee of Serbian ministry for health and social care has cancelled the operation licence in August 1984. The reason was the non existing emergency cooling system and lack of appropriate filters in the special ventilation system. Control and maintenance of the reactor instrumentation and tools was done regularly but dependent on the availability of the spare parts. In order to enable future reliable operation of the RA reactor, according to new licensing regulations, during 1991, three major tasks were fulfilled: building of the new emergency cooling system, reconstruction of the existing ventilation system, and renewal of the reactor power supply system. Renewal of the reactor instrumentation was started but but it is behind the schedule in 1991 because the delivery of components from USSR is late. Production of this instruments is financed by the IAEA according to the contract signed in December 1988 with Russian Atomenergoexport. According to this contract, it has been planned that the RA reactor instrumentation should be delivered to the Vinca Institute by the end of 1990. Since then any delivery of components to Yugoslavia was stopped because of the temporary embargo imposed by the IAEA for political reasons. In 1991 most of the existing RA reactor instrumentation was dismantled, only the part needed for basic measurements when reactor is not operated, was maintained. Training of the existing personnel was done regularly, but lack of financial support prevented employment of new workers that would be needed for operation in shifts and regular maintenance. [Serbo-Croat] U proteklom periodu reaktor RA nije bio u pogonu zato sto je 30. jula Republicki komitet za zdravlje i socijalnu politiku republike Srbije, zabranio njegov rad zbog toga sto reaktor ne poseduje sistem za udesno hladjenje i ne poseduje odgovarajuce filtere u sistemu specijalne ventilacije. Kako bi se ubuduce mogao obezbediti

  13. Pacific Northwest Laboratory ALARA Report for Calendar Year 1993

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    Keller, S.L.

    1994-07-01

    This report provides summary results of the Calendar Year (CY) 1993 As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) Program at the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL). This report includes information regarding whole-body exposures to radiation, and skin contaminations. The collective whole-body radiation dose to employees during 1993 was 0.58 person-sievert (58 person-rem). This dose was 11 percent lower than the projected dose of 0.65 person-sievert (65 person-rem). The Radiation Protection Section's Field Dosimetry Services group projected that no PNL employee's dose would exceed 0.02 sievert (2 rem) based on dosimeters processed during the year; no worker actually exceeded the limit by the end of CY 1993. There were 15 reported cases of skin contamination for PNL employees during 1993. This number of 60 percent of the projected total of 25 cases. There were an additional 21 cases of personal-effects contamination to PNL staff: Nine of these contamination events occurred at the 324 Building, nine occurred at the 325 Building, one occurred in the 327 Building, one occurred in the 3720 Building, and one occurred in the 326 Building. Line management set numerous challenging and production ALARA goals for their facilities. Appendix A describes the final status of the 1993 ALARA goals. Appendix B describes the radiological ALARA goals for 1994. The Radiation Protection Section of the Laboratory Safety Dept. routinely perform audits of radiological ALARA requirements for specific facilities with significant potential for exposure. These ALARA audits are part of a comprehensive safety audit of the facility, designed to evaluate and improve total safety performance

  14. Neonatal herpes in Denmark 1977-1991

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    Fonnest, G; de la Fuente Fonnest, I; Weber, Tom

    1997-01-01

    BACKGROUND: To prevent neonatal herpes, women in labor with genital herpes infection are still delivered by Cesarean section. This policy is currently being debated. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of neonatal herpes in Denmark and to evaluate the prevention practice. METHODS......: All newborns with perinatal herpes in Denmark 1977-1991 were identified from hospital-records. RESULTS: Of 862,298 deliveries 136 possible cases were found but only 30 (22%) fulfilled the criteria for neonatal herpes. The incidence increased from 2.36 to 4.56 per 100,000 live births during 1977......-1984 through 1984-1991. Three mothers (10%) had recurrent herpes at delivery, three (10%) had primary herpes, and five (17%) had oral herpes. Seven infants (23%) were delivered by Cesarean section. Nine (30%) only had cutaneous herpes, four (13%) had CNS herpes, nine (30%) had disseminated disease. Six (20...

  15. Cost and quality of fuels for electric utility plants 1991

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    1992-01-01

    Data for 1991 and 1990 receipts and costs for fossil fuels discussed in the Executive Summary are displayed in Tables ES1 through ES7. These data are for electric generating plants with a total steam-electric and combined-cycle nameplate capacity of 50 or more megawatts. Data presented in the Executive Summary on generation, consumption, and stocks of fossil fuels at electric utilities are based on data collected on the Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-759, ''Monthly Power Plant Report.'' These data cover all electric generating plants. The average delivered cost of coal, petroleum, and gas each decreased in 1991 from 1990 levels. Overall, the average annual cost of fossil fuels delivered to electric utilities in 1991 was $1.60 per million Btu, a decrease of $0.09 per million Btu from 1990. This was the lowest average annual cost since 1978 and was the result of the abundant supply of coal, petroleum, and gas available to electric utilities. US net generation of electricity by all electric utilities in 1991 increased by less than I percent--the smallest increase since the decline that occurred in 1982.3 Coal and gas-fired steam net generation, each, decreased by less than I percent and petroleum-fired steam net generation by nearly 5 percent. Nuclear-powered net generation, however, increased by 6 percent. Fossil fuels accounted for 68 percent of all generation; nuclear, 22 percent; and hydroelectric, 10 percent. Sales of electricity to ultimate consumers in 1991 were 2 percent higher than during 1990

  16. European pipelines spill near record amounts in 1993

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    Anon.

    1995-01-01

    European pipelines in 1993 spilled as much crude oil and petroleum products as in any year since 1971, when statistics first began to be reported. Final cost of cleanup will exceed $10 million, by far the most ever spent by western European oil pipelines operating on land. This cost figure is only preliminary: costs for three spills totaling nearly 2,600 cu m (approximately 16,380 bbl; 43.6% of total spilled) had not been reported through November 1994. Ten incidents of oil spills from pipelines occurred in 1993, compared with seven for 1992 and an average of 12.7/year since 1971. Total length of oil industry cross-country pipelines operating in Western Europe at the end of 1993 was 21,600 km, up from nearly 19,000 km in 1989. In all, 601 million cu m (3.8 billion bbl) of crude oil and refined products moved through the pipeline system. The paper briefly describes several of the accidents

  17. Quarterly overviews of thermal solar energy systems 1993

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    Warmerdam, J.M.; Stap, C.A.M.

    1994-08-01

    The title overviews were compiled to support the market introduction campaign for solar water heaters in the Netherlands. Use has been made of the data-banks of the Dutch subsidy administrator 'Senter'. 88% of the 1,883 systems, that were installed in 1993, are solar water heaters. Considering the solar collector surface the largest contribution is from the use of mainly uncovered collectors in swimming pools: 51% (37% for the collector surface of solar water heaters). Energy utilities are involved in the installation of 70% of the solar heating systems (even 77% for the solar water heaters). Next to the quarterly overviews, the subsidy data for the period 1988 up to and including 1993 are analyzed. 70% of the installed systems has been purchased and 30% was rented. At the end of 1993 preparations were made to install more than 3,000 solar boilers in 1994 and 1995. 3 figs., 21 tabs

  18. Umweltbundesamt. Annual report 1993

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    Brackemann, H.; Rehring, R.

    1994-01-01

    The most urgent task in 1993 was to consider the economic and labour-political repercussions of environmental protection measures. In the opinion of the Environmental Protection Agency the question of whether we can afford environmental protection in times of economic crisis is flawed. The question is rather: is it reasonable to waive the further development of environmental protection in view of the need to safeguard Germany's international rank as an industrial nation? The reason being that active environmental protection, while imposing relatively low costs on enterprises, yields high national economic benefits and results in higher international attractivity. Moreover, if the environmental policy is developed further a substantial increase in jobs is to be expected. But 1993 was also the year that important switches were shifted for the future work of the Agency. The concept for its internal reorganization was finalized. Under this scheme, the Agency will be restructured in accordance with its progress in recent years from an ''end-of-the-pipe'' policy towards integral approaches. In the future, products and process plants will be dealt with by the individual sections of the Agency from the angle of all environmental media concerned. (orig./HP) [de

  19. Hanford Site Environmental Report 1993

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    Dirkes, R.L.; Hanf, R.W.; Woodruff, R.K. [eds.

    1994-06-01

    The Hanford Site Environmental Report is prepared annually to summarize environmental data and information, describe environmental management performance, and demonstrate the status of compliance with environmental regulations. The report also highlights major environmental programs and efforts. The report is written to meet reporting requirements and Guidelines of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) an to meet the needs of the public. This summary has been written with a minimum of technical terminology. Individual sections of the report are designed to (a) describe the Hanford Site and its mission, (b) summarize the status in 1993 of compliance with environmental regulations, (c) describe the environmental programs at the Hanford Site, (d) discuss estimated radionuclide exposure to the public from 1993 Hanford activities, (e) present information on effluent monitoring and environmental surveillance, including ground-water protection and monitoring, (f) discuss activities to ensure quality. More detailed information can be found in the body of the report, the appendixes, and the cited references.

  20. Hanford Site Environmental Report 1993

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    Dirkes, R.L.; Hanf, R.W.; Woodruff, R.K.

    1994-06-01

    The Hanford Site Environmental Report is prepared annually to summarize environmental data and information, describe environmental management performance, and demonstrate the status of compliance with environmental regulations. The report also highlights major environmental programs and efforts. The report is written to meet reporting requirements and Guidelines of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) an to meet the needs of the public. This summary has been written with a minimum of technical terminology. Individual sections of the report are designed to (a) describe the Hanford Site and its mission, (b) summarize the status in 1993 of compliance with environmental regulations, (c) describe the environmental programs at the Hanford Site, (d) discuss estimated radionuclide exposure to the public from 1993 Hanford activities, (e) present information on effluent monitoring and environmental surveillance, including ground-water protection and monitoring, (f) discuss activities to ensure quality. More detailed information can be found in the body of the report, the appendixes, and the cited references

  1. [Public-private relations in the Colombian health system from 1991 to 2015].

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    Cárdenas, William Iván López; Pereira, Adelyne Maria Mendes; Machado, Cristiani Vieira

    2017-07-27

    The case of Colombia's health system exemplifies the neoliberal reforms conducted in Latin America, characterized by the private sector's broad participation in the administration of resources and provision of health services. The system includes a set of benefits for persons that can afford to pay and a package of basic services with state financing for poor persons. This study aimed to analyze the public-private arrangements in the Colombian health system from 1991 and 2015, including the dimensions of insurance and financing. A case study was performed that included a literature review and analysis of documents and secondary data. The results suggest that the 1993 reform conceived of health as a public service to be provided by the market. There were changes in the state's role, delegating health care functions to the private sector through regulatory and contractual measures. Beginning in 2000, incremental reforms included instrumental changes in the system, while other initiatives aimed to expand the state's responsibilities in guaranteeing the right to health. In terms of health insurance, the main advances were the expansion of insurance coverage and harmonization of baskets of benefits between different insurance systems (although late). As for financing, there are important inequities in per capita spending between the different insurance systems and inefficiency in the financial intermediation. The Colombian case underscores the limits of structuring health systems with heavy market participation, and the study contributes to the debate on the challenges for social protection in health in Latin American countries.

  2. Review: 1991 industry developments

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    Anon.

    1992-01-01

    This is NUEXCO's annual summary of the previous year's (1991) events. There are reviews of major nuclear developments in each continent, as well as international developments. Specific topics include fuels, waste management, new facilities, and decommissioning. Nuclear activities in the following countries are noted: South Africa, Yemen, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Namibia, France, Japan, Taiwan, China, Korea, India, Pakistan, Federal Republic of Germany, Spain, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Italy, Czechoslovakia, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, USA, Argentina, Brazil, and Uraguay

  3. 1993/2003 recycling status; Bilan du recyclage 1993/2003

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    2005-06-15

    This book presents the status of wastes recycling in France for 5 families of materials (ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals, paper-cardboard, glass, plastics) and 8 end-life products (scrapped vehicles, electric and electronic wastes, tyres, packing materials, battery cells and chargeable batteries, spent oils and solvents). The significant changes between 1993 and 2003, the amount of secondary materials used in the French industry, the cost of end-life products recycling, the main medium and long-term factors of development, the technical and economical limits of recycling and the actions foreseen to optimize its development are described. This document includes also a CD-Rom. (J.S.)

  4. Capacidades do Estado brasileiro e arquitetura institucional da EaD: da organização burocrática à autonomia inserida dos órgãos estatais

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    Daniela da Costa Britto Pereira Lima

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    Full Text Available Resumo: O tema deste estudo é a arquitetura institucional da educação a distância (EaD no Brasil sob a ótica das capacidades do Estado no que se refere à organização burocrática. Seu objetivo geral é apresentar e discutir algumas das capacidades do Estado brasileiro para gerir sua política pública de EaD. A pesquisa é do tipo bibliográfica e de natureza empírica, com suporte teórico em Evans (1993, 1995, 2004. O estudo empírico considerou o mapeamento e a análise da arquitetura institucional da EaD no Brasil entre 2010 e 2013 (LIMA, 2013. Constata-se que o Estado precisa rever sua arquitetura institucional da EaD, visando desenvolver a sua capacidade de organização burocrática e autonomia inserida, para passar de um Estado intermediário para desenvolvimentista. Palavras-chave: Educação a distância; educação superior; capacidades do Estado; arquitetura institucional.   Abstract: The theme of this study is the institutional architecture of distance education - EaD - in Brazil, from the point of view of the state's capabilities, regarding the bureaucratic organization. Its general objective is to present and discuss some of the capabilities of the Brazilian State to manage it's public DE policy. The research is a bibliographical and empirical study, with theoretical support in Evans (1993, 1995, 2004. The empirical study considered the mapping and analysis of the institutional architecture of EaD in Brazil between 2010 and 2013 (LIMA, 2013. It concludes that the Brazilian State needs to reassess its DE institutional architecture as a means to develop its bureaucratic organization capacity and inserted autonomy, and as a condition to move from an intermediary State to a developed one. Keywords: distance education; higher education; State capacity; institutional architecture.   Resumen: El tema de este estudio es la arquitectura institucional de la educación a distancia (EaD en Brasil bajo la óptica de las capacidades

  5. A invisibilização identitária da África lusófona na Folha de S. Paulo e em O Globo

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    Elton Antunes

    2015-09-01

    BRAGA, J. L. Nem rara, nem ausente - tentativa. Matrizes, São Paulo: ECA-USP, 2010, p 65-81. Disponível em http://www.matrizes.usp.br/index.php/matrizes/article/view/179 Acesso em 16/8/2014. CUNHA, E. L. Estampas do imaginário: literatura, história e identidade cultural. Belo Horizonte: Ed. UFMG, 2006. DELEUZE, G. ¿Que és un dispositivo? In: BALBIER, E. et al. Michel Foucault, filósofo. Barcelona: Gedisa, 1990, pp. 155-161. FOUCAULT, M. História da Sexualidade. 13ª Ed. Rio de Janeiro: Graal, 1988. _____________ Microfísica do poder. 13ª Ed. Rio de Janeiro: Graal, 1979. FREYRE, G. Casa Grande & Senzala. 2ª Ed. Rio de Janeiro: Ed. José Olympio, 1946. FURTADO, C. Formação Econômica do Brasil. 32ª Ed. São Paulo: Cia Editora Nacional, 2005. HALL, S. A identidade cultural na pós-modernidade. 11ª ed. RJ: DP&A, 2006. MIYAMOTO, S. O Brasil e a comunidade dos países de língua portuguesa (CPLP. Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, 2009, pp. 22-42. Disponível http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=35814269002 Acesso 11/8/2013. QUÉRÉ, L. De um modelo epistemológico da comunicação a um modelo praxiológico. Trad. por Lúcia Lamounier Sena e Vera Lígia Westin. Do original: "D'un modèle épistemologique de la communication à un modèle praxéologique". In: Réseaux, Paris: Tekhné, 1991. RODRIGUES, N. As raças humanas. São Paulo: Ed. Progresso, 1957. ROMERO, S. História da literatura brasileira. Rio de Janeiro: Ed. José Olympio, 1943. SANTOS, B. S. Modernidade, identidade e a cultura de fronteira. Tempo Social. USP, SP, 1993, pp.31-52. Disponível em https://estudogeral.sib.uc.pt/handle/10316/11597 Acesso em 02/06/2014. SHOHAT, E, e STAM, R. Crítica da imagem eurocêntrica. São Paulo: Cosac Naify, 2006. SODRÉ, M. Claros e escuros: identidade, povo e mídia no Brasil. Petrópolis/RJ: Vozes, 1999. XAVIER, I. Prefácio. In: STAM, R & SHOHAT, E. Crítica da imagem eurocêntrica. São Paulo: Cosac Naify, 2006.   Disponível em: Url

  6. A mulher proletária e o desenvolvimento da individualidade para-si no romance “Mãe” de Máximo Gorki

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    2014-10-01

    Full Text Available O artigo trata de análise do romance Mãe de Máximo Gorki a partir da categoria marxista Individualidade para-si aplicada por Duarte (1993. A individualidade para-si é entendida como uma concepção histórico-social da individualidade humana que se fundamenta na relação objetivação/apropriação e entre alienação/humanização que coloca o ser humano como um constante “vir a ser”, como síntese do particular e das objetivações genéricas para-si construídas nas relações sociais de produção. A análise centra-se no desenvolvimento da individualidade da mulher proletária, principal personagem do romance, forjada na luta revolucionaria dos socialistas russos no inicio do século XX.

  7. GKSS scientific and technical reports 1991

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    1992-01-01

    The following review contains - arranged by the main field of research - authors and titles of external GKSS reports published in 1991. Abstracts and bibliographical data are presented with the exception and reprints from journal articles, proceeding papers, and from contributions to monographs. (orig.) [de

  8. Leprosy trends in Zambia 1991-2009

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    Kapata, Nathan; Chanda-Kapata, Pascalina; Grobusch, Martin Peter; O'Grady, Justin; Bates, Matthew; Mwaba, Peter; Zumla, Alimuddin

    2012-01-01

    To document leprosy trends in Zambia over the past two decades to ascertain the importance of leprosy as a health problem in Zambia. Retrospective study covering the period 1991-2009 of routine national leprosy surveillance data, published national programme review reports and desk reviews of

  9. JAERI tandem and V.D.G. annual report 1993. April 1, 1993 - March 31, 1994

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    Suzuki, Yasuo; Ikezoe, Hiroshi; Iwamoto, Akira; Kazumata, Yukio; Shinohara, Nobuo; Takeuchi, Suehiro; Okabe, Takashi

    1994-11-01

    This annual report describes research activities which have been performed with the JAERI tandem accelerator and the Van de Graaff accelerator from April 1, 1993 to March 31, 1994. Summary reports of 43 papers, and list of publications, personnel and cooperative researches with universities are contained. (author)

  10. JAERI TANDEM, LINAC and V.D.G. annual report 1991 April 1, 1991 - March 31, 1992

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    1992-09-01

    This annual report describes research activities which have been performed with the JAERI tandem accelerator, the electron linear accelerator and the Van de Graaff accelerator from April 1, 1991 to March 31, 1992. Summary reports of 44 papers, and list of publications, personnel and cooperative researches with universities are contained. (author)

  11. Pinatubo Lake Chemistry and Degassing 1991-2010

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    Schwandner, F. M.; Newhall, C. G.; Christenson, B. W.; Apfelbeck, C. A.; Arpa, M. C. B.; Vaquilar, R.; Bariso, E.

    2016-12-01

    We review the history of degassing, bathymetry and water chemistry of the crater lake of Mt. Pinatubo (Philippines) using data obtained during 1991-2001, and 2010. In late 1992, the initial small lake had a significant acid-sulfate component from a volcanic degassing through a hydrothermal system and the lake, and anhydrite dissolution. Subsequently, this component was "drowned" by rainfall (2-4 m/y), meteoric groundwater draining from the crater walls into the lake, and a few neutral chloride crater wall springs. Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) measurements in August 2000 found a strong inverted thermal gradient below 20m depth, reaching over 70°C at 50-60 m depth. By January 2001 the lake had homogenized and was much cooler (27°C at all depths), and it was again well-mixed and still cool when re-surveyed in June 2001 and November 2010. By 2010, the lake was well mixed, at neutral pH, with no significant vertical or horizontal structure. Bubbling of a predominantly carbon dioxide (CO2) gas phase persists throughout the lake's history, some from 1991-92 magma and some from degassing of the long-standing (pre-1991) hydrothermal system fed from a deeper magmatic or mantle source. Crater wall fumaroles emit boiling-point hydrothermal gases dominated by water, air, and CO2.

  12. O que influencia as modificações em livros didaticos de geografia? analise a partir do conceito espaço geografico (1993-2003)

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    Resumo: Esta pesquisa trata da verificação de possíveis mudanças conceituais produzidas pelos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCNs) de geografia em livros didáticos para o ensino fundamental. Para isso utiliza-se o conceito espaço geográfico e procede-se análise comparativa entre livros de 5ª e 6ª séries melhor classificados no Plano Nacional do Livro Didático de 2002 (PNLD/2002) com livros das mesmas séries e autores, produzidos dez anos antes (1993). Entre esses dois períodos houve a pub...

  13. Nuclear Data in Argentina (1992 -1993)

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    Ricabarra, G. H.

    1993-03-01

    A progress report of nuclear data research in Argentina is given for the years 1992/1993, including the WIMS nuclear data library update project, and measurements and evaluations of selected neutron induced nuclear reactions. (author)

  14. Reações de alergia provocadas pelo látex: um alerta aos trabalhadores da área da saúde

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    Rosimeire Aparecida Mendes Lopes

    1999-09-01

    Full Text Available É apresentado um levantamento bibliográfico de artigos referentes às reações de alergia ao látex, publicados nos últimos anos. O primeiro artigo sobre reação de alergia associado ao uso do látex foi publicado em 1979, na Grã-Bretanha, e desde então, de forma crescente, outros casos têm sido relatados(Barion, 1993. As reações do Tipo I (reação imediata e Tipo IV (resposta tardia estão envolvidas nos processos de alergia ao látex (Steelman, 1995. Uma das explicações para a alergia por contato é o processo inadequado de lavagem durante a manufatura, com retenção de proteínas hidrossolúveis que causam reação alérgica em pessoas susceptíveis. Na literatura são descritos casos de reações que variam de dermatite de contato à choque anafilático. Conclui-se que os achados evidenciam a necessidade da equipe de saúde ter conhecimento das implicações prováveis da alergia ao látex.

  15. Expenditures of the federation as well as the provinces and the industry for energy research, development and demonstration in Austria: inquiry 1996

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    Faninger, G.

    1997-03-01

    The government (state and federal) energy RD and D budget in Austria was 137.6 Mio ATS in 1990, 245.0 Mio ATS in 1991, 210.7 Mio ATS in 1992, 286.9 Mio ATS in 1993, 324.6 Mio ATS in 1994, 332.1 Mio, ATS in 1995 and 334.3 Mio ATS in 1996. The expenditures of the Austrian private industry for energy RD and D are estimated to be about 89 Mio ATS for the year 1990, about 122 Mio ATS for the year 1991, about 98 Mio ATS for the year 1992, about 124 Mio AS for 1993, about 170 Mio ATS for 1994, about 128 Mio ATS for 1995 and about 116 Mio ATS for 1996. The energy RD and D budget of the Austrian Electricity Companies was 133.3 Mio ATS for 1991, 181.1 Mio ATS for 1992, 192.4 Mio, ATS for 1993, 126.6 Mio ATS for 1994, 191.0 Mio ATS for 1995 and 207.3 Mio ATS for 1996. (author)

  16. Uranium resources, production and demand 1993

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    1994-10-01

    This book is the Japanese edition of 'Uranium Resources, Production and Demand, 1993' published by OECD/NEA-IAEA in 1994. It contains data on uranium exploration activities, resources and production for about 50 countries. (K.I.)

  17. The Savannah River Site`s Groundwater Monitoring Program: Fourth quarter 1991

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    Rogers, C.D. [Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)

    1992-06-02

    The Environmental Protection Department/Environmental Monitoring Section (EPD/EMS) administers the Savannah River Site`s (SRS) Groundwater Monitoring Program. During fourth quarter 1991, EPD/EMS conducted extensive sampling of monitoring wells. EPD/EMS established two sets of criteria in 1986 to assist in the management of sample results. The flagging criteria do not define contamination levels; instead, they aid personnel in sample scheduling, interpretation of data, and trend identification. Beginning in 1991, the flagging criteria are based on EPA drinking water standards and method detection limits. A detailed explanation of the current flagging criteria is presented in the Flagging Criteria section of this document. Analytical results from fourth quarter 1991 are listed in this report.

  18. The Savannah River Site`s Groundwater Monitoring Program. Second quarter, 1991

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    1992-01-10

    The Environmental Protection Department/Environmental Monitoring Section (EPD/EMS) administers the Savannah River Site`s (SRS) Groundwater Monitoring Program. During second quarter 1991 EPD/EMS conducted extensive sampling of monitoring wells. EPD/EMS established two sets of flagging criteria in 1986 to assist in the management of sample results. The flagging criteria do not define contamination levels; instead, they aid personnel in sample scheduling, interpretation of data, and trend identification. Beginning in 1991, the flagging criteria are based on EPA drinking water standards and method detection limits. A detailed explanation of the current flagging criteria is presented in the Flagging Criteria section of this document. Analytical results from second quarter 1991 are listed in this report.

  19. Trends in Social Inequality in Tooth Brushing among Adolescents: 1991-2014

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    Holstein, Bjørn Evald; Bast, Lotus Sofie; Brixval, Carina Sjöberg

    2015-01-01

    This study examines whether social inequality in tooth brushing frequency among adolescents changed from 1991 to 2014. The data material was seven comparable cross-sectional studies of nationally representative samples of 11- to 15-year-olds in Denmark with data about frequency of tooth brushing...... and occupation of parents. The total number of participants was 31,464, of whom 21.7% brushed their teeth less than the recommended 2 times a day. The absolute social inequality measured as prevalence difference between low and high social class increased from 7.7% in 1991 to 14.6% in 2014. The relative social...... inequality assessed by odds ratios for infrequent tooth brushing also increased from 1991 to 2014....

  20. The Savannah River Site's Groundwater Monitoring Program, third quarter 1991

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    1992-02-17

    The Environmental Protection Department/Environmental Monitoring Section (EPD/EMS) administers the Savannah River Site's (SRS) Groundwater Monitoring Program. During third quarter 1991, EPD/EMS conducted extensive sampling of monitoring wells. Analytical results from third quarter 1991 are listed in this report.

  1. Waist circumference in the prediction of obesity-related adverse pregnancy outcomes Circunferência da cintura na predição de desfechos adversos da gestação relacionados à obesidade

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    Eliana M. D. R. Wendland

    2007-02-01

    Full Text Available The aim of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic properties of waist circumference in the prediction of obesity-related gestational outcomes. Pregnant women 20 years or older were consecutively enrolled in six Brazilian State capitals from 1991 to 1995. Weight, height, and waist circumference were measured and an oral glucose tolerance test was performed. Patients were followed through childbirth by chart review. Diagnostic performance for the different outcomes, as measured by area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC curve, was estimated through logistic regression. Areas under the ROC curve (95%CI for waist circumference were 0.621(0.589-0.652 for gestational diabetes, 0.640 (0.588-0.692 for preeclampsia, and 0.645(0.617-0.673 for macrosomia. These areas were similar to those for BMI (p > 0.05. A waist circumference of 82cm jointly maximized sensitivity (63% and specificity (57%. Cutoff points of 23kg/m² for pre-pregnancy BMI and 26kg/m² for BMI at enrollment produced similar diagnostic properties. In conclusion, waist circumference predicts obesity-related adverse pregnancy outcomes at least as well as BMI.O objetivo deste estudo é avaliar as propriedades diagnósticas da circunferência da cintura na predição de desfechos adversos da gestação relacionados à obesidade. Gestantes com 20 ou mais anos de idade, foram arroladas consecutivamente, entre 20 e 28 semanas de gestação, em seis capitais do Brasil, entre 1991 e 1995. Peso, altura e circunferência da cintura foram aferidos e um teste de tolerância à glicose foi realizado. As pacientes foram acompanhadas até o parto através de revisão de prontuários. Propriedades diagnósticas para os diferentes desfechos, mensurados através da área sob a curva Receiver Operator Charactheristic (ROC, foram estimadas por regressão logística. Áreas (IC95% sob as curvas ROC para a cintura foram 0,621 (0,589-0,652 para diabetes gestacional, 0,640 (0,588-0,692 para pr

  2. The Nordic programme for nuclear safety 1990-1993

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    1994-01-01

    The annual report on the Nordic programme for nuclear safety contains a survey of work carried out during 1993 and also the programme's budgets. Information is given on the names of project leaders, the projects' aims, methods, results and documentation. Subjects of research during 1993 have been preparedness in relation to extraordinary radiation situations, nuclear wastes and deposition of same, radioecology and reactor safety. Names of members of Nordic Nuclear Safety Research who are members of the syndicate and reference groups of the organization are listed and a note on the administration is included. (AB)

  3. The economics of uranium 1991. 3. ed.

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    1991-01-01

    The new Roskill report on the economics of uranium, 1991, gives essential facts and figures on five main topics; background, supply and demand; prices and uranium and nuclear activities by country and company. (author)

  4. Environmental surveillance at Los Alamos during 1991

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    Dewart, J.; Kohen, K.L.

    1993-08-01

    This report describes the environmental surveillance program conducted by Los Alamos National Laboratory during 1991. Routine monitoring for radiation and for radioactive and chemical materials is conducted on the Laboratory site as well as in the surrounding region. Monitoring results are used to determine compliance with appropriate standards and to permit early identification of potentially undesirable trends. Results and interpretation of data for 1991 cover external penetrating radiation; quantities of airborne emissions and effluents; concentrations of chemicals and radionuclides in ambient air, surface waters and groundwaters, municipal water supply, soils and sediments, and foodstuffs; and environmental compliance. Comparisons with appropriate standards, regulations, and background levels provide the basis for concluding that environmental effects from Laboratory operations are small and do not pose a threat to the public, Laboratory employees, or the environment

  5. Manitoba oil activity review, 1991

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    1992-04-01

    In an annual survey of Manitoba's petroleum industry, data are presented on oil and natural gas leases and sales, geophysical activity, exploration and drilling activity, production, exports to other provinces and the USA, oil prices and sales value, royalties and taxes, direct revenues from oil exploration and development, reserves, industry expenditures, and oil fields. Throughout the report, explainations are given of the items covered. Descriptions are made of new developments, the oil market, oil policies, incentive programs, and industrial activities. During 1991, 54 wells were drilled, compared to 79 in 1990. Oil production was down ca 3% from 1990 levels, to 712,792 m 3 , the value of the oil produced decreased 21% to ca $90.3 million, and provincial revenues from the oil industry declined by 15%. Oil industry expenditures in the province were estimated at $69 million, down 9% from 1990. As of the end of 1991, there were 11 oil fields and 118 non-confidential oil pools designated in Manitoba. The forecast for 1992 indicates that exploration activity will increase in response to new incentive programs. Crude oil production is expected to decline slightly to about 667,000 m 3 . 9 figs., 17 tabs

  6. Abortion surveillance--United States, 1991.

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    Koonin, L M; Smith, J C; Ramick, M

    1995-05-05

    From 1980 through 1991, the number of legal induced abortions reported to CDC remained stable, varying each year by 1969, CDC has compiled abortion data received from 52 reporting areas: 50 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City. In 1991, 1,388,937 abortions were reported--a 2.8% decrease from 1990. The abortion ratio was 339 legal induced abortions per 1,000 live births, and the abortion rate was 24 per 1,000 women 15-44 years of age. Women who were undergoing an abortion were more likely to be young, white, and unmarried; most had had no previous live births and had been obtaining an abortion for the first time. More than half (52%) of all abortions were performed at or before the 8th week of gestation, and 88% were before the 13th week. Younger women (i.e., women may partially account for this decline. An accurate assessment of the number and characteristics of women who obtain abortions in the United States is necessary both to monitor efforts to prevent unintended pregnancy and to identify and reduce preventable causes of morbidity and mortality associated with abortions.

  7. Nuclear and radiological safety, 1980-1993

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    1994-06-01

    This document lists all sales publications of the International Atomic Energy Agency dealing with Nuclear Safety, issued during the period 1980-1993. It gives an abstract of these publications along with contents and prices in Austrian Schillings

  8. Annual report 1993

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    Bartke, J.; Erbel, D.; Fornal, B.; Friendl, L.; Grebosz, J.; Krygowska-Doniec, M.; Malecki, P.; Waligorski, M.; Wojciechowski, H.

    1994-01-01

    The material presented describing the research activities of the Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics in 1993. The main directions of scientific investigation were: elementary particle physics, nuclear reaction end nuclear spectroscopy, physics of condensed matter applying nuclear methods, theoretical physics, nuclear geophysics and hydrology, radiobiology, radiochemistry, nuclear methods including NMR imaging, environmental studies with nuclear and nonnuclear methods, TLD dosimetry and several technical enterprises, such as the construction of particle accelerators, semiconductor detectors for low, intermediate and high energy physics, ion implantation and development of computer networks for scientific purposes

  9. Annual report 1993

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    Bartke, J; Erbel, D; Fornal, B; Friendl, L; Grebosz, J; Krygowska-Doniec, M; Malecki, P; Waligorski, M; Wojciechowski, H [eds.

    1994-12-31

    The material presented describing the research activities of the Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics in 1993. The main directions of scientific investigation were: elementary particle physics, nuclear reaction end nuclear spectroscopy, physics of condensed matter applying nuclear methods, theoretical physics, nuclear geophysics and hydrology, radiobiology, radiochemistry, nuclear methods including NMR imaging, environmental studies with nuclear and nonnuclear methods, TLD dosimetry and several technical enterprises, such as the construction of particle accelerators, semiconductor detectors for low, intermediate and high energy physics, ion implantation and development of computer networks for scientific purposes.

  10. The experience of an United Nations Military Observer in Western Sahara / A experiência de observador militar da ONU no Saara Ocidental

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    Sylvio de Souza Ferreira

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    Full Text Available The Western Sahara issue is the most recent, lasting and unresolved case of decolonization in African continent, in the midst of the 21st Century. It is a non- governed territory, located in the northwest portion of Saharan Africa and it has been under UN custody since 1991, when MINURSO had been established. In this regard, this article has as main motivation to communicate the experience of an UN Military Observer, emphasizing peculiar and practical aspects, as well as perceptions in the performance of this appointment. It is an internal vision of the reality of the Peace Operation, the individual and the professional of the UN. In order to do so, this article uses a qualitative approach deploying methodologies such as participant observation and the descriptive case study. It comprises an introduction, which aims to enlighten the reader to the question, a characterization of the area, a historical review of the case, a section of exposure of the methodology and the experience of one of the authors as a UN Military Observer in the Western Sahara itself. Finally, considerations are made at the conclusion. A questão do Saara Ocidental constitui o caso de descolonização mais recente, duradouro e não-resolvido do continente africano, em pleno século XXI. Trata-se de um território não-governado, localizado na porção noroeste da África Saariana e encontra-se sob custódia da ONU desde 1991, quando da implantação da MINURSO. Nesse contexto, o presente artigo tem como principal motivação comunicar a experiência no exercício da função de observador militar da ONU, sublinhando aspectos peculiares e práticos, bem como percepções no desempenho dessa função. É uma visão interna da realidade de uma Operação de Paz, do indivíduo e do profissional da Organização. Para tanto, o artigo utiliza abordagem qualitativa na metodologia empregada e aspectos da observação participante e do estudo de caso descritivo. É composto por uma

  11. Temperature profile data from NOAA Ship JOHN N. COBB using CTD casts as part of the larval fish survey from 1991-05-21 to 1991-06-28 (NODC Accession 0000331)

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    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — Temperature profile data were collected from NOAA Ship JOHN N. COBB from May 21, 1991 to June 28, 1991. Data were collected by University of Alaska - Fairbanks;...

  12. National Radiological Protection Board accounts 1992-93

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    1993-12-02

    These accounts show the income and expenditure for the year ended 31 March 1993 and balance sheet as at 31 March 1993, together with the report of the comptroller and auditor general thereon. (In continuation of House of Commons Paper No. 167 of 1991-92). (author).

  13. National Radiological Protection Board accounts 1992-93

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    1993-01-01

    These accounts show the income and expenditure for the year ended 31 March 1993 and balance sheet as at 31 March 1993, together with the report of the comptroller and auditor general thereon. (In continuation of House of Commons Paper No. 167 of 1991-92). (author)

  14. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issuances, April 1991

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    1991-04-01

    This report includes the issuances received during the specified period (April 1991) from the Commission (CLI), the Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Boards (ALAB), the Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards (LBP), the Administrative Law Judges (ALJ), the Directors' Decisions (DD), and the Denials of Petitions for Rulemaking (DPRM)

  15. Annual report 1991

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    Decourt, M.; Le Bervet, L.; Leroy, R.; Mangano, M.; Said, A.

    1990-01-01

    The 1990-1991 activity report of Nuclear Physics Institute (at Orsay) is presented. The purpose and evolution of research fields are summarized. The following topics are presented: in experimental research, nuclear structure, ground states and low energy excited states, high excitation energy nuclear states, heavy ion collision phenomena, intermediate energy nuclear physics, radiochemistry of lanthanides and actinides and heavy ion interactions material and surface; in theoretical physics, nuclear structure and dynamics, particle physics, field theory, statistical physics, variational principles and quantization of chaotic systems and mathematical methods. The Nuclear Physics Institute works also on the development of several multidetectors (EUROGAM, INDRA, EDEN) and accelerators (AGOR, MACSE, Tandem)

  16. Annual report 1991

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    Decourt, M.; Le Bervet, L.; Leroy, R.; Mangano, M.; Said, A.

    1992-06-01

    DAPNIA, department of Astrophysics, Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Associated Instrumentation is a new CEA department, created in July 1991. This report makes the synthesis and gives the prospects of department activities. In Nuclear Physics, 3 topics are studied: nuclear structure with DAPNIA superconducting post-accelerated tandem and GANIL cyclotron, thermodynamics properties with GANIL cyclotron and LNS, and hadronic systems with SPS and SLAC. In Particle Physics, DAPNIA participates in experimental program that has been decided to establish the validity of Standard Model near to electron-positron colliders of LEP. Cryo magnetism and superconducting cavity laboratories contribute to DAPNIA programs and participate in outer programs

  17. 1993 commodity flow survey : state summaries

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    1997-06-01

    This report summarizes the Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) state reports released between February 1996 and July 1996 by the Bureau of the Census and the 1993 Commodity Flow Survey: Preliminary Observations by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Inf...

  18. Report on the Intercomparison Exercises 1993

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    Aminot, A.; Boer, J. de; Cofino, W.

    This report covers the intercomparison exercises - 1993 of the project Quasimeme - Quality Assurance of Information for Marine Environmental Monitoring in Europe. The report is prepared under contract for the measurement and testing programme (BCR) of the European Community....

  19. Mortalidade de adolescentes em área urbana da região Sudeste do Brasil, 1984-1993

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    Lyra Sílvia M. Kawata

    1996-01-01

    Full Text Available Analisa-se a mortalidade de adolescentes no Município de Botucatu, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil, no período de 1984 a 1993, segundo dois subgrupos (10 a 14 e 15 a 19 anos, sexo, ocupação e causas de óbito. Os dados de óbitos foram obtidos no Setor de Estatística do Centro de Saúde-Escola. As estimativas populacionais foram calculadas com base nos censos demográficos. Observou-se variação dos coeficientes de mortalidade nos diferentes anos e maior mortalidade no grupo masculino de 15 a 19 anos, atingindo tanto estudantes como trabalhadores. Houve predomínio de causas externas de mortalidade, principalmente acidentes de trânsito e ferimento por arma de fogo, exigindo averigüação de seus determinantes e o desenvolvimento de programas de saúde destinados aos adolescentes, suas famílias e à sociedade, considerando-se que as causas de morte são evitáveis e preveníveis.

  20. Annual radioactive waste tank inspection program -- 1993

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    McNatt, F.G. Sr.

    1994-05-01

    Aqueous radioactive wastes from Savannah River Site (SRS) separations processes are contained in large underground carbon steel tanks. Inspections made during 1993 to evaluate these vessels, and evaluations based on data accrued by inspections made since the tanks were constructed, are the subject of this report. The 1993 inspection program revealed that the condition of the Savannah River Site waste tanks had not changed significantly from that reported in the previous annual report. No new leaksites were observed. No evidence of corrosion or materials degradation was observed in the waste tanks. However, degradation was observed on covers of the concrete encasements for the out-of-service transfer lines to Tanks 1 through 8

  1. Interim report and accounts 1993/94

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    1993-01-01

    An interim set of accounts and reports is presented here for 1993/1994 for the health science company Amersham International. The company's research programs focus on developments in life science research, nuclear medicine and industrial quality and safety assurance, with particular expertise in the application of radioactivity to labelling and detection at the molecular level. This report which covers the half-year to 30 September 1993 shows promising financial results, with turnover, operating profits and earnings per share all having risen. All life science markets report growth although difficult trading conditions are being reported in Europe. Two products in the Healthcare business have achieved progress, a pain palliation agent for bone metastases has been launched in the United States, and European approval has been gained for a new technetium based heart imaging agent. Further growth is expected for the company. (UK)

  2. 1993 : good to the last drop

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    With oil prices remaining under US$20 per barrel in 1993 due to overproduction by OPEC, primary production of major conventional oil fields in western Canada was slowing down. More companies were looking to new enhanced oil recovery techniques such as carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) injection. Shell Canada had been a leader in CO 2 recovery at its Midale field in Saskatchewan since 1984, when Vikor Resources concurrently targeted the Joffre field in central Alberta to receive the CO 2 treatment. The Joffre Viking Tertiary Oil Unit was revived using CO 2 in combination with waterflooding. Other enhanced oil recovery projects were also underway in various oil fields in Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. Other key events in 1993 included Murphy Oil's acquisition of a 6.5 per cent stake in Hibernia. 1 tab., 1 fig

  3. INEL BNCT research program publications, 1993

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    1994-05-01

    This document is a collection of the published reports describing research supporting the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Research Program for calendar year 1993. Contributions from the principal investigators are included, covering chemistry (pituitary tumor studies, boron drug development including liposomes, lipoproteins, and carboranylalanine derivatives), pharmacology (murine screenings, toxicity testing, ICP-AES analysis of biological samples), physics (radiation dosimetry software, neutron beam and filter design, neutron beam measurement dosimetry), and radiation biology (tissue and efficacy studies of small and large animal models). These reports have previously appeared in the book: Advances in Neutron Capture Therapy, edited by A. H. Soloway, R. F. Barth, D. E. Carpenter, Plenum Press, 1993. Reports have also appeared in three journals: Angewandte Chemie, Strahlentherapie und Onkologie, and Nuclear Science and Engineering. This individual papers have been indexed separately elsewhere

  4. Ecologia de mosquitos em áreas do Parque Nacional da Serra da Bocaina: II -- Freqüência mensal e fatores climáticos Ecology of mosquitoes in areas of the National Park of "Serra da Bocaina", Brazil: II ¾ Monthly frequency and climatic factors

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    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Estabelecer a influência exercida pelos fatores climáticos na freqüência mensal da fauna de mosquitos em áreas do Parque Nacional da Serra da Bocaina, Vale do Paraíba, SP. MÉTODOS: Foram realizadas capturas mensais por meio de isca humana, em três diferentes períodos do dia, durante 24 meses consecutivos (janeiro de 1991 a dezembro de 1992. RESULTADOS: Foram capturados 11.808 espécimes adultos pertencentes a 28 espécies. Anopheles cruzii, Runchomyia reversa e Ru. frontosa foram as espécies mais presentes em todos os meses do ano; An. cruzii ocorreu preferencialmente de outubro a fevereiro; Ru. reversa e Ru. frontosa, em setembro; An. lutzi, Chagasia fajardoi, Coquillettidia chrysonotum, Aedes serratus, Trichoprosopon simile, Wyeomyia theobaldi, Ru. humboldti e Ru. theobaldi, pertencentes ao segundo grupo de espécies mais abundantes, ocorreram preferencialmente nos meses mais quentes, úmidos e chuvosos. A temperatura e as precipitações pluviométricas influenciaram positivamente na incidência da maioria das espécies. CONCLUSÕES: A cobertura vegetal de Mata Atlântica bem preservada, as precipitações pluviométricas e a temperatura foram determinantes para a incidência da fauna de mosquitos no parque. Os meses mais chuvosos, úmidos e quentes contribuíram para o aumento da diversidade e da densidade. O período de setembro a março foi o mais favorável. Cerca de 70% das espécies chegaram a desaparecer no período de abril a agosto, os meses mais frios e secos do ano.OBJECTIVE: To establish the influence of climatic factors on the monthly frequency of mosquito fauna in areas of the National Park of Serra da Bocaina, Brazil. METHODS: Human bait collections were conducted once a month, in diurnal and nocturnal hours, throughout 24 months, from January 1991 to December 1992. RESULTS: A total of 11,808 adult mosquitoes belonging to 28 different species were collected. Anopheles cruzii, Runchomyia reversa, and Ru

  5. Brazilian sardine (Sardinella brasiliensis spawning in the southeast Brazilian Bight over the period 1976-1993

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    1998-01-01

    Full Text Available Based on sampling over the period 1976-1993 in the southeast Brazilian Bight, the distribution of spawning of the Brazilian sardine (Sardinella brasi/iensis is described in relation to environmental conditions. The area of intense spawning occurs in the southern part of the bight where coastal upwelling was less /Tequent. Spawning intensity showed high interannllal variation and the egg abundance in the survey area ranged /Tom 99 billion eggs in the January 1988 cruise to 4669 billion eggs in the January 1981 cruise. Peak spawning takes place one hour after midnight and eggs hatch . out within 19 hours with a water temperature of 24 °e.Baseado nos dados coletados durante nove cruzeiros oceanográficos realizados na região sudeste, as áreas de desova da sardinha-verdadeira (Sardinella brasiliensis foram apresentadas c discutidas em relação às condições oceanográficas. As áreas de desova intensiva foram localizadas na parte sul da área de investigação, onde a ressurgência costeira foi menos freqüente. A intensidade de desova demonstrou uma variação anual relativamente grande. A produção total de ovos da sardinha- ­verdadeira variou de 99 bilhões de ovos durante o cruzeiro de janeiro de 1988 para 4669 bilhões de ovos em janeiro de 1981. O pico de desova ocorre na camada de mistura de superfície uma hora após a meia noite e os ovos eclodem em 19 horas com a temperatura de água 24 °e.

  6. Carbon tetrachloride ERA soil-gas baseline monitoring

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    Fancher, J.D.

    1994-01-01

    From December 1991 through December 1993, Westinghouse Hanford Company performed routine baseline monitoring of selected wells ad soil-gas points twice weekly in the 200 West Area of the Hanford Site. This work supported the carbon Tetrachloride Expedited Response Action (ERA) and provided a solid baseline of volatile organic compound (VOC) concentrations in wells and in the subsurface at the ERA site. As site remediation continues, comparisons to this baseline can be one means of measuring the success of carbon tetrachloride vapor extraction. This report contains observations of the patterns and trends associated with data obtained during soil-gas monitoring at the 200 West Area: Monitoring performed since late 1991 includes monitoring soil-gas probes ad wellheads for volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This report reflects monitoring data collected from December 1991 through December 1993

  7. U.S. industry to hold 1994 spending at the 1993 level

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    Beck, R.J.

    1994-01-01

    A sharp cut in spending on pipelines will hold US petroleum industry budgets at about 1993 levels for domestic projects this year. Excluding pipeline outlays, industry spending for capital and exploration items will advance. Oil and Gas Journal's annual budget survey shows US companies plan to spend $31.3 billion on US projects in 1994, down only 0.7% from 1993. Spending last year was down by the same percentage from 1992's $31.7 billion. Total outlays, excluding pipelines, well be $28.9 billion, up 5.8% from 1993. In 1993 spending excluding pipelines was $27.3 billion, down 1.2% from 1992. Industry's total spending hit a high of $83 billion in 1981. It then fell to the recent low of $25.2 billion in 1987. Adjusted for inflation, spending in 1994 will be the lowest since 1987. A sharp drop in drilling lowered upstream outlays during the past several years. At the same time, spending for upgrades, renovation, environmental compliance, marketing, and transportation bolstered downstream budgets. E and P spending in 1994 will increase 6.2% from the 1993 level, moving up to $14.8 billion. Refining capital spending will inch up 0.9% to $5.4 billion for 1994

  8. Annual report 1993 of the German Atomic Forum

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    Petroll, M.

    1994-01-01

    In retrospect it is stated that in 1993 the hopes of an energy policy consensus between the political parties have not come true; the operation of existing plants continues to be politically endangered, and the future of nuclear energy continues to be unclear. Particularly depressing is the large number of nuclear installations whose fate is undecided. To save German industry from serious harm, an energy policy consensus has to be found which the German Atomic Forum seeks to bring about. An account is given of organized events and working groups, of international cooperation and cooperation with other organizations. In 1993 German nuclear power plants generated more than 153,5 thousand million kilowatt-hours, thus contributing, as the year before, more than one third (34%) to power supply. In Western Germany this percentage even amounted to almost 40%. The use of nuclear energy made it possible in 1993 to avoid release of more than 150 million tons of carbon dioxide, that is about 15% of German overall emissions. (orig./HSCH) [de

  9. The 1993 Goddard Conference on Space Applications of Artificial Intelligence

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    Hostetter, Carl F. (Editor)

    1993-01-01

    This publication comprises the papers presented at the 1993 Goddard Conference on Space Applications of Artificial Intelligence held at the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD on May 10-13, 1993. The purpose of this annual conference is to provide a forum in which current research and development directed at space applications of artificial intelligence can be presented and discussed.

  10. Fiscal year 1991 100 Areas CERCLA ecological investigations

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    Sackschewsky, M.R.; Landeen, D.S.

    1992-04-01

    This report discusses the status of the ecological investigations conducted by Westinghouse Hanford Company during Fiscal Year 1991. These ecological investigations provide a basic description of the flora and fauna that inhabit the operable units, emphasizing species that have been given special status under existing state and/or federal laws. The 1991 Westinghouse Hanford Company field investigations have concentrated on the following: (1) bird surveys, (2) mammal and insect surveys, (3) vegetation surveys, and (4) vegetation sampling. Work being conducted as part of the vegetation surveys includes a biological assessment of threatened and endangered plants, which is being prepared as a separate document. Similar ecological investigations will be conducted at 100- N, K, and F operable units in 1992

  11. Measurement and Regulation of Central Noradrenergic Receptors

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    1993-11-30

    reduction in swimming ( Armario et al., 1991). Propranolol and betaxolol when given alone both produced a similar reduction in acitivity and when given with...19:74, 1993. Literature cited in report Armario , A., Gil, %., Marti, J., Pol, 0. and Balasch, J. Pharmacol.Biochem.Behav. 39:373-377, 1991. Blanchard

  12. Possible Threat for Middle East Inland Water: an Exotic and Invasive Species, Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (Weber, 1991 in Asi River, Turkey (Pisces: Loricariidae.

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    Full Text Available Ortadoğu iç suları için muhtemel tehdit: Asi Nehri’nde egzotik ve işgalci bir tür Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (Weber, 1991 (Pisces: Loricariidae. Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus bireyleri Güney Amerika kökenli olup, bu egzotik ve işgalci türü bireyleri Kuzey Amerika ve Uzakdoğu ülkelerine dağılmışlardır. Orta Doğu’da yer alan Asi Nehri’nin Türkiye sınırları dahilinde daha önce kayıtlarda bulunmayan bir P. disjunctivus bireyi yakalanmıştır. P. disjunctivus Asi Nehri’nde potansiyel olarak işgalci bir tür olabilir. Eğer bu türün bireyleri Asi Nehri’ne yayılırsa, buradaki türlerden Garra rufa üyeleri muhtemelen ilk etkilenen doğal türlerden olacaktır. Çünkü P. disjunctivus ile aynı trofik düzeyde yer almaktadırlar

  13. Ocorrência de fungos em sementes de soja produzidas sob calagem e adubação potássica residuais The residual effect of liming and potassium fertilization on the occurrence of fungi in soybean seeds

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    H.A.A. Mascarenhas

    1995-12-01

    Full Text Available Estudou-se o efeito residual da adubação potássica e da calagem sobre a ocorrência de fungos em sementes de soja. O experimento foi instalado com a cultivar IAC-17, no ano agrícola de 1991/92, aplicando doses a lanço de O, 3,5 e 7 t/ha de calcário dolomítico e de 0, 150, 300, 450 e 600 kg/ha de K2O. As sementes colhidas no terceiro ano de cultivo, (1993/94 foram submetidas ao teste de sanidade, pelo método do papel de filtro. Observou-se que a calagem reduziu significativamente a incidência de Phomopsis sp., favorecendo, no entanto, a presença de Aspergillus sp. e de Fusarium sp.. Embora não tenham sido detectadas diferenças significativas, nos tratamentos com calagem, verificou-se redução da incidência de Cercospora kikuchii, Colltotrichum dematium var. truncata e Peronospora manshurica. Apenas a incidência de Phomopsis sp. diminuiu significativamente devido à adubação potássica, sendo menor quando se utilizou a dose de 450 kg/ha de K2O.To study the residual effect of liming and potassium fertilizer on the occurrence of fungi in soybean seeds, an experiment was installed during the 1991/92 growing season, using 0, 3.5 and 7.0 t/ha of dolomitic lime and 0, 150, 300, 450 and 600 kg/ha of K2O in the form of potassium cloride. In 1993/94 (the third year, the harvested seeds were submitted to a seed health test (blotter method. The results showed that liming reduced significantly the incidence of Phomopsis sp. and increased the presence of Aspergillus sp. and Fusarium sp.. Although no significant differences were observed with liming, there was a reduction in the incidence of Cercospora kikuchii, Colletotrichum dematium var. truncala and Peronospora manshurica. Among the fungi found in the seeds, only Phomopsis sp. was significantly reduced by potassium fertilization, the least incidence being observed at the rate of 450 kg/ha.

  14. Radioactivity measurement in Austria 1992 and 1993. Data and evaluation; Radioaktivitaetsmessungen in Oesterreich 1992 und 1993. Daten und Bewertung

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    Bobek, E

    1996-12-31

    The Federal Ministry of Health and Consumer Protection is responsible for the large scale surveillance of radioactive contaminations of the Austrian territory. For this purpose on one hand an on-line measurement system has been set up, using gamma dose rate measuring devices situated in 336 locations. On the other hand, various media e.g. aerosols, precipitation, surface water and foodstuffs are being collected. Their radionuclide content is analysed in several laboratories. Additional special projects have been set up to improve the knowledge of the time dependence respectively of regional aspects of the contamination situation. The report covers the results of this surveillance for the years 1992 and 1993. The evaluation of these measurements and of other data concerning the average exposure of the Austrian population for the year 1993 is summarized in the following figure. It can be seen that the main contributions to the radiation dose are due to natural exposure pathways, among which the inhalation of indoor radon is of main importance. (Compared to the data in earlier reports due to a new evaluation of the radon risk by ICRP this dose contribution is significantly lower.) In comparison, the component due to the consequences of the Chernobyl reactor accident in 1986 onto Austrian territory during 1992 and 1993 was marginal. (author)

  15. Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP) Report; Burlington Bottoms, Technical Report 1993-2003.

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    Beilke, Susan

    1993-08-01

    Burlington Bottoms, consisting of approximately 417 acres of riparian and wetland habitat, was purchased by the Bonneville Power Administration in November 1991. The site is located approximately 1/2 mile north of the Sauvie Island Bridge (T2N R1W Sections 20, 21), and is bound on the east side by Multnomah Channel and on the west side by the Burlington Northern Railroad right-of-way and U.S. Highway 30 (Figures 1 and 2). Wildlife habitat values resulting from the purchase of this site will contribute toward the goal of mitigating for habitat lost as outlined in the Columbia and Willamette River Basin's Fish and Wildlife Program and Amendments. Under this Program, mitigation goals were developed as a result of the loss of wildlife habitat due to the development and operation of Federal hydro-electric facilities in the Columbia and Willamette River Basins. In 1993, an interdisciplinary team was formed to develop and implement quantitative Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP) to document the value of various habitats at Burlington Bottoms. Results of the HEP will be used to: (1) determine the current status and habitat enhancement potential of the site consistent with wildlife mitigation goals and objectives; and (2) develop a management plan for the area. HEP participants included; Charlie Craig, BPA; Pat Wright, Larry Rasmussen, and Ron Garst, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service; John Christy, The Nature Conservancy; and Doug Cottam, Sue Beilke, and Brad Rawls, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

  16. Southwest Nigeria

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    (Bengtsson et al., 985; Lauren, 1991;. Poleksic & Mitrovic- Tunlundzic, 1994). Van Valen (1962), Palmer & Strobeck. (1986) and Graham et al. (1993) described .... and M. A. Lewis, ed.). ASTMSTP 1179,. American Society for Testing and Materials,. Philadelphia. pp. 136-158. Haylor G. S. (1993). Aspects of the biology and.

  17. Enteroparasitoses em pré-escolares de comunidades favelizadas da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

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    Full Text Available A prevalência das enteroparasitoses foi verificada através de inquérito coproparasitológico realizado de março de 1990 a outubro de 1991, em 1.381 pré-escolares provenientes de quatro comunidades faveladas da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Por meio da técnica de Blagg et al. (1955, foi encontrada uma positividade geral de 54,5. Os parasitos mais freqüentes foram Giardia lamblia e Ascaris lumbricoides, em cerca de 25,0% das crianças investigadas. Correlação estatisticamente significativa foi observada entre idade e positividade nas crianças menores de três anos. Sugerimos que tratamento antiparasitário e modificações ambientais sejam implementados para o controle das infecções parasitárias nesta população.

  18. Scientific symposium on the North Sea quality status report 1993

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    Andersen, J.; Karup, H.; Nielsen, U.B.

    1996-01-01

    The Scientific Symposium on the 1993 North Sea quality Status Report took place in Ebeltoft, Denmark from 18 to 21 April 1994. The aim was to bring together scientists, researchers and administrators from governments, industries and environmental organizations from the countries around the North Sea in order to review new information which may supplements the 1993 North Sea Quality Status Report and to discuss the Quality Status Report and its possible implications. The 1993 North Sea Quality Status Report has been prepared by the North Sea Task force as a comprehensive statement of circulation patterns, inputs and dispersion of contaminants, ecological conditions and effects of human activities in the North Sea including the Skagerrak and the Kattegat. The programme of the Scientific Symposium on the 1993 North Sea Quality Status Report included 8 sessions for oral presentations, a poster session presenting the North Sea Task Force subregional reports and a poster session presenting individual posters. The headings of the sessions were as follows: Oceanography, Models and Remote Sensing; Ecosystem Structure; Contaminants -Distribution and Effects; Nutrients and Eutrophication Problems; Effects of Fishery; Habitats and Species; Management Implications; Conclusions and Recommendations. The proceedings includes a total of 45 contributed papers. (EG)

  19. 30 CFR 948.15 - Approval of West Virginia regulatory program amendments.

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    ..., 2008 CSR 38-2-2.39 (deletion of cumulative impact definition).CSR 38-2-3.22.e (approval of material... Legislative Rules at title 38, Series 2. June 29, 1990 October 4, 1991 CSR 38-2 §§ 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11 through 14, 17, 20, 22. July 12, 1991 November 19, 1991 CSR 38-2-20.5, .6, .7. July 30, 1993 August 16, 1995...

  20. World Solar Challenge 1993 Technical Report. Part 1. Darwin to Adelaide. (November 7-November 16, 1993)

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    1994-01-01

    This is a report of the above-named solar car race from Darwin to Adelaide, Australia. On January 7, 1983, an Australian adventurer Mr. Hans Tholstrup succeeded in running from the Australian west coast to Sydney in a car driven solely by solar energy. The travel took 20 days, at an average speed of 23km per hour. The technology has made remarkable advances since his success and, in the World Solar Challenge 1993 held in November 1993, a Honda team crossed the Australian Continent at an average speed of 85km per hour. Technical challenges included the development of maximum-output solar cell panels, a car designed to make full use of such power, and a run at the maximum possible speed, all these dependent solely on the sun as energy source. This report Part I contains the details of the race, analysis, aerodynamics, car body structure, manufacture, materials, and so forth. (NEDO)

  1. Ongevallen van oudere fietsers in 1991.

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    Goldenbeld, C.

    1993-01-01

    This paper analyses 479 accidents of older cyclists in the Netherlands in 1991. These accidents were selected on: (1) age, divided into the following groups: 50-64 year-olds, 65-74 year-olds, and persons aged 75 and over; (2) sex; and (3) magnitude of the municipality, divided into less or greater

  2. Manufacturing consumption of energy 1991

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    1994-12-01

    This report provides estimates on energy consumption in the manufacturing sector of the US economy. These estimates are based on data from the 1991 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS). This survey--administered by the Energy End Use and Integrated Statistics Division, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, Energy Information Administration (EIA)--is the most comprehensive source of national-level data on energy-related information for the manufacturing industries.

  3. FAZENDO ANA PAZ: A MANIPULAÇÃO LÚDICA DA LINGUAGEM POÉTICA EM LYGIA BOJUNGA

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    Full Text Available No presente artigo, analisamos a obra infanto-juvenil brasileira Fazendo Ana Paz (1991 de Lygia Bojunga, no intuito de verificar os modos como são exploradas as potencialidades lúdicas da linguagem, de maneira a instigar o leitor, em especial o leitor jovem, altamente receptivo ao elemento lúdico. Tendo isso em vista, constatamos uma diversidade de jogos linguísticos, entre os quais se destacam a ambiguidade, a construção inovadora de figuras de linguagem e, sobretudo, a bricolage.

  4. World oil flow slips in 1991 amid Mideast, U.S.S.R. woes

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    Beck, R.J.

    1992-01-01

    World crude oil production slipped 0.9% in 1991 to average 59,964 million b/d. This paper reports that production declines related to war damage in Kuwait, United Nations sanctions on exports from Iraq, and oil sector woes in the crumbling U.S.S.R. were almost offset by higher production from other members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. OPEC crude production rose 0.6% in 1991 to average 23.425 million b/d, and non-OPEC output fell 1.9% to average 36.539 million b/d in 1991. Excluding the U.S.S.R., non-OPEC production moved up 1.5% to average 26.239 million b/d. World demand inched up about 200,000 b/d, estimates International Energy Agency, and IEA data show about 300,000 b/d was added to stocks in 1991. World crude prices started 1991 at their highest level, then fell off to average $17.82/bbl, down 16.5% from 1990 levels. Meantime, a slight increase in demand is predicted for 1992, and price stability again hinges on OPEC's ability to limit production

  5. A relação entre a temperatura da superfície dos oceanos tropicais e a duração dos veranicos no Estado da Paraíba Relationship between the surface temperature on the tropical oceans and the duration of dry spells in the Paraíba State

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    Full Text Available Este trabalho tem por o objetivo verificar possíveis influências das anomalias de temperatura da superfície do mar (TSM no Pacífico Equatorial e no Atlântico Tropical durante os veranicos mais longos dentro da estação chuvosa das microrregiões do Estado da Paraíba. Foram utilizados dados de precipitação diária de postos pluviométricos distribuídos por toda a Paraíba, no período compreendido de 1º de janeiro de 1963 a 31 de dezembro de 1999, de anomalias mensais de TSM na área dos niños: Niño 1+2, Niño 3, Niño 3.4 e Niño 4, e de índices mensais do Atlântico Tropical Norte e Sul, de outubro de 1962 a dezembro de 1999 da base de dados do Centro Diagnóstico do Clima da NOAA. Foram calculadas e analisadas as correlações obtidas entre as anomalias de TSM e os veranicos e gráficos que mostram a variabilidade interanual dos maiores veranicos do estado da Paraíba. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que os veranicos das microrregiões do Litoral e Brejo são mais influenciados pelas condições de anomalias de TSM sobre o Atlântico Tropical, enquanto os veranicos das microrregiões do Cariri/Curimataú e Sertão, na parte central e oeste do Estado, são influenciados pelas anomalias de TSM do Pacífico Equatorial.This paper has the objective of verifying the possible influences of the anomalies of sea surface temperature (SST in the Equatorial Pacific and in the Tropical Atlantic on the duration of the largest dry spell of the rainy season of the micro-regions of the Paraíba State. Daily precipitation data of the rain gauge stations distributed in the all sectors of Paraíba, for the period from January 1, 1963 to December 31, 1999, the monthly anomalies of SST in the area of the niños: Niño 1+2, Niño 3, Niño 3.4 and Niño 4, and monthly indices of North and South Tropical Atlantic, for the period from October, 1962 to December, 1999, obtained from the Diagnostic Center of Climate of the NOAA were used in this study

  6. Potentially avoidable perinatal deaths in Denmark and Sweden 1991

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    Langhoff-Roos, J; Borch-Christensen, H; Larsen, S

    1996-01-01

    to some extent could reflect differences in the quality of care, indicated by the numbers of perinatal deaths in categories of potentially avoidable deaths. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Medical records of 97% of all perinatal deaths in 1991 in the two countries were analyzed. A new classification focusing......BACKGROUND: Since 1950 the perinatal mortality has been significantly higher in Denmark than in Sweden. In 1991 the rate in Denmark was 8.0/1000 deliveries compared to 6.5/1000 in Sweden. An international audit was designed to investigate whether the perinatal death rates in the two countries...

  7. Potentially avoidable perinatal deaths in Denmark and Sweden 1991

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    Langhoff-Roos, J; Borch-Christensen, H; Larsen, S

    1996-01-01

    BACKGROUND: Since 1950 the perinatal mortality has been significantly higher in Denmark than in Sweden. In 1991 the rate in Denmark was 8.0/1000 deliveries compared to 6.5/1000 in Sweden. An international audit was designed to investigate whether the perinatal death rates in the two countries...... to some extent could reflect differences in the quality of care, indicated by the numbers of perinatal deaths in categories of potentially avoidable deaths. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Medical records of 97% of all perinatal deaths in 1991 in the two countries were analyzed. A new classification focusing...

  8. Oceanographic profile, temperature, salinity, oxygen, and other measurements collected using bottle casts from the CHARLES DARWIN in the North Atlantic from 27 April 1991 to 6 June 1991 (NODC Accession 0000509)

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    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — Physical, chemical, and nutrients data were collected from bottle casts in the North Atlantic from the CHARLES DARWIN from 27 April 1991 to 6 June 1991. Data were...

  9. Homenagem a Jaime Dinis

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    Resenha crítica publicada no jornal A Tarde, de Salvador, Bahia, de 21/8/1993, (p. 9-10) quando do lançamento da obra do musicólogo Jaime C. Dinis (1/5/1924-27/5/1989): Os mestres da capela da Misericórdia da Bahia, 1647-1810. Centro Editorial e Didático da UFBA, Salvador, 1993.

  10. Bibliography of Lewis Research Center technical publications announced in 1993

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    1994-01-01

    This compilation of abstracts describes and indexes the technical reporting that resulted from the scientific and engineering work performed and managed by the Lewis Research Center in 1993. All the publications were announced in the 1993 issues of STAR (Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports) and/or IAA (International Aerospace Abstracts). Included are research reports, journal articles, conference presentations, patents and patent applications, and theses.

  11. Supplement to the Annual Energy Outlook 1993

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    1993-01-01

    The Supplement to the Annual Energy Outlook 1993 is a companion document to the Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 1993 (AEO). Supplement tables provide the regional projections underlying the national data and projections in the AEO. The domestic coal, electric power, commercial nuclear power, end-use consumption, and end-use price tables present AEO forecasts at the 10 Federal Region level. World coal tables provide data and projections on international flows of steam coal and metallurgical coal, and the oil and gas tables provide the AEO oil and gas supply forecasts by Oil and Gas Supply Regions and by source of supply. All tables refer to cases presented in the AEO, which provides a range of projections for energy markets through 2010

  12. Occupational exposure in radiodiagnostics in Cuba from 1991 to 1994

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    Saez, D.G.; Guevara, C.R.; Larrinaga, E.F.; Calzado, Y.

    1997-01-01

    The results of the study of occupational exposure in radiodiagnostics during the period 1991-1994 is presented. This period follows the last report of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Study of Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR). The study has been done according to the recommendations of UNSCEAR. A sharp reduction has been observed in a number of workers exposed to measurable levels after 1991. The repercussions on these results of the new allowable dose limit for the occupational exposition is discussed

  13. A PRODUÇÃO DO CONHECIMENTO SOBRE A POLÍTICA EDUCACIONAL NO BRASIL: UM OLHAR A PARTIR DA ANPED

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    Azevedo Janete Maria Lins de

    2001-01-01

    Full Text Available Este texto contém resultados de uma pesquisa que analisou as características e as tendências da produção do conhecimento sobre a política educacional no Brasil, tomando como base empírica a produção apresentada no Grupo de Trabalho da Anped "Estado e Política Educacional", no período de 1993 a 2000. Tendo como pressupostos que a legitimação dessa produção, assim como as suas tendências predominantes resultam de um embate de tendências/olhares e que os trabalhos traduzem relações efetivas entre os pesquisadores, organizações sociais envolvidas e a realidade analisada, as autoras fazem um resgate histórico da origem e da trajetória deste GT para, em seguida, apresentar -- quantitativa e qualitativamente -- um quadro dos eixos temáticos e subtemáticos que têm prevalecido no período estudado. À luz das análises empreendidas, concluem destacando alcances e limites da institucionalização deste GT e, portanto, do campo do conhecimento focalizado.

  14. Desvendando a queixa escolar: um estudo no Serviço de Psicologia da Universidade Federal de Rondônia

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    Mariana Sathie Nakamura

    Full Text Available Na história da psicologia escolar, a compreensão dos processos de produção e acompanhamento da queixa escolar é essencial, pois revelam a forma como a educação é percebida e construída pelos diversos atores do cenário educacional. Nesta perspectiva, procura-se conhecer a queixa escolar na cidade de Porto Velho (RO, por meio dos prontuários do Serviço de Psicologia Aplicada (SPA da Universidade Federal de Rondônia (UNIR. Foram analisados 634 prontuários, entre os anos de 1993 e 2006. Os prontuários foram analisados pela categorização de Souza (1997, acrescentando uma categoria (causa apontada pelos familiares. Os resultados corroboram pesquisas nacionais de mesmo cunho, onde a queixa escolar sofre um processo de patologização, psicologização e medicalização, bem como recebe atendimento na clínica-escola onde não se consideram os diversos atores da produção do fracasso escolar, nomeando o aluno e seus familiares pelos problemas constitucionais e emocionais.

  15. An updated water balance for the Grootfontein aquifer near Mahikeng

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    2018-01-01

    Jan 1, 2018 ... Council for Geoscience (CGS, 1981; 1986; 1991; and 1993) and the dyke names are after Day (1981). TABle 2. Stratigraphic column (not to scale) showing major lithologies in the Grootfontein area (after Barnard, 2000; CGS, 1991; Johnson et al., 2006; Meyer, 2012). Appx. Age. (Ma). Supergroup / Period.

  16. Kui Eesti 1991. aastal taas iseseisvaks sai = Als Estland 1991 seine Unabhängigkeit Wiedererlangte / Henning von Wistinghausen

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    Wistinghausen, Henning von

    2007-01-01

    Eesti taasiseseisvumise perioodil oli Henning von Wistinghausen Saksamaa Liitvabariigi peakonsul Leningradis. Tema mälestused Tallinnas veedetud 19. augustist 1991, kohtumisest Rein Müllersoniga, järgnenud pöördelistest sündmustest Venemaal ja Balti riikide taasiseseisvumisest. Wistinghauseni määramisest Saksamaa saadikuks Eestis

  17. Paul Scherrer Institut annual report 1993

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    Kuse, D [ed.

    1994-01-01

    This report gives an overview of F3B's research activities in 1993 in the fields of solid state basic research, solid state technology, III-V devices, integrated optics, optical components and systems, image acquisition and digital processing, nanotechnology and photovoltaics. figs., tabs., refs.

  18. Aquisição da escrita na era virtual: incorporando os jogos digitais online

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    Andréa Lourdes Ribeiro

    2012-12-01

    Full Text Available O presente trabalho se propõe a analisar como os jogos digitais podem contribuir para a aquisição da escrita. Acreditamos que o uso de jogos digitais online possa tornar o aprender a escrever mais lúdico, divertido e interessante, possibilitando inclusive a inserção das crianças no ambiente das novas tecnologias da comunicação e da informação. A metodologia desse estudo baseou-se na observação de crianças em processo de alfabetização jogando “Brincando com as vogais” de acesso gratuito na internet. A escolha deveu-se ao jogo mobilizar atividades específicas e pertinentes ao processo de conhecimento da escrita e ser bastante rico no uso de imagens, cores, sons e movimentos destinados ao público infantil. O acompanhamento do jogador e a reflexão sobre sua ação tomaram como parâmetros as teorias sobre os letramentos na cibercultura (LÉVY, 1999; SOARES, 2002; COSCARELLI, 2005, a aprendizagem com jogos digitais (GEE, 2004, 2007; PRENSKY, 2006 e a compreensão de como as crianças aprendem a escrever (FERREIRO & TEBEROSKY, 1991. As considerações foram pautadas em como as crianças jogam, o que e de que forma aprenderam com o jogo. Esperamos com essa análise contribuir para que o aprendizado da escrita inclua as possibilidades da era virtual, em especial, os jogos digitais online.

  19. Reconstructed North American Snow Extent, 1900-1993

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    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — This data set contains reconstructed monthly North American snow extent values for November through March, 1900-1993. Investigators used a combination of satellite...

  20. International oil and gas exploration and development: 1991

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    1993-12-01

    This report starts where the previous quarterly publication ended. This first publication of a new annual series contains most of the same data as the quarterly report, plus some new material, through 1991. It also presents historical data covering a longer period of time than the previous quarterly report. Country-level data on oil reserves, oil production, active drilling rigs, seismic crews, wells drilled, oil reserve additions, and oil reserve-to-production rations (R/P ratios) are listed for about 85 countries, where available, from 1970 through 1991. World and regional summaries are given in both tabular and graphical form. The most popular table in the previous quarterly report, a listing of new discoveries, continues in this annual report as Appendix A.