La plénitude de l'Univers

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Bohm, David

1987-01-01

"Selon les calculs de Bohm, chaque centimètre cube d'espace vide contient plus d'énergie que ce qu'on pourrait trouver dans toute la matière de l'univers connu. L'univers entier, tel que nous le connaissons, n'est qu'une simple petite trace d'excitation quantifiée en forme de vague, une ride dans cet immense océan d'énergie cosmique. C'est cet arrière-plan énergétique caché qui engendre les projections tridimensionnelles constituant le monde phénoménal que nous percevons dans notre vie de tous les jours... " N'importe quel événement, objet ou entité, observable et descriptible, quel qu'il soit, est abstrait, d'un flux uni, indéfinissable et inconnu, le holomouvement... " David Bohm offre une nouvelle vision globale du monde qui représente une révision radicale de l'image de l'univers découlant de la science traditionnelle. Bien qu'inspiré à l'origine par les paradoxes de la physique quantique relativiste, son modèle offre de profondes implications concernant un vaste éventail de discipl...

Des univers multiples nouveaux horizons cosmiques

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Barrau, Aurélien

2017-01-01

Notre univers ne serait-il qu’une fraction d’un vaste multivers ? À l’heure des résultats expérimentaux de Planck et du LHC, de nouvelles questions essentielles se posent quant à l’unicité de l’Univers lui-même. Se pourrait-il que notre cosmos ne soit qu’un îlot dérisoire perdu dans un vaste multivers ? Il est aujourd’hui légitime de le supposer. Mais cette proposition vertigineuse est-elle encore scientifique ? La récente mesure détaillée du rayonnement cosmologique fossile ouvre la voie à de nouvelles approches. Faisant le point sur ces avancées, Aurélien Barrau nous dévoile, dans cette édition actualisée, les théories cosmologiques les plus audacieuses.

La naissance de l'Univers

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Lizhi, Fang

1990-01-01

Cet ouvrage, excellente introduction à la cosmologie, expose la théorie du Big Bang dans ses derniers développements, de l'expansion de l'Univers à la cosmologie quantique, de la formation de structures à grande échelle à la physique de l'ère de Planck.

Endoplasmic reticulum transport of glutathione by Sec61 is regulated by Ero1 and Bip

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Ponsero, Alise J.; Igbaria, Aeid; Darch, Maxwell A.

2017-01-01

In the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), Ero1 catalyzes disulfide bond formation and promotes glutathione (GSH) oxidation to GSSG. Since GSSG cannot be reduced in the ER, maintenance of the ER glutathione redox state and levels likely depends on ER glutathione import and GSSG export. We used quantitative...... oxidation through Ero1 reductive activation, which inhibits glutathione import in a negative regulatory loop. During ER stress, transport is activated by UPR-dependent Ero1 induction, and cytosolic glutathione levels increase. Thus, the ER redox poise is tuned by reciprocal control of glutathione import...... by reduction, causing Bip oxidation and inhibition of glutathione transport. Coupling of glutathione ER import to Ero1 activation provides a basis for glutathione ER redox poise maintenance....

A la poursuite des ondes gravitationnelles dernières nouvelles de l'Univers

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Binétruy, Pierre

2016-01-01

Nous sommes habitués à observer la lumière des étoiles pour comprendre l’Univers. Ce n’est pourtant pas la radiation la plus présente dans l’Univers mais c’est celle que nous avons d’abord identifiée car nos yeux sont des « détecteurs de lumière ». Or l’Univers est mu par la gravité, non par la lumière. C’est donc la radiation associée, appelée onde gravitationnelle, qui est de première importance pour comprendre le fonctionnement de l’Univers. La détection des ondes gravitationnelles annoncée le 11 février 2016, par le détecteur américain Ligo, a fait l'effet d'une bombe dans les médias. Ce livre, rédigé par un acteur important de cette physique de pointe, nous décrit cet étrange univers gravitationnel qui s'ouvre à nous.

Dynamic Regulation of Ero1α and Peroxiredoxin 4 Localization in the Secretory Pathway*

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Kakihana, Taichi; Araki, Kazutaka; Vavassori, Stefano; Iemura, Shun-ichiro; Cortini, Margherita; Fagioli, Claudio; Natsume, Tohru; Sitia, Roberto; Nagata, Kazuhiro

2013-01-01

In the early secretory compartment (ESC), a network of chaperones and enzymes assists oxidative folding of nascent proteins. Ero1 flavoproteins oxidize protein disulfide isomerase (PDI), generating H2O2 as a byproduct. Peroxiredoxin 4 (Prx4) can utilize luminal H2O2 to oxidize PDI, thus favoring oxidative folding while limiting oxidative stress. Interestingly, neither ER oxidase contains known ER retention signal(s), raising the question of how cells prevent their secretion. Here we show that the two proteins share similar intracellular localization mechanisms. Their secretion is prevented by sequential interactions with PDI and ERp44, two resident proteins of the ESC-bearing KDEL-like motifs. PDI binds preferentially Ero1α, whereas ERp44 equally retains Ero1α and Prx4. The different binding properties of Ero1α and Prx4 increase the robustness of ER redox homeostasis. PMID:23979138

Are QSO2 hiding among EROs?

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Brusa, Marcella

2004-01-01

We present the results of a deep (80 ks) XMM-Newton survey of one of the largest sample of near-infrared selected Extremely Red Objects (R-K>5) available to date (~300 objects, Daddi et al. 2000). The fraction of individually detected, X-ray emitting EROs is of the order of ~3.5%, down to F_x > 4x10^-15 cgs and Ks

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center-fiscal year 2010 annual report

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Nelson, Janice S.

2011-01-01

The Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center is a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) facility focused on providing science and imagery to better understand our Earth. The work of the Center is shaped by the earth sciences, the missions of our stakeholders, and implemented through strong program and project management, and application of state-of-the-art information technologies. Fundamentally, EROS contributes to the understanding of a changing Earth through 'research to operations' activities that include developing, implementing, and operating remote-sensing-based terrestrial monitoring capabilities needed to address interdisciplinary science and applications objectives at all levels-both nationally and internationally. The Center's programs and projects continually strive to meet, and where possible exceed, the changing needs of the USGS, the Department of the Interior, our Nation, and international constituents. The Center's multidisciplinary staff uses their unique expertise in remote sensing science and technologies to conduct basic and applied research, data acquisition, systems engineering, information access and management, and archive preservation to address the Nation's most critical needs. Of particular note is the role of EROS as the primary provider of Landsat data, the longest comprehensive global land Earth observation record ever collected. This report is intended to provide an overview of the scientific and engineering achievements and illustrate the range and scope of the activities and accomplishments at EROS throughout fiscal year (FY) 2010. Additional information concerning the scientific, engineering, and operational achievements can be obtained from the scientific papers and other documents published by EROS staff or by visiting our web site at http://eros.usgs.gov. We welcome comments and follow-up questions on any aspect of this Annual Report and invite any of our customers or partners to contact us at their convenience. To

Energy Return on Energy Invested (ERoEI) for photovoltaic solar systems in regions of moderate insolation

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Ferroni, Ferruccio; Hopkirk, Robert J.

2016-01-01

Many people believe renewable energy sources to be capable of substituting fossil or nuclear energy. However there exist very few scientifically sound studies, which apply due diligence to substantiating this impression. In the present paper, the case of photovoltaic power sources in regions of moderate insolation is analysed critically by using the concept of Energy Return on Energy Invested (ERoEI, also called EROI). But the methodology for calculating the ERoEI differs greatly from author-to-author. The main differences between solar PV Systems are between the current ERoEI and what is called the extended ERoEI (ERoEI EXT ). The current methodology recommended by the International Energy Agency is not strictly applicable for comparing photovoltaic (PV) power generation with other systems. The main reasons are due to the fact that on one hand, solar electricity is very material-intensive, labour-intensive and capital-intensive and on the other hand the solar radiation exhibits a rather low power density. - Highlights: •Data are available from several years of photovoltaic energy experience in northern Europe. •These are used to show the way to calculate a full, extended ERoEI. •The viability and sustainability in these latitudes of photovoltaic energy is questioned. •Use of photovoltaic technology is shown to result in creation of an energy sink.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center-Fiscal Year 2009 Annual Report

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Nelson, Janice S.

2010-01-01

The Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center is a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) facility focused on providing science and imagery to better understand our Earth. As part of the USGS Geography Discipline, EROS contributes to the Land Remote Sensing (LRS) Program, the Geographic Analysis and Monitoring (GAM) Program, and the National Geospatial Program (NGP), as well as our Federal partners and cooperators. The work of the Center is shaped by the Earth sciences, the missions of our stakeholders, and implemented through strong program and project management and application of state-of-the-art information technologies. Fundamentally, EROS contributes to the understanding of a changing Earth through 'research to operations' activities that include developing, implementing, and operating remote sensing based terrestrial monitoring capabilities needed to address interdisciplinary science and applications objectives at all levels-both nationally and internationally. The Center's programs and projects continually strive to meet and/or exceed the changing needs of the USGS, the Department of the Interior, our Nation, and international constituents. The Center's multidisciplinary staff uses their unique expertise in remote sensing science and technologies to conduct basic and applied research, data acquisition, systems engineering, information access and management, and archive preservation to address the Nation's most critical needs. Of particular note is the role of EROS as the primary provider of Landsat data, the longest comprehensive global land Earth observation record ever collected. This report is intended to provide an overview of the scientific and engineering achievements and illustrate the range and scope of the activities and accomplishments at EROS throughout fiscal year (FY) 2009. Additional information concerning the scientific, engineering, and operational achievements can be obtained from the scientific papers and other documents published by

Aion, Eros e Hades nei frammenti caldaici

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Silvia Lenzi

2006-01-01

Full Text Available The essay deals with some aspects of the knotty question concerning the presence of Aion, Eros and Hades in the variegated universe of the Chaldean Oracles, traditionally attributed to a collaboration between two “Hellenized Magi” of the second c. AD: Julian “the Chaldean” and his son Julian “the Theurgist” (even if the theurgical expertise of the elder Julian, the repository of a more ancient Chaldean tradition, might not involve a direct eastern origin but only his knowledge of “Chaldean” sciences such as astrology and divination”. Aion, who is examined here in terms of his relationship with Chronos, as a more or less autonomous divinity, is mentioned only in the context of some fragments, but his name never appears in the oracular verses. Eros (beloging also to the triad of fr. 46, along with “Faith” and “Truth” stands for an independent cosmological principle whose task is to preserve the universe and the armony of the cosmos. The Chaldean Oracles never make any explicit mention of Hades, who anyway is cited by the Byzantine scholar Psellos as an autonomous divinity of the Chaldeans.

The Danubian Eros and Thanatos in Mihail Sebastian’s Work

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Alina Beatrice Chesca

2013-08-01

Full Text Available The present paper approaches two psychoanalytical concepts – the EROS and the THANATOS – which are extremely complex and, at the same time, fascinating due to their implications and the way they relate to the biography and work of Mihail Sebastian – the writer from the Danube. Art and biography meet in this danubian writer’s work, who tried to fight against his traumas and to heal himself through writing. The Eros and the Thanatos are omnipresent in the fiction of Sebastian’s obsessions and, when he faced destruction at an objective level, this fight resulted in anxiety and anguish. Along one’s life, there are two types of anxiety: the fear of life and the fear of death. The main theme of Sebastian’s work is that the human universe proves its strength only by suffering and that human beings can reach the ultimate dignity through their ability to endure. However, the instinct of death – the Thanatos – is always connected to the instinct of life – the Eros. We do not intend to reduce the latter one to the idea of love or passion, but we will interpret it in a broader sense – that of life, of creative energy, of light. Sebastian himself said: ”Life starts in darkness. There is a night for every day, there is a shadow for every light”.

THE FORMS OF EROS IN THE NOVEL “BARBARIUS” BY CONSTANTIN ȚOIU

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Ionela-Viviana LUCA

2015-04-01

Full Text Available After a true initiatory journey, with dramatic sequences when it seemed that he lost his identity, Barbarius manages to return to his own self, the real man who can love and be loved. At the end of the novel, the protagonist achieves that much desired inner balance along with Dr. Zamfirita Micescu. However, we can not speak of eros without taking into account the desire, because the place where desire appears, also appears the needs to satisfy it. The feeling of fullness, inner balance, satisfaction manages to materialize through the harmonious fusion between the two forms of eros, namely sexuality and spiritual love. Therefore, we can state that along with Dr. Micescu, Caesar achieves a high hypostasis of eros. The narrator admirably manages to capture the reader's attention from the first chapter of the novel, which describes a passionate scene, of heartbreaking love that ends in a perverse cruelty and murder.

Domain architecture of protein-disulfide isomerase facilitates its dual role as an oxidase and an isomerase in Ero1p-mediated disulfide formation

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Kulp, M. S.; Frickel, E. M.; Ellgaard, Lars

2006-01-01

reduction/rearrangement of non-native disulfides is poorly understood. We analyzed the role of individual PDI domains in disulfide bond formation in a reaction driven by their natural oxidant, Ero1p. We found that Ero1p oxidizes the isolated PDI catalytic thioredoxin domains, A and A' at the same rate......Native disulfide bond formation in eukaryotes is dependent on protein-disulfide isomerase (PDI) and its homologs, which contain varying combinations of catalytically active and inactive thioredoxin domains. However, the specific contribution of PDI to the formation of new disulfides versus...... catalytic (A) domain. The specific order of thioredoxin domains in PDI is important in establishing the asymmetry in the rate of oxidation of the two active sites thus allowing A and A', two thioredoxin domains that are similar in sequence and structure, to serve opposing functional roles as a disulfide...

ACADEMIC TRAINING (O. BRUNING / CERN-SL, S. TAPPROGGE / Helsinki Univ. of Physics, E. TSESMELIS / Helsinki Univ. of Physics , CERN-EST)

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Françoise Benz

2002-01-01

21, 22, 23 May LECTURE SERIES from 11.00 to 12.00 hrs - Auditorium, bldg. 500 The LHC Machine/Experiment Interface by O. BRUNING / CERN-SL, S. TAPPROGGE / Helsinki Univ. of Physics, E. TSESMELIS / Helsinki Univ. of Physics, CERN-EST     This series of three lectures will provide an overview of issues arising at the interface between the LHC machine and the experiments, which are required for guiding the interaction between the collider and the experiments when operation of the LHC commences. A basic description of the LHC Collider and its operating parameters, such as its energy, currents, bunch structure and luminosity, as well as variations on these parameters, will be given. Furthermore, the optics foreseen for the experimental insertions, the sources and intensities of beam losses and the running-in scenarios for the various phases of operation will be discussed. A second module will cover the specific requirements and expectations of each experiment in terms of the layout of experiment...

Comunicació de crisi en conflictes laborals : la comunicació durant l’ERO de Coca-Cola Iberian Partners

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Garcés González, Miriam

2016-01-01

Un conflicte laboral com un ERO pot derivar en una veritable crisi per a una empresa. En aquest context, la comunicació pren un paper rellevant en l'organització, emmarcada en la comunicació de crisi. Un cas recent és la crisi soferta per l'ERO de Coca-Cola Iberian Partners, embotelladora per a la marca Coca-Cola a territori espanyol. Aquesta investigació se centra en la comunicació que es va produir durant aquest conflicte laboral, a través d'una anàlisi de contingut de notícies sobre l'ERO ...

Giorgio Perlasca, 'Giusto tra le nazioni' e 'eroe italiano'

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Jansen, M.M.

2008-01-01

Giorgio Perlasca che, fingendosi console spagnolo, nel 1944 salvò più di cinquemila ebrei ungheresi a Budapest, è stato proclamato “Giusto tra le Nazioni” a Yad Vashem nel 1989, dopo di che è seguito il suo riconoscimento all’estero ed in Italia come “uomo giusto” e come “eroe italiano”. Dopo il

ASTER and USGS EROS disaster response: emergency imaging after Hurricane Katrina

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Duda, Kenneth A.; Abrams, Michael

2005-01-01

The value of remotely sensed imagery during times of crisis is well established, and the increasing spatial and spectral resolution in newer systems provides ever greater utility and ability to discriminate features of interest (International Charter, Space and Major Disasters, 2005). The existing suite of sensors provides an abundance of data, and enables warning alerts to be broadcast for many situations in advance. In addition, imagery acquired soon after an event occurs can be used to assist response and remediation teams in identifying the extent of the affected area and the degree of damage. The data characteristics of the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Refl ection Radiometer (ASTER) are well-suited for monitoring natural hazards and providing local and regional views after disaster strikes. For this reason, and because of the system fl exibility in scheduling high-priority observations, ASTER is often tasked to support emergency situations. The Emergency Response coordinators at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) work closely with staff at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) at EROS and the ASTER Science Team as they fulfi ll their mission to acquire and distribute data during critical situations. This article summarizes the role of the USGS/EROS Emergency Response coordinators, and provides further discussion of ASTER data and the images portrayed on the cover of this issue

«Strong as Death is Love»: Eros and Education at the End of Time

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Samuel D Rocha

2017-01-01

Full Text Available This essay is an extended reflection on the relationship between death and love expressed in a fragment from Song of Songs 8:6: «Strong as death is love». The passage will be analyzed through a Jewish, Orthodox, and Catholic exegesis and literary reflection. In particular, the essay describes the role of a particular form of love (eros within a particular form of education (education at the end of time. While eros has frequently been ignored or resigned to a purely sexualized role, we will look closely at Augustine’s eulogy of his mother, Monica, in the Confessions, suggesting that perhaps the most visceral expression of eros is to be found in the phenomenology of death. We will also draw on the phenomenological manifestation of death by looking to the rich description of dying provided by Leo Tolstoy in his novella, The Death of Ivan Ilych. Together these investigations of eros and education yield a «curriculum of death», which draws on the re-conceptualist notion of curriculum. Our claim is that this curriculum of death offers a sense of urgency and seriousness found lacking in schools today, where death abounds, but is rarely if ever addressed in a humanistic way. This final methodological emphasis on the humanities elucidates more directly and critically the role of research for a curriculum of death within the dominance of social science in the field of education.

ETV REPORT: REMOVAL OF CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS IN DRINKING WATER — ECOWATER SYSTEMS, INC. ERO-R450E WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM

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The EcoWater Systems ERO-R450E POU drinking water treatment system was tested for removal of aldicarb, benzene, cadmium, carbofuran, cesium, chloroform, dichlorvos, dicrotophos, fenamiphos, mercury, mevinphos, oxamyl, strontium, and strychnine. The ERO-R450E employs a reverse os...

Q’eros, peru: the regeneration of cosmological relationships and specific identities through Music

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Holly Wissler

2010-12-01

Full Text Available One of the principal purposes of Q’eros music is to actively regenerate and re-create good relationships with the cosmos and the spirit world they believe in. In this paper, I explore how both the Q’eros’ indigenous songs as well as their newly-adopted music and dance for Peru’s largest pilgrimage, Qoyllurit’i, achieve efficacy of purpose through similar techniques of sound production and aesthetics. Even though the specific musical traits (structure, scale, and instrumentation of both musical styles are significantly different, I address how Q’eros’ musical production of both types share the same focus and serve the same end-goals, whether the ritual is an intimate one within the community or shared with thousands of other people from the greater region. In addition, the performance of both styles of music serve as specific identity markers for the Q’eros depending on their contextual use and the identity desired at the time. In other words, the Q’eros’ musical choices allow them to shift identities between traditional Q’eros in their home community and misti (mestizo in Qoyllurit’i.

The meaning of EROS/MACHO

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Turner, M.S.; Chicago Univ., IL

1993-01-01

Most of the mass density in the Universe and in the halo of our own galaxy -- exists in the form of dark matter. Overall, the contribution of luminous matter (in stars) to the mass density of the Universe is less than 1%; primordial nucleosynthesis indicates that baryons contribute between 1% and 10% of the critical density (0.01h -2 approx-lt Ω B approx-lt 0.02h -2 ; h = the Hubble constant in units of 100 kms -1 Mpc -1 ); and other evidence indicates that the total mass density is at least 10% of critical density, and likely much greater. If the universal density is as low as 10% of the critical density there may be but one kind of dark matter. More likely, the universal density is greater than 10%. and there are two kinds of dark matter, and thus two dark matter problems: In what form does the baryonic dark matter exist? and In what form does the nonbaryonic dark matter exist? The MACHO and EROS collaborations have presented evidence for the microlensing of stars in the LMC by 10 -1±1 M circle-dot dark objects in the halo of our own galaxy and may well have solved one of the dark matter puzzles by identifying the form of the baryonic dark matter. It is too early to make precise statements about the fraction of the mass density in the halo of our galaxy contributed by lensing objects (= f m ), though the EROS/MACHO data suggest that f m is probably 0.1 or larger. Taking our galaxy to be typical and taking account a fraction f m of the mass in the portion of the halo that contributes most significantly to microlensing (within 20 kpc of the galactic center), I estimate that lensing objects contribute a fraction 0.008f m /h of the critical density, and clearly cannot account for the bulk of the dark matter if Ω 0 much-gt 0.1

Improved ERO modelling for spectroscopy of physically and chemically assisted eroded beryllium from the JET-ILW

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D. Borodin

2016-12-01

Full Text Available Physical and chemical assisted physical sputtering were characterised by the BeI and BeII line and BeD band emission in the observation chord measuring the sightline integrated emission in front of the inner beryllium limiter at the torus midplane. The 3D local transport and plasma-surface interaction Monte-Carlo modelling (ERO code [18] is a key for the interpretation of the observations in the vicinity of the shaped solid Be limiter. The plasma parameter variation (density scan in limiter regime has provided a useful material for the simulation benchmark. The improved background plasma parameters input, the new analytical expression for particle tracking in the sheath region and implementation of the BeD release into ERO has helped to clarify some deviations between modelling and experiments encountered in the previous studies [4,5]. Reproducing the observations provides additional confidence in our ‘ERO-min’ fit for the physical sputtering yields for the plasma-wetted areas based on simulated data.

CD-ROM technology at the EROS data center

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Madigan, Michael E.; Weinheimer, Mary C.

1993-01-01

The vast amount of digital spatial data often required by a single user has created a demand for media alternatives to 1/2" magnetic tape. One such medium that has been recently adopted at the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center is the compact disc (CD). CD's are a versatile, dynamic, and low-cost method for providing a variety of data on a single media device and are compatible with various computer platforms. CD drives are available for personal computers, UNIX workstations, and mainframe systems, either directly connected, or through a network. This medium furnishes a quick method of reproducing and distributing large amounts of data on a single CD. Several data sets are already available on CD's, including collections of historical Landsat multispectral scanner data and biweekly composites of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer data for the conterminous United States. The EROS Data Center intends to provide even more data sets on CD's. Plans include specific data sets on a customized disc to fulfill individual requests, and mass production of unique data sets for large-scale distribution. Requests for a single compact disc-read only memory (CD-ROM) containing a large volume of data either for archiving or for one-time distribution can be addressed with a CD-write once (CD-WO) unit. Mass production and large-scale distribution will require CD-ROM replication and mastering.

Eros: Shape, topography, and slope processes

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Thomas, P.C.; Joseph, J.; Carcich, B.; Veverka, J.; Clark, B.E.; Bell, J.F.; Byrd, A.W.; Chomko, R.; Robinson, M.; Murchie, S.; Prockter, L.; Cheng, A.; Izenberg, N.; Malin, M.; Chapman, C.; McFadden, L.A.; Kirk, R.; Gaffey, M.; Lucey, P.G.

2002-01-01

Stereogrammetric measurement of the shape of Eros using images obtained by NEAR's Multispectral Imager provides a survey of the major topographic features and slope processes on this asteroid. This curved asteroid has radii ranging from 3.1 to 17.7 km and a volume of 2535 ?? 20 km3. The center of figure is within 52 m of the center of mass provided by the Navigation team; this minimal difference suggests that there are only modest variations in density or porosity within the asteroid. Three large depressions 10, 8, and 5.3 km across represent different stages of degradation of large impact craters. Slopes on horizontal scales of ???300 m are nearly all less than 35??, although locally scarps are much steeper. The area distribution of slopes is similar to those on Ida, Phobos, and Deimos. Regions that have slopes greater than 25?? have distinct brighter markings and have fewer large ejecta blocks than do flatter areas. The albedo patterns that suggest downslope transport of regolith have sharper boundaries than those on Phobos, Deimos, and Gaspra. The morphology of the albedo patterns, their lack of discrete sources, and their concentration on steeper slopes suggest transport mechanisms different from those on the previously well-observed small bodies, perhaps due to a reduced relative effectiveness of impact gardening on Eros. Regolith is also transported in talus cones and in connected, sinuous paths extending as much as 2 km, with some evident as relatively darker material. Talus material in at least one area is a discrete superposed unit, a feature not resolved on other small bodies. Flat-floored craters that apparently contain ponded material also suggest discrete units that are not well mixed by impacts. ?? 2002 Elsevier Science (USA).

La face cachée de l'Univers comment explorer les âges sombres et le contenu manquant?

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2011-01-01

La matière connue n’est qu’une goutte d’eau dans l’Univers. De quoi celui-ci est-il majoritairement constitué ? Que sont ces étranges matière noire et énergie sombre ? Comment imaginer les débuts et la fin de l’Univers ? Y a-t-il même eu un début, ou l’Univers ne fait-il que se dilater et se contracter dans un éternel rebond ? Avec ce dossier, faites le point sur les grandes questions actuelles de la cosmologie.

Une invitation au voyage dans l'univers

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Garay, Corinne

2009-01-01

"Philippe de la Catardière, écrivain et journaliste originaire de Priay, publie un essai chez l'Archipel. "Comsmologie à usage du piéton". Il vulgarise pour le grand public les connaissances sur le ciel et l'étude de l'univers. Sa passion pour l'astronomie est née dans son enfance en regardant les ciels étoilés... elle ne l'a plus quitté" (2 pages)

JOSÉ DONOSO O EL EROS DE LA HOMOFOBIA

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Miguel Ángel Náter

2006-04-01

Full Text Available El artículo destaca la importancia de los "Papeles de Donoso", custodiados en la Universidad de Iwoa, en relación con las ideas de Julio Ortega sobre los mismos, vertidas en el periódico La Tercera de Chile. Además, se realiza una lectura de la homofobia como expresión del eros subrepticio en las novelas El lugar sin límites y El obsceno pájaro de la noche. En contraste con las exposiciones homoeróticas que Ortega señala en los documentos de Donoso, los narradores de las dos novelas más destacadas del escritor chileno expresan un rechazo continuo hacia los personajes marginales, o bien exponen la sodomía como un forma de expresar la inferioridad del subalternoThis article underscores the significance of José Donoso's "Papers", in the custody of Iowa University, in connection whith Julio Ortega's ideas about them, as made known by the newpaper "La Tercera", in Chile. In addition, a reading of homophobia as expression of a surreptitious eros, is made in the novels "El lugar sin límites" and in "El obsceno pájaro de la noche". In contrast to the homoerotic discourse that Ortega detects in Donoso, the narrators in the two best known novels of the Chilean writer express a constant rejection of the marginal characters, or otherwise expose sodomy as a form which expresses the inferiority of the underling

A semântica de Eros no tempo patrístico

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Ulysses Roberto Lio Tropia

2009-05-01

Full Text Available O objetivo deste artigo é mostrar a semântica da palavra Eros dentro da tradição cristã. Limita-se a algumas dessas significações. A reflexão mostra a limitação dessa expressão na língua portuguesa. Seu significado é muito mais rico na língua grega. Se a tradição cristã carregou esta palavra de forma negativa, outros Padres leram-na em sintonia com Ágape e com outros significados. A relação mística a interpreta como uma relação “erótica” entre homem e Deus. Esta intimidade procura explicar o aspecto do desejo de Deus e da relação mútua entre aquele que ama e o amado, que tem sua raiz na busca mais íntima da humanidade. Negar por preconceitos palavras carregadas de desejos não divinos e nem dignos da humanidade, como na Antigüidade, é reduzir demais seu campo semântico na história. Esta palavra reflete o amor da alma para com Deus numa perspectiva mística, assume variações significativas, dentre tantas, como o amor de Jesus Cristo, como sinônimas de Ágape, do amor de Deus para com os homens, como amor individual ligado a Deus, o Eros como virtude e como castidade. A compreensão das dimensões do amor se realiza na capacidade de ver que todas elas são positivas e importantes para obtermos o equilíbrio da vida humana, numa harmonia destas dimensões constitutivas e importantes para a vida.Palavras-chave: Eros; Patrística; Amor; Alma; Mística; Virtude; Castidade e Ágape.ABSTRACTThis article aims at demonstrating the semantics of the term Eros in Christian tradition, pointing out the limitations of the term in Portuguese. The scope of its meaning is much wider in Greek. If Christian tradition has charged the word with a negative feature, other priests have read it in tune with Agape and other meanings. The mystical perspective interprets it as an ‘erotic’ relationship between man and God. Such intimacy attempts to explain God’s desire and the mutual relation between the one who loves and the

La mélodie secrète et l'homme créa l'univers

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Trinh, Xuan Thuan

1991-01-01

L'Univers nous sera-t-il un jour révélé dans la totalité de sa réalité? Parviendrons-nous à percer le secret de sa vraie mélodie? Comment l'infiniment petit a-t-il accouché de l'infiniment grand et comment l'univers tout entier, avec ses centaines de milliards de galaxies, a-t-il jailli d'un "vide microscopique"? Comment, grâce à l'alchimie créatrice des étoiles et à l'existence des planètes, la vie et la conscience ont-elles surgi? Telles sont quelques-unes des questions que ce livre aborde. Il s'adresse à 1"`honnête homme'; curieux du monde qui l'entoure et intéressé par les progrès récents dans l'étude du Cosmos, sans être pour autant équipé du bagage scientifique du spécialiste. En retraçant l'évolution, à travers les âges, de la vision de l'Univers que s'est faite l'homme, il accorde une attention particulière à l'univers actuel, celui du big bang. Mais il sait dépasser l'argument proprement scientifique pour aborder les questions qui se posent inévitablement dans tou...

Efectos de la hipoxia en montañeros expuestos a altitudes extremas

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Javier Aceña Medina

2017-03-01

Full Text Available La práctica del montañismo goza en la actualidad de una gran popularidad entre nuestros deportistas. Los montañeros que se mueven en grandes altitudes se ven expuestos frecuentemente a climatologías muy adversas y vías de gran dificultad física y técnica, pero posiblemente el enemigo más temible al que se tienen que enfrentar tiene que ver con los indeseables efectos de la hipoxia. La presente investigación se centra en constatar posibles deterioros en las habilidades del pensamiento de un grupo de montañeros expuesto a altitudes extremas (por encima de los 5.500 metros, sin ayuda de oxígeno suplementario. Para ello hemos contado con la participación de montañeros de tres expediciones a los “ochomiles” Manaslu, Makalu y Gasherbrum II a los que se aplicaron pruebas de aptitudes mentales antes, durante y después de cada expedición. La singularidad de nuestro estudio reside en haber incorporado resultados de pruebas realizadas en altitudes extremas, en concreto a 5.800, 6.200 y 6.000 metros respectivamente. Los resultados ponen de manifiesto que de todas las áreas y funciones cognitivas evaluadas, parece ser que las más afectadas por los efectos de la hipoxia han sido las relacionadas con la capacidad de razonamiento abstracto, espacial y verbal. Los deterioros más evidentes se observaron en altitud, persistiendo estos a la semana de regresar. Tras seis meses dichos déficits se recuperaron por completo.

Final Report on LDRD project 130784 : functional brain imaging by tunable multi-spectral Event-Related Optical Signal (EROS).

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Speed, Ann Elizabeth; Spahn, Olga Blum; Hsu, Alan Yuan-Chun

2009-09-01

Functional brain imaging is of great interest for understanding correlations between specific cognitive processes and underlying neural activity. This understanding can provide the foundation for developing enhanced human-machine interfaces, decision aides, and enhanced cognition at the physiological level. The functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) based event-related optical signal (EROS) technique can provide direct, high-fidelity measures of temporal and spatial characteristics of neural networks underlying cognitive behavior. However, current EROS systems are hampered by poor signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) and depth of measure, limiting areas of the brain and associated cognitive processes that can be investigated. We propose to investigate a flexible, tunable, multi-spectral fNIRS EROS system which will provide up to 10x greater SNR as well as improved spatial and temporal resolution through significant improvements in electronics, optoelectronics and optics, as well as contribute to the physiological foundation of higher-order cognitive processes and provide the technical foundation for miniaturized portable neuroimaging systems.

Big Bang et au-delà les nouveaux horizons de l'Univers

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Barrau, Aurélien

2015-01-01

Notre Univers a-t-il un début ? Est-il unique ? La science moderne a révolutionné notre compréhension de l’Univers. Bien que l’étude du cosmos soit sans doute aussi ancienne que la pensée, notre image du réel est en ce moment même en train de se redessiner. Il est maintenant possible de connaître certains aspects des processus qui eurent lieu moins d’un milliardième de milliardième de milliardième de seconde après le Big Bang. À la lumière des dernières découvertes du satellite Planck, Aurélien Barrau décrit en termes simples le cosmos qui se dessine sous nos yeux. Trous noirs, modèle standard de la physique des particules, gravité… les piliers et les énigmes du Big Bang sont abordés les uns après les autres, à la manière d’une balade aux origines de l’Univers. « Parce que la science est avant tout une aventure humaine, j’ai esquissé, ici et là, en contrepoint des explications physiques fournies dans la langue la plus simple et la plus accessible possible, mon expér...

Distribuição espacial da erosão potencial e atual do solo na Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Sapucaí, MG

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Full Text Available RESUMO Este estudo avalia a distribuição espacial do potencial natural e atual do solo à erosão hídrica na Bacia do Rio Sapucaí, sul de Minas Gerais, utilizando a equação universal de perda de solos revisada, através de modelagem cartográfica, para a obtenção da erosão potencial (EP e da erosão atual (EA. Os resultados indicaram que a EP para a Bacia do Rio Sapucaí variou de "Muito forte", na sua região de cabeceira (Serra da Mantiqueira, a "Fraca", nas áreas com topografia mais suavizada e menor erosividade da chuva. Em relação à EA, mais de 55,17 % da Bacia do Rio Sapucaí apresenta perdas de solo abaixo de 10 t.ha-1.ano-1, significando baixo potencial atual de erosão. A identificação de áreas de risco associadas à erosão acelerada, realizadas neste estudo, fornecem subsídios fundamentais para medidas associadas ao manejo, conservação e planejamento do uso do solo.

Search for type Ia supernovae within the EROS2 collaboration. Photometric study of nearby SNIa and measurement of H_0

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Regnault, Nicolas

2000-01-01

Type Ia supernovae (SNIa) are powerful distance indicators. The comparison of nearby (z ∼ 0:1) and distant (z ∼ 1) SNIa apparent magnitudes leads to the determination of the large scale geometry of the universe. Cosmological parameters such as the Hubble constant H_0, the matter density Ω_m and the cosmological constant Ω_Λ can thus be determined. The EROS2 experiment devotes about 10% of its observing time to the detection of nearby SNIa. In the spring of 1999, EROS2 participated in a worldwide search conducted by the Supernova Cosmology Project. This campaign resulted in the discovery of 50 supernovae. Among these, 20 turned out to be SNIa discovered within 10 days from maximum. The thesis work is divided into 3 parts. First, we present a quick overview of the standard cosmological model and the main techniques used for measuring the cosmological parameters (SNIa, rich clusters properties, and anisotropies of the cosmological background radiation). We then describe the physics and observational properties of SNIa. In particular, we show that the peak absolute luminosity of these objects is uniform (within 30%), and correlates with other observables. Using these correlations, we can construct a corrected peak luminosity, which exhibits a lower dispersion (∼10%). The second part is devoted to the description of the EROS2 setup, and our SNe search techniques. In the last part, we present the analysis of the spring 1999 SNIa's photometric follow-up data. We describe the photometry software developed for this analysis as well as the complex intercalibration process of the follow-up images taken with 10 different telescopes. In the last chapter, we show how the peak luminosity and the decline rate of each SN can be reconstructed. Using these quantities, we study the correlations between the peak luminosity the decline rate and the color of SNIa, which leads to a value of H_0: H_0 = 67.4 ± 2(int)"+"5"."8_-_6_._4(ext.). (author) [fr

Comment fonctionne l’Univers ? Ce que le LHC peut nous apprendre

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2008-01-01

L'Univers en son enfance était une "soupe" de particules, de plus en plus chaudes (de plus haute énergie) à mesure qu'on remonte vers sa naissance, le "big bang". C'est ainsi que les observations à des énergies de plus en plus élevées nous permettent, par exemple, de nous approcher de plus près de la prime jeunesse de l'Univers et, donc, de mieux le comprendre. L'étude du macro- et du micro-cosme sont une science unique dans laquelle, de façon surprenante, ce que nous comprenons le moins bien est le vide, qui ne semble pas l'être: il existe une différence fondamentale entre le vide et le néant. Le LHC pourrait nous permettre de voir les vibrations de la "substance" du vide, qu'on appelle les particules 'de Higgs'.

Event-related oscillations (EROs) and event-related potentials (ERPs) comparison in facial expression recognition.

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Balconi, Michela; Pozzoli, Uberto

2007-09-01

The study aims to explore the significance of event-related potentials (ERPs) and event-related brain oscillations (EROs) (delta, theta, alpha, beta, gamma power) in response to emotional (fear, happiness, sadness) when compared with neutral faces during 180-250 post-stimulus time interval. The ERP results demonstrated that the emotional face elicited a negative peak at approximately 230 ms (N2). Moreover, EEG measures showed that motivational significance of face (emotional vs. neutral) could modulate the amplitude of EROs, but only for some frequency bands (i.e. theta and gamma bands). In a second phase, we considered the resemblance of the two EEG measures by a regression analysis. It revealed that theta and gamma oscillations mainly effect as oscillation activity at the N2 latency. Finally, a posterior increased power of theta was found for emotional faces.

Disulphide production by Ero1a-PDI relay is rapid and effectively regulated

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Appenzeller-Herzog, Christian; Riemer, Jan; Zito, Ester

2010-01-01

The molecular networks that control endoplasmic reticulum (ER) redox conditions in mammalian cells are incompletely understood. Here, we show that after reductive challenge the ER steady-state disulphide content is restored on a time scale of seconds. Both the oxidase Ero1a and the oxidoreductase...

Le jardin des particules l'Univers tel que le voient les physiciens

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Kane, Gordon

1996-01-01

Que savons-nous de l'Univers ? Que nous reste-t-il encore à comprendre ? Ce livre explique de façon limpide - et non sans humour - comment les physiciens travaillent, quels sont leurs outils, leurs certitudes et leurs interrogations.

Caos, Gea y Eros. Desde el desorden a la armonía de la Paz

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Francisco A. Muñoz

2009-01-01

Full Text Available La cosmogonía griega antigua, al igual que muchas otras, sitúa a Caos como el origen primigenio del Universo. Desde el inicio de los tiempos es acompañada (es femenino por Gea (la Tierra y Eros (el Amor. Con esta explicación se consigue incardinar el Universo, la Tierra, la naturaleza, la vida y los seres humanos con los dioses y las fuerzas sobrenaturales. Eros representaba el deseo que trae la vida, preocupado por conseguir las mejores condiciones para satisfacer las necesidades y procurar el desarrollo de las potencialidades humanas. Desde el comienzo de la historia, para que existiera armonía y paz era necesario gestionar el caos, la complejidad y la conflictividad, y buscar los equilibrios más justos y duraderos posibles.

All-in-one 3D printed microscopy chamber for multidimensional imaging, the UniverSlide

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Alessandri, Kevin; Andrique, Laetitia; Feyeux, Maxime; Bikfalvi, Andreas; Nassoy, Pierre; Recher, Gaëlle

2017-02-01

While live 3D high resolution microscopy techniques are developing rapidly, their use for biological applications is partially hampered by practical difficulties such as the lack of a versatile sample chamber. Here, we propose the design of a multi-usage observation chamber adapted for live 3D bio-imaging. We show the usefulness and practicality of this chamber, which we named the UniverSlide, for live imaging of two case examples, namely multicellular systems encapsulated in sub-millimeter hydrogel shells and zebrafish larvae. We also demonstrate its versatility and compatibility with all microscopy devices by using upright or inverted microscope configurations after loading the UniverSlide with fixed or living samples. Further, the device is applicable for medium/high throughput screening and automatized multi-position image acquisition, providing a constraint-free but stable and parallelized immobilization of the samples. The frame of the UniverSlide is fabricated using a stereolithography 3D printer, has the size of a microscopy slide, is autoclavable and sealed with a removable lid, which makes it suitable for use in a controlled culture environment. We describe in details how to build this chamber and we provide all the files necessary to print the different pieces in the lab.

All-in-one 3D printed microscopy chamber for multidimensional imaging, the UniverSlide

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Alessandri, Kevin; Andrique, Laetitia; Feyeux, Maxime; Bikfalvi, Andreas; Nassoy, Pierre; Recher, Gaëlle

2017-01-01

While live 3D high resolution microscopy techniques are developing rapidly, their use for biological applications is partially hampered by practical difficulties such as the lack of a versatile sample chamber. Here, we propose the design of a multi-usage observation chamber adapted for live 3D bio-imaging. We show the usefulness and practicality of this chamber, which we named the UniverSlide, for live imaging of two case examples, namely multicellular systems encapsulated in sub-millimeter hydrogel shells and zebrafish larvae. We also demonstrate its versatility and compatibility with all microscopy devices by using upright or inverted microscope configurations after loading the UniverSlide with fixed or living samples. Further, the device is applicable for medium/high throughput screening and automatized multi-position image acquisition, providing a constraint-free but stable and parallelized immobilization of the samples. The frame of the UniverSlide is fabricated using a stereolithography 3D printer, has the size of a microscopy slide, is autoclavable and sealed with a removable lid, which makes it suitable for use in a controlled culture environment. We describe in details how to build this chamber and we provide all the files necessary to print the different pieces in the lab. PMID:28186188

Remotely sensed data available from the US Geological Survey EROS Data Center

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Dwyer, John L.; Qu, J.J.; Gao, W.; Kafatos, M.; Murphy , R.E.; Salomonson, V.V.

2006-01-01

The Center for Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) is a field center of the geography discipline within the US geological survey (USGS) of the Department of the Interior. The EROS Data Center (EDC) was established in the early 1970s as the nation’s principal archive of remotely sensed data. Initially the EDC was responsible for the archive, reproduction, and distribution of black-and-white and color-infrared aerial photography acquired under numerous mapping programs conducted by various Federal agencies including the USGS, Department of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency, and NASA. The EDC was also designated the central archive for data acquired by the first satellite sensor designed for broad-scale earth observations in support of civilian agency needs for earth resource information. A four-band multispectral scanner (MSS) and a return-beam vidicon (RBV) camera were initially flown on the Earth Resources Technology Satellite-1, subsequently designated Landsat-1. The synoptic coverage, moderate spatial resolution, and multi-spectral view provided by these data stimulated scientists with an unprecedented perspective from which to study the Earth’s surface and to understand the relationships between human activity and natural systems.

A face pedagógica de Eros The pedagogical face of Eros

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Marlene de Souza Dozol

2007-08-01

Full Text Available O presente trabalho busca descobrir a face pedagógica de Eros. Como ponto de partida, está o fato de a figura do educador/professor ser comumente representado por alguém cuja ocupação não suscita desejos de qualquer espécie. Não raras vezes assistimos a representações literárias e imagens televisivas ou cinematográficas nas quais o professor aparece comicamente como uma caricatura que fala, de modo monótono e sem parar, a alunos cujos rostos oscilam entre o tédio e o escárnio. No entanto, o que é de fato assustador é que, cada vez mais, as imagens que aparecem no discurso das novas gerações, numa tentativa de oposição à caricatura supracitada, associam a figura do professor à de um animador de auditório, performático, divertido, especialista em dinâmicas grupais catárticas, sem conteúdo e igualmente caricatural. Procurando, então, desviar-se de ambas as caricaturas e refletir sobre o gênero específico de libido pedagógica - compreendido como força ou energia espiritual para o progresso moral, intelectual e sensível -, o texto recupera o poder ilustrativo do mito, pensa sobre a força do imaginário na constituição de parâmetros modelares para a Educação e para o exercício da mestria (para isso, propõe notas socráticas, sofísticas e escolásticas com ênfase na linguagem e aponta para a importância dessa discussão diante dos problemas que habitam os espaços educativos contemporâneos.The present work seeks to uncover the pedagogical face of Eros. As a starting point, there is the fact that the figure of the educator/teacher is commonly represented by someone whose occupation does not elicit desires of any kind. It is not unusual to see literary representations and televised or cinema images in which the teacher appears comically as a caricature that talks continuously and monotonically to pupils whose countenances oscillate between boredom and scorn. But what is truly frightening is that, more and

Searching gravitational microlensing events in the galaxy spiral arms by EROS II

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Derue, Frederic

1999-01-01

The EROS II experiment is searching for microlensing events due to compact massive objects passing through the line-of-sight of luminous stars. These objects are candidates to explain the baryonic component of Dark Matter in our Galaxy. EROS II was dedicated to different lines-of-sight: Small and Large Magellanic Clouds, Galactic Centre and 4 directions towards the Spiral Arms of the Galaxy. This thesis presents the first search for microlensing towards these last lines-of-sight (about 9 million stars). Simple criteria based on the search for significant fluctuations allowed one to discover a low noise sample of 7 candidates to the microlensing effect, with an average timescale of 50 days. A detailed analysis of the light curve of one candidate allows us to give a confidence interval on its mass 2.7 x 10 -3 0 0 = 50 ± 3 days. To improve the knowledge of the distance of the target stars, we have combined observations of EROS II with bibliographic sources on associations of stars linked with the spiral arm features, and we have developed a program to find variable stars. Ten cepheids have thus been found. Distances obtained with different methods are in rough agreement with each other. The average optical depth measured towards the four directions is τ-bar = 0.45 0.11 +0.23 x 10 -6 . It is compatible with expectations from simple galactic models. The long duration of most events favours interpretation of lensing by objects belonging to the disk instead of the halo. It also seems that some events due to bulge lenses have influenced measurements towards the line-of-sight which is closest to the Galactic Centre. Observation continue towards spiral arms. More accurate measurements should be obtained with increase of statistics, allowing one to estimate the disk contribution to the optical depth towards the bulge and the Magellanic Clouds. (author)

EROS and MACHO combined limits on planetary-mass dark matter in the galactic halo

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Alcock, C; Allsman, RA; Alves, D; Ansari, R; Aubourg, E; Axelrod, TS; Bareyre, P; Beaulieu, JP; Becker, AC; Bennett, DP; Brehin, S; Cavalier, F; Char, S; Cook, KH; Ferlet, R; Fernandez, J; Freeman, KC; Griest, K; Grison, P; Gros, M; Gry, C; Guibert, J; Lachieze-Rey, M; Laurent, B; Lehner, MJ; Lesquoy, E; Magneville, C; Marshall, SL; Maurice, E; Milsztajn, A; Minniti, D; Moniez, M; Moreau, O; Moscoso, L; Palanque-Delabrouille, N; Peterson, BA; Pratt, MR; Prevot, L; Queinnec, F; Quinn, PJ; Renault, C; Rich, J; Spiro, M; Stubbs, CW; Sutherland, W; Tomaney, A; Vandehei, T; Vidal-Madjar, A; Vigroux, L; Zylberajch, S

1998-01-01

The EROS and MACHO collaborations have each published upper limits on the amount of planetary-mass dark matter in the Galactic halo obtained from gravitational microlensing searches. In this Letter, the two limits are combined to give a much stronger constraint on the abundance of low-mass MACHOs.

Immigration et crise d'identite dans l'Univers Romanesque de Sami ...

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Immigration et crise d'identite dans l'Univers Romanesque de Sami Tchak. ... La littérature africaine du XXIème siècle a eu une grande transformation. Cela est dû au fait ... It is established that Sami Tchak takes profound interest in projecting and handling the themes of immigration and identity crisis in his novelistic world.

Inhibition of the Functional Interplay between Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Oxidoreduclin-1α (Ero1α) and Protein-disulfide Isomerase (PDI) by the Endocrine Disruptor Bisphenol A*

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Okumura, Masaki; Kadokura, Hiroshi; Hashimoto, Shoko; Yutani, Katsuhide; Kanemura, Shingo; Hikima, Takaaki; Hidaka, Yuji; Ito, Len; Shiba, Kohei; Masui, Shoji; Imai, Daiki; Imaoka, Susumu; Yamaguchi, Hiroshi; Inaba, Kenji

2014-01-01

Bisphenol A (BPA) is an endocrine disruptor that may have adverse effects on human health. We recently isolated protein-disulfide isomerase (PDI) as a BPA-binding protein from rat brain homogenates and found that BPA markedly inhibited PDI activity. To elucidate mechanisms of this inhibition, detailed structural, biophysical, and functional analyses of PDI were performed in the presence of BPA. BPA binding to PDI induced significant rearrangement of the N-terminal thioredoxin domain of PDI, resulting in more compact overall structure. This conformational change led to closure of the substrate-binding pocket in b′ domain, preventing PDI from binding to unfolded proteins. The b′ domain also plays an essential role in the interplay between PDI and ER oxidoreduclin 1α (Ero1α), a flavoenzyme responsible for reoxidation of PDI. We show that BPA inhibited Ero1α-catalyzed PDI oxidation presumably by inhibiting the interaction between the b′ domain of PDI and Ero1α; the phenol groups of BPA probably compete with a highly conserved tryptophan residue, located in the protruding β-hairpin of Ero1α, for binding to PDI. Consistently, BPA slowed down the reoxidation of PDI and caused the reduction of PDI in HeLa cells, indicating that BPA has a great impact on the redox homeostasis of PDI within cells. However, BPA had no effect on the interaction between PDI and peroxiredoxin-4 (Prx4), another PDI family oxidase, suggesting that the interaction between Prx4 and PDI is different from that of Ero1α and PDI. These results indicate that BPA, a widely distributed and potentially harmful chemical, inhibits Ero1-PDI-mediated disulfide bond formation. PMID:25122773

ERO modeling of Cr sputtering in the linear plasma device PSI-2

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Eksaeva, A.; Borodin, D.; Kreter, A.; Nishijima, D.; Pospieszczyk, A.; Schlummer, T.; Ertmer, S.; Terra, A.; Unterberg, B.; Kirschner, A.; Romazanov, J.; Brezinsek, S.; Rasinski, M.; Henderson, S.; O'Mullane, M.; Summers, H.; Bluteau, M.; Marenkov, E.

2017-12-01

The prediction of the first wall deterioration and possible plasma contamination by impurities is a high priority task for ITER. 3D Monte-Carlo code ERO is a tool for modeling of eroded impurity transport and spectroscopy in plasma devices useful for experiment interpretation. Chromium (Cr) is a fusion-relevant reactor wall element (e.g. component of RAFM steels expected for use in DEMO). Linear plasma devices including PSI-2 are effective tools for investigations of plasma-surface interaction effects, allowing continuous plasma operation and good control over irradiation parameters. Experiments on Cr sputtering were conducted at PSI-2. In these experiments the Cr erosion was measured by three techniques: mass loss of the sample, quartz micro-balance of deposited impurities at a distance from it and optical emission spectroscopy. Experiments were modeled with the 3D Monte-Carlo code ERO, previously validated by application to similar experiments with tungsten (W). The simulations are demonstrated to reproduce the main experimental outcomes proving the quality of the sputtering data used. A significant focuses of the paper is the usage and validation of atomic data (resent metastable-resolved dataset from ADAS) for interpretation of Cr spectroscopy. Initial population of quasi-metastable state was fitted by matching the modeling with the experimental line intensity profiles.

La sfida al labirinto sessuale. L’eros nell’opera di Italo Calvino

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Elio Baldi

2012-12-01

Full Text Available The Challenge of the Sexual Labyrinth Sensuality in the Work of Italo CalvinoIn this article, the novels, stories and essays of Italo Calvino are being studied from the perspective of sensuality and Eros. In literary criticism Calvino’s work is rarely being associated with sexuality, even though the subject did fuel the imagination of the writer himself. Calvino recognized the importance of the theme of sexuality in literature as well as the challenge inherent in trying to depict faithfully a similar ineffable subject, that has, moreover, been covered by society under a thick layer of clichés and repetitive language and therefore been emptied of meaning. The importance of a non-banal, renewing sexuality in literature inspired Calvino to experiment in a light, humorous, surprising way with a myriad of forms of literary sensuality. Calvino has searched Eros in space, as the prime mover in evolution, amongst animals and celestial bodies (instead of the usual heavenly bodies, in rituals and objects, in the heads of his characters, but seldom there where the reader would expect it to be. In a mild and often indirect way Calvino integrates his reflections on the subject in his short stories and comments on the role of sexuality in modern society and literature.

Eros and Thanatos: A Nondualistic Interpretation: The Dynamic of Drives in Personal and Civilizational Development From Freud to Marcuse.

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Kli, Maria

2018-02-01

The Freudian theory of drives gave prominence to the idea that there is an inherent principle of entropy, a tendency for dissolution of life, referred to as the Death drive, or Thanatos. Freud recognized a counterbalancing tendency for sustaining life, known as the Life drive, or Eros. The psychoanalytical expounding of the struggle of Eros and Thanatos in the context of the civilizational process sparked the philosophical critique of civilization. Although Freud tended to consider repression an indispensable dimension of this process, the author proposes in this paper that Herbert Marcuse's political critique took Freud's metapsychology further philosophically, suggesting a nondualistic interpretation of Freud's position.

Regional scale modeling of erosion related to land cover evolution: a case study in brazilian southeastern region Modelagem em escala regional da erosão relacionada com a evolução da cobertura do solo: um estudo de caso no sudeste do Brasil

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Alexandre Marco Da Silva

2008-12-01

Full Text Available Accelerated soil erosion is, at present, one of the most widespread environmental problems in the world. Geographic Information Systems (GIS have become an essential tool in soil erosion studies and consequently in the development of appropriate soil conservation strategies. The objective of this paper was to assess the degree of soil erosion associated with land cover dynamics through GIS analysis and to validate the modeling with indicators of soil erosion. Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE model, GIS technology and ground-truth dataset (erosion indicators were employed to elaborate the soil loss maps for four dates at Sorocaba Municipality (SP, Brazil. It was verified that, although the predicted soil loss rate is normally small along the study area, such rate is significantly greater than the soil formation rate. This shows a non-sustainable situation of soil and land cover management. Unplanned urban expansion seems be the main driving force that acts in increasing the erosion risk/occurrence along the study area.A erosão acelerada é um dos maiores problemas ambientais ocorrentes em larga escala na atualidade. Por sua vez, Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (SIG tornou-se uma ferramenta essencial em estudos de erosão e conseqüentemente no desenvolvimento de estratégias apropriadas para a conservação do solo. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o grau de erosão do solo associada com a dinâmica da cobertura do solo através de uma análise geoespacial e validar a modelagem com indicadores de erosão. Utilizou-se a Equação Universal de Perda de Solo (EUPS, recursos de SIG e dados de campo (indicadores de erosão para elaborar os mapas de perda de solo para quatro datas para o município de Sorocaba (SP, Brasil. Verificou-se que, embora a taxa de perda de solo ao longo da área de estudo é normalmente baixa, esta taxa é expressivamente maior que as taxas de formação do solo. Isto mostra uma situação não sustentável de

Inhibition of the functional interplay between endoplasmic reticulum (ER) oxidoreduclin-1α (Ero1α) and protein-disulfide isomerase (PDI) by the endocrine disruptor bisphenol A.

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Okumura, Masaki; Kadokura, Hiroshi; Hashimoto, Shoko; Yutani, Katsuhide; Kanemura, Shingo; Hikima, Takaaki; Hidaka, Yuji; Ito, Len; Shiba, Kohei; Masui, Shoji; Imai, Daiki; Imaoka, Susumu; Yamaguchi, Hiroshi; Inaba, Kenji

2014-09-26

Bisphenol A (BPA) is an endocrine disruptor that may have adverse effects on human health. We recently isolated protein-disulfide isomerase (PDI) as a BPA-binding protein from rat brain homogenates and found that BPA markedly inhibited PDI activity. To elucidate mechanisms of this inhibition, detailed structural, biophysical, and functional analyses of PDI were performed in the presence of BPA. BPA binding to PDI induced significant rearrangement of the N-terminal thioredoxin domain of PDI, resulting in more compact overall structure. This conformational change led to closure of the substrate-binding pocket in b' domain, preventing PDI from binding to unfolded proteins. The b' domain also plays an essential role in the interplay between PDI and ER oxidoreduclin 1α (Ero1α), a flavoenzyme responsible for reoxidation of PDI. We show that BPA inhibited Ero1α-catalyzed PDI oxidation presumably by inhibiting the interaction between the b' domain of PDI and Ero1α; the phenol groups of BPA probably compete with a highly conserved tryptophan residue, located in the protruding β-hairpin of Ero1α, for binding to PDI. Consistently, BPA slowed down the reoxidation of PDI and caused the reduction of PDI in HeLa cells, indicating that BPA has a great impact on the redox homeostasis of PDI within cells. However, BPA had no effect on the interaction between PDI and peroxiredoxin-4 (Prx4), another PDI family oxidase, suggesting that the interaction between Prx4 and PDI is different from that of Ero1α and PDI. These results indicate that BPA, a widely distributed and potentially harmful chemical, inhibits Ero1-PDI-mediated disulfide bond formation. © 2014 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.

Erosão em entressulcos sob caatinga e culturas agrícolas Interrill erosion under shrub and crop systems

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Francisco José de Freitas

2008-08-01

Full Text Available Dentre as formas de erosão hídrica do solo, a erosão em entressulcos é uma das que causam maiores danos no processo produtivo dos solos utilizados na agricultura, por provocar perdas de solo, água e nutrientes. Frente a isso, o presente trabalho visou avaliar a proteção ambiental promovida pela cobertura vegetal da caatinga, do feijão-guandu (Cajanus cajan e da batata-doce (Ipomoea batatas Lam em relação ao solo descoberto, bem como o efeito das práticas de cultivos dessas culturas, por meio das taxas da erosão em entressulcos e das características hidráulicas do escoamento superficial vinculado à erosão em entressulcos, em um Luvissolo. Para isso, foi implementada uma série de 20 chuvas simuladas em Serra Talhada, município do semi-árido do Estado de Pernambuco, sob os seguintes tratamentos: (1 solo descoberto; (2 solo coberto pela cultura do feijão-guandu (Cajanus cajan; (3 solo coberto pela cultura da batata-doce (Ipomoea batatas Lam.; (4 solo coberto por Caatinga semi-arbustiva. Todos os regimes de escoamento superficial obtidos foram laminar lento. As coberturas vegetais proporcionadas pela Caatinga e pelo guandu, que deram origem aos maiores valores de cobertura do solo, responderam pelas menores taxas de concentração de sedimentos e desagregação do solo na erosão em entressulcos, em decorrência da maior rugosidade hidráulica da superfície do solo promovida por essas vegetações. As taxas de concentração de sedimentos no cultivo da batata-doce foram iguais às do solo descoberto, por conta do revolvimento do solo na preparação das leiras de plantio, e determinou as maiores taxas de desagregação do solo entre as coberturas vegetais; em contrapartida, as leiras permitiram retenção do escoamento superficial. As coberturas vegetais Caatinga, guandu e batata-doce e as respectivas rugosidades hidráulicas impostas ao escoamento superficial determinaram reduções exponenciais das perdas de solo. A cobertura

Violencia sexual entre compañeros y violencia en parejas adolescentes

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Ortega Ruiz, Rosario; Ortega Rivera, Francisco Javier; Sánchez Jiménez, Virginia

2008-01-01

El presente estudio ha analizado la presencia de violencia sexual entre compañeros y en las parejas adolescentes y jóvenes. Específicamente se han estudiado las diferencias por sexo, edad y estadio de la relación sentimental tanto en violencia sexual entre iguales como en las parejas, en una muestra de 490 adolescentes (55,7% chicos, 44,3% chicas, edad media 16.08 años). Los resultados descriptivos mostraron la misma incidencia de violencia sexual entre iguales y en las pa...

Searching gravitational microlensing events in the galaxy spiral arms by EROS II; Recherche d'evenements de microlentille gravitationnelle dans les bras spiraux de la galaxie avec EROS II

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Derue, Frederic [Paris-11 Univ., 91 Orsay (France)

1999-04-15

The EROS II experiment is searching for microlensing events due to compact massive objects passing through the line-of-sight of luminous stars. These objects are candidates to explain the baryonic component of Dark Matter in our Galaxy. EROS II was dedicated to different lines-of-sight: Small and Large Magellanic Clouds, Galactic Centre and 4 directions towards the Spiral Arms of the Galaxy. This thesis presents the first search for microlensing towards these last lines-of-sight (about 9 million stars). Simple criteria based on the search for significant fluctuations allowed one to discover a low noise sample of 7 candidates to the microlensing effect, with an average timescale of 50 days. A detailed analysis of the light curve of one candidate allows us to give a confidence interval on its mass 2.7 x 10{sup -3} < M/M{sub 0} < 0.84 at 95% CL. The amplification curve of another candidate shows a modulation which can be interpreted as a microlensing effect acting on a binary source, with an orbital period of P{sub 0} = 50 {+-} 3 days. To improve the knowledge of the distance of the target stars, we have combined observations of EROS II with bibliographic sources on associations of stars linked with the spiral arm features, and we have developed a program to find variable stars. Ten cepheids have thus been found. Distances obtained with different methods are in rough agreement with each other. The average optical depth measured towards the four directions is {tau}-bar = 0.45{sub 0.11}{sup +0.23} x 10{sup -6}. It is compatible with expectations from simple galactic models. The long duration of most events favours interpretation of lensing by objects belonging to the disk instead of the halo. It also seems that some events due to bulge lenses have influenced measurements towards the line-of-sight which is closest to the Galactic Centre. Observation continue towards spiral arms. More accurate measurements should be obtained with increase of statistics, allowing one to

Eros e paz nas comédias de Aristófanes

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Ana Maria César Pompeu

2016-07-01

Full Text Available Aristophanes links Eros to peace in his comedies. In Acharnians, 425 BC, Dikaeopolis, an Athenian citizen, obtains private truce with the Spartans for himself and his family. He does not share his peace with anyone else, except with a bride, because she is  a woman and not is blamed for the war. It will have part of the fiance in their wedding. In Peace, 421 BC, Trigeu a grape-gatherer solves fly in a scarab beetle, who eats feces, to speak to the gods for peace, and ends up rescuing the Eirene goddess (Peace, contained in a cave by Polemos (War. Peace brings the goddess Opora (Autumnal or Harvest, with whom the protagonist marries, and the goddess Theoria (Feast, which is given to prytanes in the theater itself. In Lysistrata, in 411 BC, the women of Greece under the leadership of the Athenian Lysistrata make a sex strike to force their husbands to end up the war. The Myrrhine character and her husband, Kinesias, demonstrate how is the seduction and the refusal of women compared to men. We propose to link Eros to peace in the three pieces presented and Thesmoforiazusai (Demeterkoreazusai, the same year of Lysistrata and very close to it in some important ways, such as bringing a female choir, performing the separation of couples, making the apology of women and promote peace, because it is a religious festival of fertility, the Thesmophoria, parties in honor of the goddesses Demeter and Kore.

The thiol oxidant dipyridyl disulfide can supply the PDI-Ero1p pathway with additional oxidative equivalents

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López-Mirabal, H Reynaldo; Winther, Jakob R

2007-01-01

Membrane-permeant oxidants have become a standard tool for studying eukaryotic organisms because they affect the redox state and the redox regulation of different compartments. The ero1-1 mutant is temperature sensitive (37 degrees C) and cannot grow under anaerobic conditions. Low micromolar con...

Incertezas na predição da erosão com a usle: impactos e mitigação

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Henrique Marinho Leite Chaves

2010-12-01

Full Text Available Apesar de haver significativa variabilidade espacial e temporal nas variáveis de modelos de predição de erosão, mesmo em áreas consideradas homogêneas, ela é raramente incorporada na análise e no planejamento conservacionista. As consequências dessa simplificação são predições incorretas de perda de solo, com implicações para a sustentabilidade agrícola e ambiental de glebas. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram: (a estimar o efeito da variabilidade espacial e temporal dos fatores da Equação Universal de Perdas de Solo - USLE na predição da erosão em uma área homogênea situada no Distrito Federal; (b incorporar a incerteza resultante no processo de tomada de decisão conservacionista; e (c propor medidas para sua mitigação. Os resultados indicam que, apesar do baixo coeficiente de variação médio dos fatores da USLE na área estudada, na faixa de 20 %, o coeficiente de variação da perda de solo (A estimada foi de 64 %, indicando significativa propagação de incerteza no modelo. A implicação disso é que, mesmo sendo o valor médio de A 19 % menor que o limite médio de tolerância à erosão na gleba (T, haveria ainda uma probabilidade de 43 % de que A fosse superior a T. Para reduzir esse risco, são sugeridas medidas que aumentem a margem de segurança do sistema, como a adoção de práticas conservacionistas. Com a introdução de terraços, a probabilidade de falha do sistema seria reduzida para 12 %. Os resultados reforçam a importância da incorporação das variabilidades e incertezas na estimativa da erosão e no planejamento conservacionista, por meio de análise estocástica.

First ERO2.0 modeling of Be erosion and non-local transport in JET ITER-like wall

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Romazanov, J.; Borodin, D.; Kirschner, A.; Brezinsek, S.; Silburn, S.; Huber, A.; Huber, V.; Bufferand, H.; Firdaouss, M.; Brömmel, D.; Steinbusch, B.; Gibbon, P.; Lasa, A.; Borodkina, I.; Eksaeva, A.; Linsmeier, Ch; Contributors, JET

2017-12-01

ERO is a Monte-Carlo code for modeling plasma-wall interaction and 3D plasma impurity transport for applications in fusion research. The code has undergone a significant upgrade (ERO2.0) which allows increasing the simulation volume in order to cover the entire plasma edge of a fusion device, allowing a more self-consistent treatment of impurity transport and comparison with a larger number and variety of experimental diagnostics. In this contribution, the physics-relevant technical innovations of the new code version are described and discussed. The new capabilities of the code are demonstrated by modeling of beryllium (Be) erosion of the main wall during JET limiter discharges. Results for erosion patterns along the limiter surfaces and global Be transport including incident particle distributions are presented. A novel synthetic diagnostic, which mimics experimental wide-angle 2D camera images, is presented and used for validating various aspects of the code, including erosion, magnetic shadowing, non-local impurity transport, and light emission simulation.

LHC : sur la piste des mysteres de l`Univers par Michael Doser

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2007-01-01

Le CERN, le plus grand centre en physique des particules au monde, va mettre en service le Grand collisionneur de hadrons (Large Hadron Collider), le LHC. Cette machine, le plus grand rouage du complexe d’accélérateurs du CERN, doit répondre aux énigmes qui subsistent sur les briques élémentaires de la matière et l’histoire de l’Univers.

Modelo multicritério aditivo na geração de mapas de suscetibilidade à erosão em área rural

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Gustavo Souza Valladares

2012-09-01

Full Text Available O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a geração de um mapa de suscetibilidade à erosão, em área rural, no Município de Guararapes, SP, por meio de modelo multicritério aditivo. Foram utilizados mapas digitais dos temas: relevo (declividade e comprimento das rampas; pedologia (obtida em campo; uso e cobertura das terras da região; e interpretação do modelo digital de elevação. Os mapas digitais foram tratados em ambiente de sistema de informação geográfica, por meio do método multicritério aditivo, e validados pelo modelo da equação universal de perda de solo (USLE. Foram geradas cinco classes de suscetibilidade à erosão: baixa, moderada, alta, muito alta e altíssima. O mapa de risco obtido por multicritério aditivo teve boa correspondência com o modelo USLE. O mapa de suscetibilidade à erosão pode ser aplicado ao planejamento agrícola e ambiental da área rural do Município de Guararapes.

Antimatière Est-elle la clé de l'Univers?

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Grousson, Mathieu

2009-01-01

"De quoi est fait l'Univers? De matière ordinaire et, selon la théorie actuelle, de matière noire et d'énergie noire... dont nul ne sait rien! Et s'il s'agissait plutôt d'antimatière? Car elle permet de réécrire l'histoire du cosmos sans déroger à ses lois et, cette fois, sans nulle zone d'ombre. Reste à vérifier qu'elle antigravite bien..." (14 pages)

Univé customer survey: Pay-As-You-Drive (PAYD) insurance : Report PAYD-2. Feedback from Pay-As-You-Drive insurance, both outside and inside the car

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Lewis Evans, Ben; den Heijer, Anne; Dijksterhuis, Chris; de Waard, Dick; Brookhuis, Karel; Tucha, Oliver

2013-01-01

On the 10th of January 2013 over 3500 Univé clients were contacted and asked to fill in an online survey via Qualtrics, a survey website company licenced by the University of Groningen, about the future of car insurance at Univé. These customers could be classified under three main headings; car

Eros thanático en Paradiso de José Lezama Lima

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Edinson Aladino

2017-08-01

Full Text Available Los personajes en la novelística de José Lezama Lima no son simples tipologías que devienen bajo la estructura del lenguaje. Los personajes lezamianos son su circunstancia atravesada por la alineación de un destino noble o aciago. Eugenio Foción encara en Paradiso la circunstancia de un destino aciago, arquetipo fundamental en el decurso de la novela que viene a representar la fijeza del deseo como fragmentación de vida. Querencia de muerte o Eros thanático que rodea al corazón del cuerpo para impeler su pulsión vital.

Sylvia Plath - a woman between Eros and Thanatos

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Barbara Galle

2005-12-01

Full Text Available The opposition between the Hughes family  and the radical feminists led to the emergence of two diametrically opposite Plath  myths: a mentally disturbed, manipulative woman, unstoppably driven towards suicide, or an innocent victim of a treacherous husband? Both sides interpret Plath's life and works in view of her untimely  death, neglecting the underlying life force that pervades her poetry and prose. Relying on the psychoanalytical theory of instincts, the author shows how Eros complements and even makes use of Thanatos on different levels of Plath's writing:  on the level of language asa meaningful structure, on the level of meaning, and in the function of language as therapy. The duality of instics is particulary evident in Sloveirian criticism; where the physicar  and temporal distance from political scandal enabled the development oftwo distinct critical currents: one following Hughes's morbid determinism, the other concentrating on Plath's intelligence and joyful observation of nature.

La agonía del Eros, Han (2014.

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Laura Díaz Traversa

2016-11-01

Full Text Available Byung-Chul Han, Dr. en Filosofía de origen coreano, realizó sus estudios en Alemania, donde reside actualmente y se desempeña como docente de Filosofía y Estudios Culturales en la Universidad de las Artes de Berlín. Desde el punto de vista teórico-académico se inscribe en el Pensamiento Crítico de la escuela de Frankfurt, siendo alumno privilegiado de Honneth. Es considerado una de las voces filosóficas más prestigiosas de dicho país, y sus obras se caracterizan por ser breves, de fácil lectura, sorprendiendo al público por su fuerza y pertinencia en la actualidad. La agonía del Eros es la tercera obra del autor traducida al castellano y promete seguir el mismo camino que las anteriores, es decir, convertirse en una obra fundamental del Pensamiento Crítico.

Violencia perpetrada por compañeros íntimos en mujeres Intimate partner violence against women

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Leticia Casique Casique

2007-06-01

Full Text Available Este estudio tuvo como objetivos identificar la violencia física, psicológica y social entre mujeres y su relación con la autoestima. Fueron entrevistadas 300 mujeres que asistieron al CENAVI -México, en 2003/4 víctimas de violencia por su compañero íntimo. Se utilizaron 2 instrumentos para colectar los datos: QIVM - Cuestionario de identificación de la violencia en la Mujer y la Escala de Autoestima. De las 300 mujeres entre 16 y 65 años, 66% son casadas, 75% están con el mismo compañero. La escolaridad estuvo distribuida en todos los niveles y 88% son católicas. Con el Coeficiente de Correlación de Spearman y el análisis multivariado se observó que existe relación entre violencia y autoestima; se encontró que las mujeres con más edad tienen más violencia y corresponden a los menores índices de auto-estima, además existe relación entre el tiempo de convivencia con su compañero y los antecedentes familiares de violencia con la autoestima de las mujeres maltratadas.This study aimed to identify physical, psychological and social violence among among, its relation to self-esteem and the experience of living with violence. We interviewed 300 women who atended the CENAVI -Mexico in 2003/4 and were victims of intimate partner violence. Two data collection instruments were used: QIVM - Questionnaire for the identification of violence in women and the Self-Esteem Scale. Participants were between 16 and 65 years old; possessed different education levels; 66% were married; 75% were living with the same partner and 88% were Catholic. Spearman’s test and multivariate analysis revealed a relation between violence and self-esteem; the higher the age and violence levels, the lower these women’s self-esteem. We also found a relation between time spent living with the aggressor, family antecedents of violence and the victims’ self-esteem.

ERO modeling and sensitivity analysis of locally enhanced beryllium erosion by magnetically connected antennas

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Lasa, A.; Borodin, D.; Canik, J. M.; Klepper, C. C.; Groth, M.; Kirschner, A.; Airila, M. I.; Borodkina, I.; Ding, R.; Contributors, JET

2018-01-01

Experiments at JET showed locally enhanced, asymmetric beryllium (Be) erosion at outer wall limiters when magnetically connected ICRH antennas were in operation. A first modeling effort using the 3D erosion and scrape-off layer impurity transport modeling code ERO reproduced qualitatively the experimental outcome. However, local plasma parameters—in particular when 3D distributions are of interest—can be difficult to determine from available diagnostics and so erosion / impurity transport modeling input relies on output from other codes and simplified models, increasing uncertainties in the outcome. In the present contribution, we introduce and evaluate the impact of improved models and parameters with largest uncertainties of processes that impact impurity production and transport across the scrape-off layer, when simulated in ERO: (i) the magnetic geometry has been revised, for affecting the separatrix position (located 50-60 mm away from limiter surface) and thus the background plasma profiles; (ii) connection lengths between components, which lead to shadowing of ion fluxes, are also affected by the magnetic configuration; (iii) anomalous transport of ionized impurities, defined by the perpendicular diffusion coefficient, has been revisited; (iv) erosion yields that account for energy and angular distributions of background plasma ions under the present enhanced sheath potential and oblique magnetic field, have been introduced; (v) the effect of additional erosion sources, such as charge-exchange neutral fluxes, which are dominant in recessed areas like antennas, has been evaluated; (vi) chemically assisted release of Be in molecular form has been included. Sensitivity analysis highlights a qualitative effect (i.e. change in emission patterns) of magnetic shadowing, anomalous diffusion, and inclusion of neutral fluxes and molecular release of Be. The separatrix location, and energy and angular distribution of background plasma fluxes impact erosion

A Percepção dos Fatores de Erosão no Processo de Construção da Marca Samsung no Brasil

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Camila da Silva Schmitt

2016-12-01

Full Text Available Devido a hipercompetitividade no mercado, a preocupação e necessidade de se planejar adequadamente as estratégias mercadológicas são essenciais (Too, Harvey & Too, 2010. Nesse domínio as marcas são utilizadas pelas empresas como estratégia para criar valor e diferenciação, para que possam se distanciar dessa concorrência. Marcas fortes tendem a criar uma vantagem competitiva duradoura (Tavares, 1998; Bedbury, 2002; Keller & Machado, 2006; Aaker, 2007; Scharf, 2007. Porém, mesmo consolidadas no mercado, marcas sólidas estão vulneráveis aos fatores que causam sua erosão. Nesse contexto, este artigo pretendeu estabelecer a percepção dos fatores de erosão no processo de construção de marcas sólidas, analisando as ações estratégicas incorporadas e trabalhadas pela marca Samsung no Brasil. Para responder as indagações ostentadas, foram utilizados dados primários instaurados nas entrevistas realizadas com executivos estrategistas da marca, e informações advindas também de dados secundários com análise documental de artigos publicados sobre a marca investigada. Quanto aos fatores de erosão estabelecidos, alguns foram percebidos integralmente como erosivo pelos executivos, como é o caso da Proliferação de concorrentes e Pressão por resultados a curto prazo. Com a análise das informações se abarcou o estabelecimento de outros fatores que causam erosão na perspectiva de marca no contexto brasileiro. 

Support for ECHONET-based smart home environments in the universAAL ecosystem

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Pham, Van Cu; Lim, Yuto; Tan, Yasuo; Chong, Nak Young

2018-01-01

With the advent of information and communication technology, many Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) solutions are being proposed to increase the quality of life of elderly people and reduce health and social care costs. Among these AAL solutions, universAAL seems to be the most promising platform for easy and economical development of AAL services. However, in its current state, the platform is incompatible with smart home systems which are based on the ECHONET standard. This paper presents the b...

Q’eros, Perú: la regeneración de relaciones cosmológicas e identidades específicas a través de la música

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Holly Wissler

2010-12-01

Full Text Available Uno de los principales objetivos de la música de la comunidad andina Q’eros es re-generar y re-crear buenas relaciones con el cosmos y con el mundo espiritual en el que cree. En esta ponencia analizo el modo cómo tanto las canciones indígenas de Q’eros como la música y danza que la comunidad ha incorporado recientemente a la peregrinación más grande del Perú -Qoyllurit’i- logran la eficacia del propósito a través de similares técnicas de producción de sonido y estética. Aunque los rasgos específicos de ambos estilos (estructura, escala e instrumentación son significativamente diferentes, yo me ocupo de la forma en que la producción musical de ambos tipos comparte el mismo enfoque y sirve a la misma meta, ya sea que se trate de un ritual íntimo dentro de la comunidad o de uno compartido con miles de otras personas de la gran región. Además, la interpretación de los dos tipos de música sirve como indicador de identidad específica para los q’eros, dependiendo de su uso contextual y la identidad deseada en el momento. Es decir, las elecciones musicales les permiten cambiar de identidad entre la de q’eros tradicionales en su comunidad natal, y la de misti (mestizo en Qoyllurit’i.

Estudo da erosão na microbacia do Ceveiro (Piracicaba, SP: I - Estimativa das taxas de perda de solo e estudo de sensibilidade dos fatores do modelo EUPS Erosion study in the Ceveiro Watershed (Piracicaba, SP.: I - Estimation o soil loss rates and sensitivity factor analysis of the USLE model

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Mara de Andrade Marinho Weill

2008-04-01

estimativas foi muito menor do que a do fator topográfico. A aplicação da EUPS permitiu estimar a expectativa de erosão do solo na área de estudo. O uso de geotecnologias e de métodos geoestatísticos de análise mostrou-se uma abordagem promissora nos estudos de erosão.Accelerated soil erosion is a serious global problem that degrades agriculture lands. Since erosion research is normally expensive and time-consuming, the use of models allows to estimate soil losses at locations and under conditions not represented directly in the research. The objective of this study was to estimate the soil erosion in an area intensively cultivated with sugarcane near the city of Piracicaba, São Paulo, contributing to diagnose the current land uses aimed at controlling erosion. The study was carried out based on a geographic information system using the universal soil loss equation (USLE to estimate erosion. A specific objective of the study was to analyze the influence of K (soil erodibility, LS (topography, C (crop use and management and P (erosion control practices factors in soil loss estimates. The results show an intense soil degradation process by accelerated erosion in nearly two-thirds of the studied area, mainly occupied by sugarcane. In these areas, the average estimated soil loss rate of 58 Mg ha-1 year-1 is equivalent to nearly four times the indicated average upper tolerance limit. In the remaining areas occupied by forest, riparian vegetation, afforestation and pasture, the estimated soil loss rates are low, around 2 Mg ha-1 year-1 , below the tolerance values. The model factor sensitivity analysis revealed that under the same weather condition (constant R factor, factors C and P (crop management and coverage and erosion control practices defined the magnitude of the soil losses, whether in units, tens or hundreds of Mg ha-1 year-1. For a same category of land use (factors C and P constant, the LS factor (topographic explained most of the observed variation. The

Avaliação da suscetibilidade natural e do potencial à erosão laminar na Bacia Hidrográfica do Ribeirão do Boqueirão, município de Davinópolis (GO)

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Rodrigues, Diego Emanoel

2016-01-01

As sociedades humanas ao longo do tempo desenvolveram e aumentaram a sua capacidade de reorganizar espacialmente os elementos do meio que as envolve. Dessa forma, a intervenção antrópica se tornou um dos agentes dinamizadores da paisagem, juntamente com os processos físicos e biológicos. Isso implica dizer que as atividades humanas influem e aceleram os processos de erosão. Especificamente, a erosão laminar é uma forma de manifestação da erosão hídrica que ocorre de forma silen...

The life-time concept as a tool for erosion tolerance definition O conceito de tempo-de-vida como ferramenta para a definição da tolerância de perda de terra por erosão

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G. Sparovek

1997-06-01

Full Text Available By definition, erosion tolerance should consider the conservation of the soil as a natural resource essential for crop production. Erosion rates greater than soil renewal will cause soil depth loss. A minimum soil depth was defined as the depth in which the inputs (fertilizers, crop residues and management technology (irrigation, improved genetic crop quality were insufficient to prevent economic productivity loss. Thus, erosion rates greater than soil formation are acceptable only during the time in which the soil does not reach the minimum depth. We have defined this time period as life-time. The life-time concept was applied to the Ceveiro watershed (1,945 ha located in a sugarcane growing region in the Southeast of Brazil Erosion rates were estimated with the Universal Soil Loss Equation and soil depths were measured by field surveys. Depth change and life-time calculations, considering a soil formation rate of 0.2 mm y-1, and assuming the present scenario of land use and a minimum soil depth of 1.0 m were made using the Geographic Information System. Land use represented 1,319 ha (68% of sugarcane, 346 ha (18% of forests and 278 ha (14% of pasture. The area in which soil erosion was less than soil formation (not associated to long term impacts represented 475 ha (24%, which included the total forest areas and 48% of pastures. The total sugarcane area had erosion rates greater than soil formation. The area with erosion rates greater than soil formation rates and soil depth less than 1.0 m, which resulted in a life-time equal to zero (soil erosion impacts are presently irreversible was 832 ha (42%. This area was composed of 702 ha of sugarcane and 130 ha of pastures. The remaining area (erosion greater than formation and soil depth > 1.0 m represented 638 ha (32%, which was composed of 620 ha of sugarcane and 18 ha of pasture. The half-lifetime for the watershed was estimated as 350 yr. The life-time concept was effective to evaluate the

Dental erosion and consumption of industrialized beverages in a group of children in Recife/Pernambuco, Brazil = Erosão dental e consumo de bebidas industrializadas em crianças de Recife/Pernambuco, Brasil

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Araújo, Natália Costa

2009-01-01

Full Text Available Objetivo: Observar a ocorrência de erosão dental em um grupo de crianças de 5 a 12 anos de idade, da cidade do Recife/Pernambuco e sua associação com o consumo de bebidas industrializadas. Metodologia: A amostra foi composta por 970 crianças e a coleta de dados abrangeu entrevistas e exames clínicos. Considerou-se como erosão dental a presença de lesões cervicais em superfícies vestibulares com as seguintes características clínicas: lesões largas, rasas, sem ângulos nítidos, com superfície lisa e em forma de “U”. Para a análise estatística foi utilizado o teste Qui-quadrado de Pearson. Resultados: A ocorrência de erosão dental na amostra estudada foi de 3,4%, sendo 2,4% para a dentição decídua e 1,8% para a dentição permanente. Tanto na dentição decídua, quanto na permanente, a erosão dental foi associada ao consumo de bebidas industrializadas (P=0,02 e de refrigerantes especificamente (P=0,004. Conclusão: Neste estudo, a ocorrência de erosão dental foi baixa, sugerindo que este tipo de agravo não se configura em um problema de saúde pública para a população investigada

La matière noire, clé de l'univers ?

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Combes, Françoise

2015-01-01

Si ces dernières années de nombreuses découvertes ont permis de mieux connaître notre Univers, 95 % de son contenu, constitué de matière et d énergie noires, nous est encore aujourd hui totalement inconnu. Quelle est la nature de cette matière noire, de ces particules exotiques, sans lesquelles ne pourraient se former les galaxies ? L ouvrage, rédigé par Françoise Combes astrophysicienne dont les travaux de recherche dans ce domaine sont unanimement reconnus fait le point sur l état actuel des connaissances, les découvertes les plus récentes et les prochains défis à relever.

Einstein dans l'Univers - French version only

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2005-01-01

Dans le cadre de l'Année internationale de la physique, la section de physique de l'Université de Genève organise une série de conférences pour les non-initiés. Chacune des conférences débute par une démonstration de détection de rayons cosmiques dans l'auditoire et l'utilisation de ces signaux venus du fond de l'Univers pour créer une « musique cosmique », en collaboration avec le Professeur Ellberger du Conservatoire de musique de Genève. La cinquième conférence, donnée par le professeur Michele Maggiore de l'Université de Genève, s'intéresse à l'une des contributions les plus remarquables d'Einstein, la relativité générale. L'une des prédictions de cette théorie est l'existence des ondes gravitationnelles, véritables vibrations de l'espace-temps qui peuve...

L'univers créativité cosmique et créativité artistique

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Reeves, Hubert; Champion, Claire

2016-01-01

Avec le talent de vulgarisateur qu'on lui connaît, Hubert Reeves explique, en faisant d'habiles parallèles avec la créativité humaine, ce que l'on sait aujourd'hui de la création de l'Univers. Avec ses mots et ses idées simples, épurées comme des haïkus, Hubert Reeves arrive à faire comprendre l'infiniment complexe, tout en amenant ses lecteurs au bord du gouffre métaphysique.

The Education of Eros: A History of Education and the Problem of Adolescent Sexuality. Studies in Curriculum Theory Series

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Carlson, Dennis L.

2012-01-01

"The Education of Eros: is the first and only comprehensive history of sexuality education and the "problem" of adolescent sexuality from the mid-20th century to the beginning of the 21st. It explores how professional health educators, policy makers, and social and religious conservatives differed in their approaches, and battled over what gets…

L'univers des particules une introduction

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Diu, Bernard

2017-01-01

Au début du XXe siècle, les scientifiques imaginaient que l'ensemble du monde était construit à partir de trois "particules élémentaires" (électron, proton, photon). Depuis, nous avons appris que notre univers contient un nombre considérable de particules - soit des corps individualisés d'extension réduite - de natures et de caractéristiques très diverses, qu'il serait illusoire de chercher à énumérer de manière formelle et systématique. C'est pourquoi le propos de ce livre suit une stratégie fondamentalement différente. Il s'organise autour de certaines propriétés générales que laissent apparaître l'observation et l'étude des particules dans leur existence et leur conduite primaire. Aussi, chacune des parties de cet ouvrage rassemble plusieurs chapitres de thèmes voisins, mais un sujet donné peut également être traité en divers endroits et, de ce fait, être abordé sous différents angles de manière complémentaire. De telles compositions et décompositions d'éléments proche...

La forme de l’espace, des trous noirs à l’Univers chiffonné

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2006-01-01

Trous noirs, forme de l’Univers, structure de l’espace-temps… Décrire la forme de notre espace a toujours mis en jeu de nombreux modèles géométriques, chacun impliquant une théorie physique sous-jacente. L'un des grands défis de la physique fondamentale du XXIe siècle est de visualiser la distorsion de l’espace-temps, engendrée par les champs gravitationnels et quantiques. La conférence sera illustrée par de spectaculaires animations issues de simulations d'ordinateur.

La interacción entre compañeros y el feedback lingüístico en los COMA de lenguas extranjeras

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Elena Martín Monje

2014-01-01

Full Text Available Este trabajo estudia las interacciones entre compañeros o interacciones peer-to-peer en el primer Curso Online Masivo y Abierto (COMA o MOOC en inglés de Inglés Profesional realizado para nativos hispanohablantes en paralelo en las plataformas en línea UNED Abierta y Miríada X, con la finalidad de fomentar la instrucción abierta en el ámbito de la educación superior de lenguas. Dadas las diferencias entre ambas plataformas, en este artículo nos centramos en el curso de la plataforma Miríada X, cuyo planteamiento se basó principalmente en una serie de actividades de lengua interculturales que buscaban la interacción y el feedback entre compañeros, con el objeto de fomentar la comunicación en línea en la lengua de destino y desviar el enorme desequilibrio en la proporción entre estudiantes (cerca de 30.000 y profesores (5: 2 curadores y 3 facilitadores y el elevado índice de abandono característico de este tipo de cursos. La información sobre el nivel de interacción alcanzado y el feedback proporcionado por los estudiantes se registró mediante la observación del seguimiento del curso y las opiniones de los estudiantes recogidas en un cuestionario final. El análisis realizado revela la necesidad de matizar algunos de los actuales criterios de calidad de estos cursos y de mejorar sustancialmente la percepción de los estudiantes de lenguas sobre la interacción con compañeros.

The TESIS Project: Are Type 2 QSO Hidden in X-Ray Emitting EROs?

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Severgnini, P.; Della Ceca, R.; Braito, V.; Saracco, P.; Longhetti, M.; Bender, R.; Drory, N.; Feulner, G.; Hopp, U.; Mannucci, F.; Maraston, C.

X-ray selected EROs are, on average, the hardest X-ray sources in medium and deep X-ray fields. This coupled with their extremely red colors (R-K > 5) suggest that they represent one of the most promising population where looking for high-luminosity (LX > 1044 erg s-1) and X-ray obscured (NH > 1022 cm-2) type2 AGNs, the so called QSO2 (e.g., [5]; [4]; Mignoli et al. submitted to A&A). These latter are predicted in large density by the synthesis model of the Cosmic X-ray background [9] even if only few observational evidences have been found so far (e.g., [1] and references therein; Caccianiga et al. A&A accepted).

Erotic subset for the Nencki Affective Picture System (NAPS ERO): cross-sexual comparison study.

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Wierzba, Małgorzata; Riegel, Monika; Pucz, Anna; Leśniewska, Zuzanna; Dragan, Wojciech Ł; Gola, Mateusz; Jednoróg, Katarzyna; Marchewka, Artur

2015-01-01

Research on the processing of sexual stimuli has proved that such material has high priority in human cognition. Yet, although sex differences in response to sexual stimuli were extensively discussed in the literature, sexual orientation was given relatively little consideration, and material suitable for relevant research is difficult to come by. With this in mind, we present a collection of 200 erotic images, accompanied by their self-report ratings of emotional valence and arousal by homo- and heterosexual males and females (n = 80, divided into four equal-sized subsamples). The collection complements the Nencki Affective Picture System (NAPS) and is intended to be used as stimulus material in experimental research. The erotic images are divided into five categories, depending on their content: opposite-sex couple (50), male couple (50), female couple (50), male (25) and female (25). Additional 100 control images from the NAPS depicting people in a non-erotic context were also used in the study. We showed that recipient sex and sexual orientation strongly influenced the evaluation of erotic content. Thus, comparisons of valence and arousal ratings in different subject groups will help researchers select stimuli set for the purpose of various experimental designs. To facilitate the use of the dataset, we provide an on-line tool, which allows the user to browse the images interactively and select proper stimuli on the basis of several parameters. The NAPS ERO image collection together with the data are available to the scientific community for non-commercial use at http://naps.nencki.gov.pl.

Erotic subset for the Nencki Affective Picture System (NAPS ERO: cross-sexual comparison study

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Małgorzata eWierzba

2015-09-01

Full Text Available Research on the processing of sexual stimuli has proved that such material has high priority in human cognition. Yet, although sex differences in response to sexual stimuli were extensively discussed in the literature, sexual orientation was given relatively little consideration, and material suitable for relevant research is difficult to come by. With this in mind, we present a collection of 200 erotic images, accompanied by their self-report ratings of emotional valence and arousal by homo- and heterosexual males and females (n = 80, divided into four equal-sized subsamples. The collection complements the Nencki Affective Picture System (NAPS and is intended to be used as stimulus material in experimental research. The erotic images are divided into five categories, depending on their content: opposite-sex couple (50, male couple (50, female couple (50, male (25 and female (25. Additional 100 control images from the NAPS depicting people in a non-erotic context were also used in the study. We showed that recipient sex and sexual orientation strongly influenced the evaluation of erotic content. Thus, comparisons of valence and arousal ratings in different subject groups will help researchers select stimuli set for the purpose of various experimental designs. To facilitate the use of the dataset, we provide an on-line tool, which allows the user to browse the images interactively and select proper stimuli on the basis of several parameters. The NAPS ERO image collection together with the data are available to the scientific community for non-commercial use at http://naps.nencki.gov.pl.

Georges Lemaître et la théorie du big bang qu'y avait-t-il au commencement de l'univers ?

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Landa, Pauline

2015-01-01

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Georges Lemaître et ses inventions en moins d'une heure !L'origine de l'univers, voilà une problématique qui a tenu en haleine de très nombreux scientifiques. Alors que l'on pourrait croire que l'homme s'est posé cette question depuis la nuit des temps, il n'en est rien. C'est Georges Lemaître, un prêtre belge et grand astrophysicien, qui le premier cherche à dater l'univers et à tenter de découvrir ce qu'il y avait au commencement, alors même que l'ensemble de la communauté scientifique était persuadé qu'il avait toujours exis

Un abrazo de amigo y compañero para Alejandro Casona

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Oswaldo Díaz Díaz

1965-10-01

Full Text Available El título de este escrito podría parecer vanidoso y logrero si esas hermosas palabras, "un abrazo de amigo y compañero", no estuvieran de puño y letra de Casona en una tarjeta dirigida a mí desde Buenos Aires, con ocasión de haberle enviado dos de mis comedias para someterlas a su autorizado parecer. Ni esta es la primera vez que escribo a propósito del teatro de Alejandro Casona, pues en 1941, en la revista titulada España que editó fugazmente en Bogotá un grupo entusiasta de españoles exilados de su patria, como lo estuvo mucho tiempo Casona, apareció un artículo mío con análogo título y que hoy me sirve de guia para empezar este recuerdo.

A susceptibilidade à erosão como subsídio ao planejamento urbano: estudo de caso do município de Ubá - MG

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Fillipe Tamiozzo Pereira Torres

2014-02-01

Full Text Available A inexistência de planejamento no que se refere à expansão urbana é uma realidade enfrentada por várias cidades brasileiras. A ocupação desordenada pode acarretar diversos problemas, a exemplo da erosão, que nas cidades tem se tornado um acontecimento cada vez mais frequente e intenso. A identificação das áreas que apresentam susceptibilidade à ocorrência de algum desastre é considerada um importante procedimento na gestão de riscos ambientais e, consequentemente, vem a colaborar de maneira relevante nas questões do planejamento urbano. É neste sentido que o presente trabalho teve como objetivo determinar as diretrizes iniciais de crescimento da área urbana do município de Ubá, Minas Gerais, a partir da vulnerabilidade à erosão do seu perímetro urbano. Foi realizado o cruzamento de mapas de uso e ocupação do solo, geomorfologia, solos e declividade para obtenção do mapa de susceptibilidade à erosão da área de estudo. A partir deste mapa foram estabelecidas as diretrizes iniciais para o crescimento do município estudado. Os eixos norte, sul e oeste, em relação ao perímetro urbano, foram considerados inadequados para o crescimento da cidade. O eixo leste foi aquele mais adequado para o crescimento urbano desse município.

Validación de la Environmental Reward Observation Scale (EROS) en población Colombiana

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Valderrama Diaz, Mario Andrés; Konrad Lorenz Fundación Universitaria; Bianchi Salguero, Javier Mauricio; Konrad Lorenz Fundación Universitaria; Villalba Garzon, Javier Andres

2016-01-01

Se estimaron las propiedades psicométricas de la Environmental Reward Observation Scale (EROS) en población colombiana, con dos muestras: población comunitaria y clínica. Para la primera se evaluaron 507 personas en 22 departamentos del país con edades entre los 18 y los 72 años, 60,5% son mujeres y restante hombres, la segunda muestra estuvo compuesta por 68 personas con edades comprendidas entre los 18 y 72 años que se atendidas en el momento de la evaluación por profesionales en salud men...

El Eros platónico, lo Numinoso Ottoniano y la nostalgia espiritual de la Cultura Otaku

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Ph.D. Adam Brakman

2009-10-01

Full Text Available Thus, in this paper I would like to explore the idea of spiritual longing in otaku culture, firstly, by elucidating Plato’s eros and Otto’s numinous, and then, secondly, by examining a few examples from anime and manga which have instilled in me, or others I know, a deep desire for something that can only be described as mysterious, irreducible and spiritual. Used examples are drawn from the family-orientated anime My Neighbor Totoro, the shōnen anime Gundam, and the shōjo manga Sailor Moon.

ERO modeling of beryllium erosion by helium plasma in experiments at PISCES-B

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D. Borodin

2017-08-01

Full Text Available The beryllium erosion by helium plasma irradiation is studied at the PISCES-B linear plasma device and interpreted using the accompanying simulations by the ERO code. The influence of plasma conditions and varying negative biasing of the Be plasma target on BeI and BeII absolute line intensities are reproduced in detail by the simulations. The synthetic axial line intensity shapes and line ratios match with experiment. This indicates that atomic data are quite accurate. The initial population state of quasi-metastable 3P level in BeI is found to be MS:GS= 0.33:1 for all conditions. The yields determined by the modeling interpretation are compared to the SDTrimSP code simulations in the binary collision approximation.

Si tu devais me dessiner l'Univers

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Saison-Marsollier, Sandrine; Pralavorio, Corinne; Spiro, Michel; Goldberg, Marc

2015-01-01

Le CERN a lancé en 2014 un concours de dessins dans les classes de primaire des villes des environs : les enfants étaient invités à s’interroger sur l’Univers, la matière et le métier de chercheur. Le succès de l’opération a été tel qu’il a été décidé d’en faire un livre que l’enseignant pourra parcourir en classe avec ses élèves, discuter avec eux des questions et découvrir ensemble les réponses. Le livre est en effet construit ainsi : sur une double page la question que s’est posée l’enfant et le dessin l’illustrant trouvent leur réponse sur la page d’en face, via un court texte écrit par le chercheur référent (Michel Spiro), qu’accompagne une citation tirée du domaine culturel, destinée à montrer les passerelles entre science, littérature et philosophie. Exemples de questions : Qu’y avait-il avant le Big Bang ? Les chercheurs sont-ils des personnes comme les autres ? Pourquoi les lois de la physique ne changent-elles pas ? Peut-on attraper les particules ?...

Variabilidade espacial de fatores de erosão em Latossolo Vermelho eutroférrico sob cultivo de cana-de-açúcar Spatial variability of the erosion factors in eutrudox Red Latosol under sugarcane crop

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Zigomar M. de Souza

2005-04-01

Full Text Available Visando a avaliar a variabilidade espacial de fatores de erosão em Latossolo Vermelho eutroférrico, foram obtidas amostras do solo em intervalos regulares de 50 m, em forma de grid, totalizando 206 pontos de amostragem. Foram coletadas amostras nas profundidades de 0,0-0,2 m para a determinação da composição granulométrica e do conteúdo de matéria orgânica. Os fatores de erosão locais, como erosividade (R, erodibilidade (K, relevo (LS, perda de solo (A, potencial natural de erosão (PNE, risco de erosão (RE e expectativa de erosão (EE, foram avaliados. A variabilidade do solo medida pelo coeficiente de variação registrou-se média para K, alta para o RE e EE e muito alta para A, LS e PNE. As variáveis estudadas apresentaram estrutura de dependência espacial com grau moderado para as variáveis K, A, PNE e RE, e forte para o LS e EE. Mapas obtidos por krigagem foram apresentados para descrição dos padrões de distribuição dos fatores de erosão na paisagem.The objective of this work was to evaluate the spatial variability of soil erosion factors on a Dark Red Oxisol under sugarcane conventional tillage. Soil samples were collected in 206 points, in a depth of 0.0-0.2 m, located in a 50 m regular grid for obtaining the soil texture and organic matter content. The local erosion factors were determined: erosivity (R, erodibility (K, relief (LS, soil erosion (A, natural potential of erosion (PNE, erosion risk (RE and erosion expectation (EE. Geostatistical analysis was performed to measure and model the spatial variability of soil erosion factors. The soil variability was moderate with K, A, and PNE while the soil variability was higher with LS, RE, and EE. K, A, and PNE exhibited moderate spatial dependence, but spatial dependence of LS, RE and EE was strong. Kriging maps were presented for understanding of soil erosion factors distribution patterns within the landscape.

Erosão em entre sulcos em área cultivada com cana crua e queimada sob colheita manual e mecanizada

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Marcos Vinícios Garbiate

2011-12-01

Full Text Available Embora existam vários estudos ligados às questões ambientais voltadas para a poluição atmosférica, ao uso crescente da biotecnologia e à mecanização do processo de colheita da cana-de-açúcar, a mesma atenção não tem sido dada aos impactos ambientais negativos promovidos pela erosão laminar. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a concentração de matéria orgânica (MO e nutrientes (P, K, Ca e Mg em sedimentos e na água da enxurrada proveniente de erosão entre sulcos em diferentes sistemas de manejo na colheita da cana-de-açúcar utilizados no Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul (cana crua e queimada, sob um Latossolo Vermelho distrófico de textura média. Os tratamentos estudados foram colheita manual de cana queimada, colheita mecanizada de cana crua e colheita mecanizada de cana queimada. Aplicou-se chuva simulada com intensidade de 60 mm h-1, durante 50 min. As concentrações de sedimentos na enxurrada resultantes da erosão entre sulcos, bem como de MO, P, K, Ca e Mg, foram maiores no sistema com colheita mecanizada de cana queimada e menores no sistema com colheita mecanizada de cana crua. A qualidade física do solo sofre influência negativa do sistema de manejo com colheita mecânica de cana queimada, devido ao efeito da pressão exercida pelo tráfego de máquinas na colheita. No entanto, os resíduos vegetais de colheita distribuídos na superfície do solo pela colheita mecânica de cana crua reduzem as perdas de nutrientes e de MO no sedimento, além de aumentarem a capacidade do solo em resistir à degradação física ocasionada pelo tráfego de máquinas na colheita mecanizada de cana.

Erosão em sulcos em diferentes preparos e estados de consolidação do solo

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M. J. Schäfer

2001-06-01

Full Text Available O preparo e a consolidação do solo alteram a sua capacidade em resistir à erosão em sulcos. Com o objetivo de estudar a erosão em sulcos em diferentes preparos e consolidação do solo, conhecer o diâmetro mediano dos sedimentos transportados e determinar a erodibilidade em sulcos (Kr e a tensão crítica de cisalhamento (τc do solo, foi realizado um experimento no campo, em 1997/98, em um Argissolo Vermelho-Amarelo distrófico arênico. O delineamento experimental foi inteiramente casualizado com seis repetições. Os tratamentos constaram de: preparo convencional recente (CR, preparo convencional consolidado (consolidação de dois meses (CC, plantio direto sem palha (PDS e plantio direto com palha (PDC, 94% de cobertura. Usou-se chuva simulada de intensidade constante (65 mm h-1 até escoamento aproximadamente constante de água no solo. Em seguida, na extremidade superior do sulco, foram adicionadas descargas líquidas (Q crescentes de 0,0002 m³ s-1 até 0,0010 m³ s-1, para os tratamentos CR e CC, e de 0,0004 m³ s-1 até 0,0020 m³ s-1, para os tratamentos PDS e PDC, sendo as amostras coletadas na parte inferior de cada sulco. As parcelas foram delimitadas por chapas metálicas cravadas no solo no sentido do declive (0,20 m de largura por 6,00 m de comprimento. O valor de Kr determinado foi de 0,012 kg N-1 s-1 e o τc foi de 2,61 N m-2. A desagregação, as perdas de solo e o diâmetro mediano dos sedimentos apresentaram a seguinte seqüência em magnitude: CR, CC, PDS e PDC, particularmente nas maiores Q. O regime de escoamento foi turbulento supercrítico, com exceção da primeira Q aplicada, onde o regime foi laminar subcrítico, para o PDC, graças à presença de resíduos culturais, e laminar supercrítico, para os demais tratamentos. A consolidação e a cobertura do solo alteram o regime do escoamento e reduzem a erosão em sulcos e seus efeitos são complementares.

Is liberal independent dental practice in danger? Assessing forms of dental practice in the European Regional Organization (ERO) zone of the FDI World Dental Federation.

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Wolf, Thomas Gerhard; Seeberger, Gerhard Konrad; Callaway, Angelika; Briseño-Marroquín, Benjamín; Rusca, Philippe; Frank, Michael; Otterbach, Ernst-Jürgen

2018-02-26

A trend towards increasingly new forms of dental practice has been observed in the FDI World Dental Federation. Elementary foundations such as the free dentist and therapy choice, and independent, free, self-responsible professional practice may be undermined. The current study is aimed at analyzing the general training framework, organization, and professional types of dental practice in the European Regional Organization (ERO) zone and at critically discussing selected aspects of changes in the dental profession. A questionnaire was developed by the ERO Working-Group "Liberal Dental Practice." Information about dental schools, professional organizations, dental practice regulations, and ambulatory healthcare centers was analyzed. Self-employed dental practice is the most common type of practice (51.7%). Dentists are allowed to work independently immediately after graduation (72.7%). Approximately one-third are organized as compulsory members in chambers/corporations. The density of dentists has a mean of 1,570 inhabitants per dentist. In most countries, there are no special rules for founding dental ambulatory healthcare centers. In a total of 353 universities of the ERO countries surveyed, 16,619 dentists per year were trained, with a trend toward a higher percentage of female students (63%). Despite modern forms of dental practice, the charter of the individual liberal dental profession (CED et al, 2013) should be respected and taken into account on the basis of ethical principles. The commercialization of the dental profession can be neutralized only by establishing and following well-defined ethical principles; oral healthcare quality can thus be ensured without the influence of third parties.

Estrategia educativa sobre lactancia materna. Policlínico "Joaquín de Agüero". Marzo 2007 a Marzo 2008

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Yoycet Ruiz de Villa Martínez

2011-01-01

Full Text Available Se analizó que no todas las madres conocen la necesidad de lactar a sus hijos en los primeros meses de vida, lo cual obstaculiza el éxito de la lactancia materna exclusiva (al sexto mes, por lo que se realizó una estrategia de intervención educativa con el objetivo de incrementar el nivel de conocimientos en las madres del Grupo Básico de Trabajo No.2 del Policlínico "Joaquín de Agüero y Agüero". El universo estuvo constituido por 149 madres de niños de 0 a 6 meses de edad, aplicando una encuesta para identificar las necesidades de aprendizaje sobre la lactancia materna. Posteriormente se llevó a cabo un programa educativo, utilizándose técnicas participativas y demostrativas, aplicándose finalmente la misma encuesta para poder comparar, a través de la evaluación, los resultados de la intervención. Al inicio predominó la evaluación de regular lo cual fue modificada al final, mostrándose la eficacia del programa aplicado. Se concluyó que la intervención fue efectiva predominado un criterio muy satisfactorio de las madres participantes.

Erosão entre sulcos em diferentes condições de cobertura do solo, sob cultivo da cana-de-açúcar Interrill erosion under different conditions of soil cover of sugarcane

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Sandro Augusto Bezerra

2006-06-01

Full Text Available A erosão entressulcos acontece pela desagregação originada do impacto das gotas de chuva e pelo transporte do escoamento superficial, por arraste e suspensão das partículas superficiais do solo desagregadas, onde se encontram a matéria orgânica e os nutrientes fundamentais para a produção agrícola. O trabalho objetivou avaliar o efeito de diferentes coberturas do solo em área de cultivo de cana-de-açúcar sob o escoamento superficial na erosão entressulcos. As condições avaliadas foram: solo descoberto; resíduo em contato direto com o solo; dossel da cana-de-açúcar e efeito somado do dossel da cana-de-açúcar e do resíduo em contato com o solo, para três e 12 meses após o corte da cana-planta. Os regimes de escoamento na erosão entressulcos foram laminar lento, e a erodibilidade para o Argissolo Vermelho-Amarelo foi de 1,87 x 10(6 kg s m-4, por conta da presença de mica e caulinita. O resíduo da cana em contato direto com o solo destacou-se no aumento da rugosidade hidráulica, e o dossel pela interceptação da chuva que retardou o início do escoamento superficial, possibilitando maiores taxas de infiltração de água no solo e menores taxas da erosão entressulcos.Interrill erosion occurs as a result of detachment of soil surface particles caused by raindrop impact and their transportation by overland flow (drag and suspension, which contain the organic matter and nutrients that are essential for agricultural production. An experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of different soil cover types on the overland flow in interrill erosion in an area of sugarcane cultivation. The following situations were evaluated: bare soil; sugarcane straw mulch; sugarcane canopy cover; sugarcane canopy cover + sugarcane straw mulch three and 12 months after sugarcane harvest. The laminar flow regimes were slow and interrill soil erodibility of the Red-Yellow Argisol was 1.87 x 10(6 kg s m-4 due to the occurrence of kaolinite

Perdas por erosão e rendimentos de soja e de trigo em diferentes sistemas de preparo de um latossolo roxo de Dourados (MS

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L. C. Hernani

1997-12-01

Full Text Available Avaliaram-se as perdas de solo e de água por erosão, em um latossolo roxo muito argiloso, com 0,03 m m-1 de declividade, da área experimental da Embrapa-Centro de Pesquisa Agropecuária do Oeste, em Dourados (MS, entre junho de 1987 e maio de 1995. Os tratamentos, aplicados antes da semeadura de trigo e de soja, cultivados em sucessão, foram: (i escarificação + gradagem niveladora (ES, (ii gradagens pesada + niveladora (GP, (iii plantio direto (PD e (iv aração com arado de discos + duas gradagens niveladoras, sem cobertura vegetal (DE. O preparo de solo e a semeadura foram realizados no sentido do declive. O PD foi o tratamento mais eficiente, tanto no controle de perdas de solo e de água quanto em rendimentos de grãos de soja e de trigo. As perdas médias de solo e de água por erosão, relativas aos sistemas PD, ES, GP e DE, foram, respectivamente, de: 0,8; 2,8; 5,3 e 7,3 t ha-1 ano-1 e 27, 80, 112 e 149 mm ano-1. O PD, quando comparado ao DE, controlou 89% das perdas de solo e 82% das de água. O PD mostrou rendimentos médios de grãos, tanto de soja como de trigo, 17% superiores aos do GP. O ES apresentou rendimentos médios 5% superiores em soja e 12% superiores em trigo, quando comparados aos do GP. Este último, dos tratamentos cultivados, foi o menos eficaz, seja no controle à erosão, seja nos rendimentos de soja e trigo. O fator erosividade, R, foi estimado em 6.411 MJ mm ha-1 h-1 ano-1, e a erodibilidade, K, foi de 0,0045 t h MJ-1 mm-1. Entre junho/94 e maio/95, o período de maior intensidade de perdas por erosão por unidade de tempo foi do preparo de solo à semeadura da soja, e o de maiores perdas absolutas foi o de 30 a 60 dias após a semeadura dessa cultura. Isso demonstra a importância de adequada cobertura do solo, entre novembro e março, e reforça a recomendação do Sistema de Plantio Direto para a região de Dourados (MS.

Efectos en la percepción del clima motivacional generado por los entrenadores y compañeros sobre la diversión y el compromiso. Diferencias en función de género

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Miquel Torregrosa

2011-01-01

Full Text Available En el presente trabajo se describe la percepción del clima motivacional generado por el entrenador y por los compañeros en una muestra de deportistas jóvenes y se analizan las diferencias en función del género así como el efecto de los climas motivacionales en la diversión y el compromiso. 121 deportistas con una media de edad de 14.39 años (DE= .96, 39 chicas y 82 chicos completaron las versiones españolas de los instrumentos de clima motivacional promovido por el entrenador, clima motivacional promovido por los compañeros y compromiso deportivo. Los resultados muestran que las chicas perciben climas motivacionales de implicación a la tarea significativamente más altos y de implicación al ego significativamente más bajos que los chicos tanto en el caso del generado por el entrenador como en el caso de los generados por los compañeros. Las deportistas se divierten significativamente más y están igualmente comprometidas con la práctica deportiva que los chicos. el principal predictor del compromiso es la generación de un clima de implicación a la tarea por parte de entrenadores y compañeros. en consecuencia cabría recomendar que los programas de intervención hagan especial hincapié en la generación de climas motivacionales de implicación a la tarea.

Cosmicflows Constrained Local UniversE Simulations

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Sorce, Jenny G.; Gottlöber, Stefan; Yepes, Gustavo; Hoffman, Yehuda; Courtois, Helene M.; Steinmetz, Matthias; Tully, R. Brent; Pomarède, Daniel; Carlesi, Edoardo

2016-01-01

This paper combines observational data sets and cosmological simulations to generate realistic numerical replicas of the nearby Universe. The latter are excellent laboratories for studies of the non-linear process of structure formation in our neighbourhood. With measurements of radial peculiar velocities in the local Universe (cosmicflows-2) and a newly developed technique, we produce Constrained Local UniversE Simulations (CLUES). To assess the quality of these constrained simulations, we compare them with random simulations as well as with local observations. The cosmic variance, defined as the mean one-sigma scatter of cell-to-cell comparison between two fields, is significantly smaller for the constrained simulations than for the random simulations. Within the inner part of the box where most of the constraints are, the scatter is smaller by a factor of 2 to 3 on a 5 h-1 Mpc scale with respect to that found for random simulations. This one-sigma scatter obtained when comparing the simulated and the observation-reconstructed velocity fields is only 104 ± 4 km s-1, I.e. the linear theory threshold. These two results demonstrate that these simulations are in agreement with each other and with the observations of our neighbourhood. For the first time, simulations constrained with observational radial peculiar velocities resemble the local Universe up to a distance of 150 h-1 Mpc on a scale of a few tens of megaparsecs. When focusing on the inner part of the box, the resemblance with our cosmic neighbourhood extends to a few megaparsecs (<5 h-1 Mpc). The simulations provide a proper large-scale environment for studies of the formation of nearby objects.

Bibliometria, história e geografia da pesquisa brasileira em erosão acelerada do solo Bibliometrics, history and geography of Brazilian research on accelerated soil erosion

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Alberto Giaroli de Oliveira Pereira Barretto

2008-12-01

Full Text Available Há poucos estudos sobre a história da ciência do solo e, no Brasil, essa matéria ainda não recebeu maior atenção por parte de sua comunidade científica. Este trabalho focaliza a formação histórica da pesquisa brasileira em erosão acelerada do solo a partir de uma análise bibliométrica e geográfica, com base numa ampla compilação de artigos científicos publicados sobre o tema por autores vinculados a instituições brasileiras. A metodologia envolveu o armazenamento, em um banco de dados dimensional, estruturado especificamente para esse objetivo, de informações espaciais e bibliométricas. Indicadores quantitativos foram calculados, e a geografia da pesquisa foi mapeada por meio de consultas SQL e ferramentas de geoprocessamento. Os resultados apontaram para gênese recente da pesquisa brasileira em erosão acelerada do solo e centralização da produção científica e formação de linhas em instituições e autores do Sul e Sudeste do Brasil. Ainda, a análise dos dados temáticos indicou predominância do enfoque da erosão a partir de uma perspectiva agrícola e grande ênfase na pesquisa dos fatores do modelo USLE de estimativa de erosão.Soil science history studies are rare and the Brazilian scientific community has not given substantial attention to this subject yet. The present study focused on the formation of research on accelerated soil erosion in the Brazil from a bibliometric perspective. A comprehensive database of published scientific papers was organized in a relational database and analyzed by SQL queries and GIS tools. These data were used to calculate quantitative indicators and spatial distribution patterns. Results indicate a recent development of research on accelerated soil erosion in Brazil by few institutions and authors in the South and Southeast regions. Moreover, a thematic analysis indicated the agricultural perspective as the main focus of erosion studies, with a great emphasis on the USLE

Quantificação da erosão em pastagem com diferentes declives na microbacia do Ribeirão Salomea Erosion quantification in pastures with different slopes in the Ribeirão Salomea Watershed

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Euzelina dos S. B. Inácio

2007-08-01

Full Text Available A erosão hídrica é uma das principais formas de degradação do solo e, dentre os diversos fatores que exercem influência sobre ela, dois se destacam: a cobertura do solo e a declividade do terreno. Com este trabalho, objetivou-se quantificar as perdas de solo por erosão hídrica sob chuva simulada em cobertura de pastagem comparando-as com solo descoberto em diferentes classes de declividade e avaliar a erodibilidade do solo estudado, visando avaliar a capacidade dessa cobertura vegetal em proteger o solo da erosão, bem como a influência da declividade da área nas perdas de solo, para as condições da microbacia do Ribeirão Salomea, sul da Bahia. Os tratamentos com quatro repetições foram: com e sem cobertura de pastagem em quatro classes de declive: The water erosion is one of the main forms of soil degradation and it is highly affected by the soil cover and landscape slope. The objective of this work was to quantify the detachment rate and the soil loss due to water erosion under simulated rains in pastures, as well as to study the effect of land cover and the slope classes (< 9, 10-15, 25-30 and 35-40% on soil loss in the Ribeirão Salomea wathershed. The treatments with four repetitions were: with and without pasture covering in four slope classes: < 9, 10-15, 25-30 and 35-40%. Thirty-two simulated rains were applied in plots delimited by galvanized metallic foils fixed in the soil and having a gutter at their lower part for runoff sampling. The results showed that the land cover influenced soil loss only within each slope classes. Soil losses increased with increasing slope classes. This phenomenon was higher in uncovered land than in the covered ones. The erodibility was 1.48 x 105 kg s m-4 for the evaluated Mollisol.

Dios, Patria y Rey José de la Riva-Agüero y Javier Prado (1904-1905

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Víctor Samuel Rivera

2010-01-01

Full Text Available El artículo es una presentación de una de las obras más emblemáticas del pensamiento político peruano de inicios del siglo XX: Carácter de la literatura del Perú independiente (1905, la primera obra de José de la Riva-Agüero y Osma (1885-1944. La historiografía ha considerado este texto como una obra de historia de la literatura; también como un trabajo "liberal". Carácter de la literatura sería en realidad una obra de filosofía social positivista. Pero sería además una versión peruana del positivismo monarquista royaliste. Riva-Agüero habría tenido un referente oculto: el libro de filosofía social positivista de Javier Prado, Estado social del Perú durante la dominación española (1894, que habría puesto de cabeza. Tres temas básicos eran el eje de una oculta polémica político-conceptual: la religión, la monarquía y la tradición. Una oculta teoría de psicología colectiva le serviría de sustento: los peruanos tendrían un carácter pragmatista y un sentimiento social empático con el pasado, más apropiado para reivindicar la tradición que para condenarla. La Guerra del Pacífico y un baile social de la aristocracia de la Lima de 1904 serán el escenario de la controversia.

LOS RECUERDOS DEL MALTRATO ENTRE COMPAÑEROS EN LA VIDA ESCOLAR

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María Eugenia Reátiga

2009-01-01

Full Text Available En este artículo se muestran los resultados de una investigación descriptiva, que buscaba desde una mirada retrospectiva describir la experiencia que se haya vivido en relación a la situación de intimidación o rechazo por compañeros escolares en 648 estudiantes de primer semestre de estrato socioeconómico medio-alto, de una institución universitaria privada. En general, se halló a través del cuestionario RBQ, que el 41.8% recuerda que fue básicamente observador de esta situación; el 12% recuerda haber sido el victimario o agresor; el 4.8% de la muestra recuerda haber sido víctima y el 13% fue tanto víctima como agresor. Se pudo constatar que el maltrato como tal o agresión y específicamente la victimización en general aumentan en la secundaria, en el caso de la victimización se expresa en este período de modo menos activo, más larvado y mudo por medio del hablar mal y la exclusión.

Patrones de diversidad de la fauna de mariposas del Parque Nacional de Cabañeros y su entorno (Ciudad Real, España central (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Hesperioidea

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Jiménez-Valverde, A.

2004-12-01

Full Text Available Diversity patterns of the butterfly fauna of the Parque Nacional de Cabañeros and its surroundings (Ciudad Real, Central Spain (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Hesperioidea The butterfly species richness and faunistic composition in six plots with different land uses and dissimilar environmental diversity is studied in the Parque Nacional de Cabañeros and its surroundings (Ciudad Real, Central Spain. The holm-oak forest is the richest sampling plot, with a butterfly species composition that clearly differs from the rest of more humanized sampling plots. The pine plantation has the lowest values of species richness and abundances, with a faunistic composition quite similar to those of the sampling plots with a dominance of hostile habitats for butterflies (grasslands and crops, so the need to create clearings is emphasised. The importance of environmental diversity in humanized habitats and the need for proper management and conservation of woodlands is stressed in order to conserve butterfly biodiversity

Relações da erosão em entressulcos com o tipo e com a quantidade de resíduo vegetal na superfície do solo

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J. A. Braida

1999-09-01

Full Text Available Os resíduos vegetais na superfície do solo são muito efetivos em dissipar a energia de impacto das gotas de chuva, além de constituírem barreira física ao livre escoamento superficial da água. A presença desses resíduos em contato direto com a superfície do solo pode influenciar, decisivamente, a erosão em entressulcos. Este estudo objetivou avaliar as relações da erosão em entressulcos com a quantidade de resíduo vegetal em cobertura e verificar as diferenças nessas relações para palha de milho e palha de trigo. Um experimento de campo foi instalado no Centro de Pesquisa de Florestas e Conservação do Solo da FEPAGRO, em Santa Maria, RS, em Podzólico Vermelho-Escuro franco-arenoso. As parcelas experimentais mediam 0,50 x 0,75 m, com a maior dimensão no sentido do declive do terreno, que era de 0,17 m m-1, arranjadas em quatro blocos completos ao acaso. Palhas de milho e de trigo, picadas em fragmentos de 7,5 cm, foram distribuídas, nas parcelas, sobre solo recentemente preparado, em quantidades de 0,00, 0,05, 0,10, 0,20, 0,40 e 0,80 kg m-2. Em seguida, foi aplicada uma chuva simulada de intensidade média de 67 mm h-1 e duração de 90 min. As taxas de perdas de solo e água por erosão em entressulcos variaram ao longo da chuva, dependendo da quantidade de resíduo vegetal existente na superfície do solo, porém não foram observadas variações significativas em relação ao tipo de palha. A relação da erosão em entressulcos com a fração do solo coberto (dada em função da quantidade de palha pode ser expressa por meio de uma equação exponencial. Por ser um modelo simples, com medidas de fácil obtenção, sugere-se esse modelo para estimar o subfator cobertura do solo em entressulcos por resíduos em contato direto com a superfície.

Incertezas na predição da erosão com a usle: impactos e mitigação

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Chaves,Henrique Marinho Leite

2010-01-01

Apesar de haver significativa variabilidade espacial e temporal nas variáveis de modelos de predição de erosão, mesmo em áreas consideradas homogêneas, ela é raramente incorporada na análise e no planejamento conservacionista. As consequências dessa simplificação são predições incorretas de perda de solo, com implicações para a sustentabilidade agrícola e ambiental de glebas. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram: (a) estimar o efeito da variabilidade espacial e temporal dos fatores da Equação Un...

“Ni vecinos ni compañeros: asambleistas” Trayectorias y prácticas políticas en las asambleas de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires

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Matías Triguboff

2010-07-01

Full Text Available “Ni vecinos ni compañeros: asambleistas” Trayectorias y prácticas políticas en las asambleas de la Ciudad de Buenos AiresTesis de doctorado: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos AiresDirectora: Dra. Mabel GrimbergCo-director: Dr. Juan Manuel Abal MedinaFecha de defensa: 26 de Junio de 2008

SURFS: Riding the waves with Synthetic UniveRses For Surveys

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Elahi, Pascal J.; Welker, Charlotte; Power, Chris; Lagos, Claudia del P.; Robotham, Aaron S. G.; Cañas, Rodrigo; Poulton, Rhys

2018-04-01

We present the Synthetic UniveRses For Surveys (SURFS) simulations, a set of N-body/Hydro simulations of the concordance Λ Cold Dark Matter (ΛCDM) cosmology. These simulations use Planck cosmology, contain up to 10 billion particles, and sample scales and halo masses down to 1 kpc and 108 M⊙. We identify and track haloes from z = 24 to today using a state-of-the-art 6D halo finder and merger tree builder. We demonstrate that certain properties of haloes merger trees are numerically converged for haloes composed of ≳100 particles. Haloes smoothly grow in mass, Vmax, with the mass history characterized by log M(a) ∝ exp [-(a/β)α], where a is the scale factor, α(M) ≈ 0.8 & β(M) ≈ 0.024, with these parameters decreasing with decreasing halo mass. Subhaloes follow power-law cumulative mass and velocity functions, i.e. n( > f) ∝ f-α with αM = 0.83 ± 0.01 and α _{V_max}=2.13± 0.03 for mass and velocity, respectively, independent of redshift, as seen in previous studies. The halo-to-halo scatter in amplitude is 0.9 dex. The number of subhaloes in a halo weakly correlates with a halo's concentration c and spin λ:haloes of high c and low λ have 60 per cent more subhaloes than similar mass haloes of low c and high λ. High cadence tracking shows subhaloes are dynamic residents, with 25 per cent leaving their host halo momentarily, becoming a backsplash subhalo, and another 20 per cent changing hosts entirely, in agreement with previous studies. In general, subhaloes have elliptical orbits, e ≈ 0.6, with periods of 2.3^{+2.1}_{-1.7} Gyrs. Subhaloes lose most of their mass at pericentric passage with mass loss rates of ˜ 40 per cent Gyr-1. These catalogues will be made publicly available.

Erosão hídrica pós-plantio em florestas de eucalipto na bacia do rio Paraná, no leste do Mato Grosso do Sul

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Bernardo Moreira Cândido

2014-10-01

Full Text Available Nas regiões tropicais, o desgaste provocado no solo por ação das águas da chuva, ou seja, a erosão hídrica é a mais importante forma de degradação do solo. Visto que os plantios florestais de eucalipto estão inseridos em ecossistemas sensíveis às perturbações antrópicas em razão de ocorrência de plantações em solos com baixos teores de argila, com baixa fertilidade natural e grande parte das plantações estabelecidas em antigas áreas agrícolas e de pastagens degradadas, surge a necessidade do entendimento dos processos que regem a erosão hídrica e suas relações com as perdas de solo e água nos sistemas florestais. Objetivaram-se com este trabalho calcular os valores de erosividade da chuva (fator R - EI30, estimar a tolerância de perda de solo (T para as classes representativas nas áreas de estudo, avaliar as perdas de solo e água por erosão hídrica e verificar a influência, por meio de análise de componentes principais (ACP, de atributos físicos e matéria orgânica do solo sobre a erosão hídrica em florestas de eucalipto no estádio de pós-plantio. Os tratamentos constituíram de diferentes sistemas de manejo dos resíduos e da disposição de plantio (nível e desnível, em dois biomas distintos, Cerrado e Floresta, e solo descoberto. Os solos foram classificados como Latossolo Vermelho distrófico típico textura média-alta fase floresta (LVd1 e Latossolo Vermelho distrófico típico textura média-baixa fase cerrado (LVd2. O estudo foi realizado em áreas experimentais de plantio de eucalipto localizadas no município de Três Lagoas, na bacia do Rio Paraná, no leste do Mato Grosso do Sul. O índice de erosividade anual obtido foi de 6.792,7 MJ mm ha-1 h-1 ano-1. Os valores de T variaram de 9,0 a 11,0 Mg ha-1 ano-1, para o LVd2 e LVd1, respectivamente. As perdas de solo apresentaram valores em torno de 0 a 0,505 Mg ha-1 no LVd1 e de 0 a 0,853 Mg ha-1, no LVd2. A ACP evidenciou-se eficiente na

Du Burger-King au pavillon. L’illégitimité des univers paradisiaques de l’individu contemporain.

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Marc Dumont

2007-10-01

Full Text Available Une fois n’est pas coutume, ce sont cette fois deux types de blogs qui ont retenu l’attention du site du mois : le premier sur l’ univers de la culture fast-food , les seconds constituant une série sur les autoconstructeurs ( Didier et son chantier , puis Autoconstructeur dans la Drôme ainsi qu’ autoconstruction à St Prix — bien d’autres auraient pu être cités, mais le visiteur peut aisément glisser de liens en liens à partir de ces sites. Pavillons, MacDo et blog : ...

Perfil sociodemográfico de las mujeres afectadas por violencia del compañero íntimo en España Sociodemographic profile of women affected by intimate partner violence in Spain

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Carmen Vives-Cases

2009-10-01

Full Text Available Objetivo: Determinar la prevalencia de la violencia del compañero íntimo declarada y analizar sus principales características sociodemográficas. Métodos: Estudio transversal basado en la Encuesta Nacional de Salud de España de 2006 (ENS-06. La muestra son las 13.094 mujeres dispuestas a responder preguntas sobre malos tratos (87,2% del total de las encuestadas. Se realizó un análisis bivariado y multivariado, siendo la variable dependiente la violencia del compañero íntimo declarada y las independientes el nivel de estudios, el empleo, el estado civil, la situación de convivencia con la pareja o análogo, el número de menores en el hogar, el país de origen (españolas frente a extranjeras y la edad. Resultados: La violencia del compañero íntimo es reconocida por un 1% (n=128 de la muestra. La violencia declarada se asocia con tener estudios primarios o no tener estudios (odds ratio [OR]: 3,63 [1,90-6,92], tres o más menores (OR: 3,51 [1,78-6,90] y estar separada o divorciada (OR: 2,81 [1,89-4,97], una vez controlado el efecto del resto de las variables. La violencia del compañero íntimo declarada es mayor entre las mujeres nacidas fuera de España (OR: 2,83 [1,87-4,28]. Conclusiones: La violencia del compañero íntimo parece manifestarse de manera desigual entre las mujeres españolas y las extranjeras. El nivel educativo, el número de menores en el hogar y el estado civil son las características que más se asocian a la violencia declarada por las mujeres. Sería pertinente reflexionar sobre la sensibilidad de las medidas existentes contra la violencia del compañero íntimo en relación a las necesidades de las mujeres afectadas.Objective: To determine the prevalence of reported intimate partner violence (IPV and to analyze the main sociodemographic characteristics of affected women. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study based on the Spanish National Health Survey of 2006. The sample comprised 13,094 women who

Elemental Composition of 433 Eros: New Calibration of the NEAR-Shoemaker XRS Data

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Lim, L. F.; Nittler, L. R.; Starr, R. D.; McClanahan, T. P.

2005-01-01

We present relative elemental abundances for six elements (Mg, Al, Si, S, Ca, Fe) in the surface layer of 433 Eros, derived from a new analysis of the solar induced fluorescence measured by the NEARShoemaker X ray Spectrometer (XRS).XRS derived elemental abundances have been presented before. However, calibration of XRS data depends critically on knowledge of the incident solar spectrum, which varies greatly on time scales of seconds to minutes. Unfortunately, the gas solar monitor carried by NEAR was inadequately calibrated prior to launch. The previously published XRS results were based partly on broadband measurements by the Earthorbiting GOES8 (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites) Xray detectors and partly on a preliminary solar monitor calibration carried out by the present authors. The new solar monitor calibration is based on a more recent set of physical models of the solar spectrum at various temperatures, an improved fitting procedure, analysis of a large number of flight spectra, and comparison with concurrent data from the GOES Xray detectors. In addition, the new analysis includes data from three solar flares not considered in earlier papers.

Erosão na cultura do milho em sucessão à aveia preta e pousio descoberto, em preparo convencional e plantio direto, com tração animal e tratorizada

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R. Levien

2001-09-01

Full Text Available Empregando chuva simulada em Argissolo Vermelho distrófico arênico, com declividade média de 0,12 m m-1, avaliou-se a erosão na cultura do milho (Zea mays L. em preparo convencional e plantio direto, utilizando tração animal e tratorizada, antecedida de pousio descoberto e aveia preta (Avena strigosa Schieb no inverno, no período compreendido entre 1994 e 1995. Chuvas simuladas na intensidade de 64 mm h-1 e duração de 60 a 105 min foram aplicadas em quatro épocas: logo após a semeadura, 30 e 60 dias após a emergência e logo após a colheita do milho. A cobertura do solo propiciada pela cultura de inverno foi reduzida em 90% após o preparo convencional, independentemente da forma de tração. As perdas de solo e água medidas durante o desenvolvimento do milho foram sempre maiores sob preparo convencional do que sob plantio direto, independentemente da forma de tração, exceto logo após a colheita, quando a resteva estava uniformemente distribuída na superfície do solo. No preparo convencional, a erosão na cultura do milho foi, na média das formas de tração, 45% menor, quando antecedida de aveia preta no inverno do que quando antecedida de pousio descoberto. Por sua vez, a cultura do milho, por si só, reduziu a erosão em 60%, na média das formas de tração, comparada à do solo descoberto. A forma de tração influenciou a erosão somente no preparo convencional, com a animal apresentando perdas totais de solo 55 e 15% inferiores à tratorizada, respectivamente na cultura do milho e em solo descoberto. A perda de água por enxurrada foi mais afetada pela forma de tração no preparo convencional, totalizando, em média, 44% na animal e 57% na tratorizada, em relação ao volume total de chuva aplicado.

Avaliação dos efeitos do pastoreio sobre a erosão em margens de canal fluvial em sistema de faxinal / Assessment of the grazing efects on the river bank erosion in faxinal system

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Wolliver Anderson Dias

2011-04-01

Full Text Available Brasil possui grande quantidade de áreas destinadas a pastagens, de modo que tal atividade influência consideravelmente nos processos geomorfológicos. O presente trabalho buscou avaliar os efeitos do pastoreio na erosão de margens de rio em áreas de Faxinal no município de Guarapuava – PR. Avaliou-se os efeitos do gado sobre os aspectos físicos das margens, bem como, utilizou-se de técnicas volumétricas e de avaliações na geometria do canal para se constatar a influencia do pastoreio sobre a erosão. Observou-se que o gado acelerou significativamente os processos geomorfológicos nas zonas ripárias, portando-se como importante agente modelador da paisagem.

Atomes une exploration visuelle de tous les éléments connus dans l'univers

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Gray, Theodore

2013-01-01

Quelle est leur température critique ? Qu'est-ce que la masse atomique, la densité d'un matériau, l'ordre de remplissage des électrons ? Cet ouvrage invite avec pédagogie et humour à un passionnant voyage au pays des éléments, à partir de leur tableau périodique universel. Soutenue par une exploration visuelle qui montre l'élément à l'état pur mais aussi ses composés et ses applications les plus caractéristiques dans la vie quotidienne, cette approche pratique offre une combinaison parfaite de science chimique et de photographies, qui séduira les lecteurs les plus avertis comme tous les autres habitants sensibles de l'univers.

OFICINAS SOBRE QUEDAS E ACIDENTES DOMÉSTICOS GERAIS EM PESSOAS IDOSAS NO PROGRAMA UniversIDADE

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Jane Kelly Oliveira Friestino

2016-08-01

Full Text Available O envelhecimento é um processo normal do desenvolvimento do ser humano, caracterizado por mudanças fisiológicas (senescência ou patológicas (senilidade. Com o avançar da idade, as comorbidades podem estar presentes no idoso. O desempenho das atividades de vida diária fica prejudicado e, devido a alterações sensório-motoras, cognitivas e psicossociais, aumenta a vulnerabilidade para a ocorrência de quedas e acidentes domésticos, comprometendo a capacidade funcional e podendo levar à morte. O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar o relato de experiência do oferecimento de oficinas intituladas: “Acidentes domésticos com pessoa idosa: prevenção e ação” a um grupo de idosos participantes de um programa específico para essa faixa etária. As oficinas foram ofertadas como parte do Programa de Extensão Universitária–UniversIDADE de uma Universidade pública do interior de São Paulo. Os encontros da oficina foram realizados entre maio e agosto de 2015, com duração de uma hora cada encontro, totalizando sete encontros. Uma enfermeira e uma fisioterapeuta foram mediadoras voluntárias. Os temas abordados foram: quedas, alterações sensoriais, estratégias de prevenção e ação em acidentes domésticos, queimaduras e hemorragias. Quanto aos resultados das oficinas destacaram-se a participação ativa dos idosos nas discussões dos temas abordados e a relevância dos mesmos para a prevenção dos acidentes domésticos e da ocorrência de queda. Considerou-se importante a atuação dos idosos como agentes multiplicadores das informações adquiridas nas atividades, com extensão aos seus familiares, a outros idosos de seu convívio e para sua própria qualidade de vida. Palavras-chave: Extensão Universitária, Relações Comunidade-Instituição, Acidentes domésticos, Prevenção, Saúde do Idoso.   Workshops on falls and general domestic accidents in elderly people in the UniversIDADE Program Abstract: Aging is a natural

Water erosion in soils under eucalyptus forest as affected by development stages and management systems Erosão hídrica em solos sob floresta de eucalipto em diferentes estádios de desenvolvimento e sistemas de manejo

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Anna Hoffmann Oliveira

2013-04-01

Full Text Available The constant increasing of eucalyptus forest areas in Brazil requires an accurate monitoring of water erosion. The present study aimed to evaluate soil, nutrients and organic carbon losses occasioned by water erosion in eucalyptus planted forests (EPF at different development stages (2, 3 and 7 years old. Soil erosion sediments were measured and sampled from standard erosion plots installed on Red Argisol-RA (Ultisol and Haplic Cambisol-HC (Inceptisol. Soil loss decreased as the age of plants increased; at the beginning of plant development, the canopy barely covered the soil surface, exposing the soil to higher erosion at young EPF plantations. Furrow planting system was used in the Red Argisol area and caused higher soil losses (1.1 to 6.2 Mg ha-1 year-1 as compared to pit planting system that was used in the Cambisol area (1.1 Mg ha-1 year-1. It is known that Cambisol is less resistant to erosion than Argisol. However, using pit system in this EPF, resulted in lower erosion and, therefore, nutrients and carbon losses than the traditional furrow system used in Argisol. Concerning the soil loss, this work points to the need of improving soil conservation practices to prevent soil erosion at the earlier stages of eucalyptus plantation. The amount of calcium and potassium were higher than magnesium in the soil sediment.The relatively high amount of carbon found in the erosion sediments raises additional concerns about the environmental sustainability and deserves future research.O aumento constante das áreas de florestas de eucalipto no Brasil impõe um monitoramento acurado da erosão hídrica. No presente estudo, objetivou-se avaliar as perdas de solo, nutrientes e carbono orgânico ocasionadas pela erosão hídrica em florestas plantadas de eucalipto em diferentes estádios de desenvolvimento (2, 3 e 7 anos. Os sedimentos de erosão foram medidos e amostrados por parcelas-padrão instaladas em Argissolo Vermelho (Ultisol e Cambissolo H�

La presencia de Afrodita y Eros en la música rock.

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Joaquín Villalba Álvarez.

2008-06-01

Full Text Available En este artículo claramente divulgativo pretendemos recopilar unas cuantas menciones a Afrodita y Eros (junto con sus correspondientes nombres latinos, Venus y Cupido en la música de nuestro tiempo. Fijamos nuestra atención, más concretamente, en el género musical que se conoce con el nombre de rock, un género que nace en Norteamérica a finales de los años 50 como consecuencia de la fusión de otros muchos géneros musicales como el jazz, el country & western o el rhythm & blues. En un principio y por su misma naturaleza, las letras de rock eran poco profundas, basando toda su fuerza en el ritmo. Pero poco a poco, con la consolidación del género y su legitimación como música apta para cualquier público, los letristas buscaron argumentos en campos tan a priori alejados de la música popular de nuestro tiempo como puede ser la mitología clásica, con su acervo de imágenes, temas y personajes que han terminado convirtiéndose en recurrentes; y qué duda cabe de que en las canciones de tema amoroso –de las más comunes que aparecen en el rock-, Cupido y Venus junto con todos sus atributos afloran con bastante asiduidad.

Distúrbios alimentares e sua associação com erosão e cárie dentária em adolescentes

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Brandt, Lorenna Mendes Temóteo

2015-01-01

Os prejuízos na saúde bucal de indivíduos portadores de distúrbios alimentares vêm sendo investigados, trazendo consigo questões discordantes quanto ao comprometimento dos dentes. Diante disso, realizou-se um estudo transversal controlado, com o objetivo de avaliar a ocorrência de erosão e cárie dentária em adolescentes mulheres, de 15 a 18 anos, em risco de estarem sofrendo de distúrbios alimentares e compará-las a adolescentes saudáveis. A amostra probabilística foi compos...

Self-transcendence and Eros: The human condition between desire and the infinite

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Cornel W. du Toit

2011-07-01

Full Text Available This article treats self-transcendence – like all transcendence – as a fact of human life. Inter alia this means that the human mind perforce operates in terms of binary concepts such as finitude–infinity, inner world–outside world, self–other, desire–fulfilment, separation–union and the like. We find these concepts in most myths of origin. The concept of desire (Eros, combining unfulfilment and the infinite, particularly epitomises self-transcendence. Ralph Waldo Emerson is cited as a precursor of the mid-19th century transcendentalists, whose ideas are resurfacing in present-day secular spirituality. In this article, we examined desire in the Christian conception of the Fall as envisioned by the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber and by Hegel, who integrates mind and nature in his philosophy of Spirit. The works of Emmanuel Levinas and Paul Ricoeur are used as points of reference to help us understand self and other in a framework of self-transcendence. The impact of these ideas on a postmetaphysical epistemology was also explored. Affectivity is a neglected area in Western thought and displays the same infinitude as rationality. The article concluded with present-day strategies of self-construction in a techno-scientific consumer culture.

Personality Antecedents of Self-Other Rating Discrepancy

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Nila Sinha

2012-01-01

Full Text Available En los últimos tiempos, se está incrementando el uso de sistemas de feedback multi-evaluador por parte de las organizaciones para la evaluación y el desarrollo de su personal. La investigación sugiere que las autoevaluaciones del desempeño a menudo no correlacionan con las evaluaciones de los demás, lo que tiene implicaciones para la receptividad del evaluado al feedback. La investigación previa sugiere que la personalidad del evaluado puede ser un punto importante en la discrepancia entre las autoevaluaciones y las evaluaciones de los otros. En el presente estudio se exploró el grado en que cinco dimensiones de personalidad relacionadas con el trabajo explican la varianza en la discrepancia entre las autoevaluaciones y las evaluaciones de los otros, usando los datos de archivo de 527 empleados de una gran organización financiera. El análisis de 487 parejas de autoevaluaciones y evaluaciones de los compañeros y 501 parejas de autoevaluaciones y evaluaciones de los supervisores reveló un bajo acuerdo entre las autoevaluaciones, las evaluaciones de los supervisores y las evaluaciones de los compañeros. Los evaluados altos en extraversión, dominancia, conformidad cultural, cinismo y orientación al detalle fueron algo más probables a sobre-estimar su desempeño en las autoevaluaciones comparadas con las evaluaciones que recibían de sus compañeros. Los evaluados cínicos y orientados al detalle tendieron a sobre-estimar su desempeño en comparación con las evaluaciones de sus supervisores. La orientación al detalle y la conformidad cultural interactuaron para predecir las discrepancias entre las autoevaluaciones y las evaluaciones de los supervisores y los compañeros. Finalmente, se discuten las implicaciones para la investigación y la práctica profesional de estos hallazgos.

Perdas de solo e água por erosão hídrica após mudança no tipo de uso da terra, em dois métodos de preparo do solo e dois tipos de adubação

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Tatiane Bagatini

2011-06-01

Full Text Available A mudança no tipo de uso da terra, se não devidamente planejada e conduzida, poderá resultar em solos com capacidade produtiva diminuída e com propensão à erosão aumentada, o que irá diminuir o rendimento das culturas e prejudicar a conservação do solo e da água. Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo avaliar a erosão hídrica pluvial do solo em área originalmente de campo nativo, nos seus segundo e terceiro anos de cultivo com culturas anuais em fileira (respectivamente, feijão-miúdo - Vigna unguiculata - e sorgo - Sorghum bicolor, nos métodos de preparo do solo reduzido (escarificação e sem preparo (semeadura direta e nos tipos de adubação mineral (fertilizante NPK e orgânica (cama de aviário, além de uma condição sem adubação (tratamento testemunha. O estudo foi desenvolvido em campo, na EEA/UFRGS, em Eldorado do Sul (RS, nos verões de 2007/2008 e 2008/ 2009. Usou-se chuva simulada e um Argissolo Vermelho distrófico típico com textura franco-arenosa na camada superficial e declividade média de 0,13 m m- 1. Realizaram-se dois testes de erosão em cada ciclo cultural: o primeiro, logo após o preparo do solo e a semeadura das culturas; e o segundo, cerca de 90 dias mais tarde (estádio fenológico de enchimento de legumes, no caso do feijão-miúdo, e de maturação, no do sorgo. As chuvas foram aplicadas com o simulador de braços rotativos, na intensidade planejada de 64 mm h-1 e com duração de 1,5 h cada uma. Os resultados evidenciaram que a mudança no tipo de uso da terra, excluída a condição sem adubação, não ocasionou perdas relevantes de solo e água por erosão hídrica. A mobilização do solo pela escarificação, na maior parte dos casos, favoreceu a infiltração e a retenção superficial da água da chuva e, em decorrência, reduziu a enxurrada, ao mesmo tempo em que satisfatoriamente controlou a erosão. Por sua vez, a ausência de mobilização do solo na semeadura direta, também na maior parte

Fatores relacionados à suscetibilidade da erosão em entressulcos sob condições de uso e manejo do solo Factors influencing susceptibility to interrill soil erosion under different land use and management conditions

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Flávio P. de Oliveira

2012-04-01

Full Text Available Neste trabalho foram avaliados fatores relacionados com a suscetibilidade a erosão em entressulcos de um Neossolo Litólico submetido a diferentes intensidades de uso e manejo do solo. O experimento foi realizado em condições de laboratório, utilizando-se amostras deformadas de solo colocadas em parcelas experimentais (0,23 m2 e declividade de 0,09 m m-1. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi em blocos casualizados, em que foram aplicadas chuvas simuladas com intensidade de 100 mm h-1 para os seguintes tratamentos: (I solo cultivado com fumo sob preparo convencional (PC; (II solo cultivado com fumo sob plantio direto (PD e (III solo sob mata nativa (MN. Para avaliar a suscetibilidade a erosão em entressulcos utilizaram-se índices referentes à relação energia cinética total (chuva e escoamento sobre perda de solo, taxa média de desagregação e índice de estabilidade de agregados, cujos resultados mostraram que os fatores relacionados com a suscetibilidade a erosão em entressulcos estão associados não apenas com características e propriedades que conferem coesividade ao solo, mas, também, com condicionantes que afetam a hidráulica do escoamento e, consequentemente, a fase de transporte dos sedimentos.This study evaluated factors related to the suscetibility to the interrill soil erosion in an Entisol subjected to different degrees of soil use and management. The experiment was carried out under laboratory conditions using samples collected from tobacco fields and disturbed soil placed in erosion pans measuring (0.23 m2 with a slope of 0.09 m m-1. The experimental design was in randomized blocks. Simulated rainfall intensity of 100 mm h-1 was applied to the following treatments: (I conventionally tilled soil; (II no-till soil; and (III native forest soil. Total kinetic energy (rainfall and runoff to soil loss, average rate of detachment, and aggregate stability indexes were used to assess susceptibility to interrill erosion

L'état de plasma le feu de l'Univers

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Lehner, Thierry

2004-01-01

Dans l'Antiquité, les Grecs considéraient que les constituants du monde dérivaient de quatre éléments essentiels : la terre, l'eau, l'air et le feu. Il n'est pas difficile de voir dans les trois premiers l'équivalent de nos états solide, liquide et gazeux. Mais l'état physique le plus répandu dans l'Univers - correspondant au feu des Anciens - n'est apparu que récemment et n'a été reconnu par la communauté des physiciens qu'en 1928 : c'est le plasma. Cet état très étrange - gazeux, électrique, lumineux, impalpable - reste le plus exotique et le plus inattendu. Il a donné naissance aux trois autres états puisque, à l'exception des éléments ultra-légers que sont l'hydrogène et l'hélium, tous ceux qui constituent notre monde (carbone, oxygène, fer, etc.) sont apparus dans ces fourneaux gigantesques, ces monstres de plasma, qu'étaient les premières étoiles. La vie elle-même en découle par ricochet, ce qui a permis de dire que nous ne sommes que des " poussières d'étoiles ". Décou...

Water erosion in no-tillage monoculture and intercropped systems along contour lines Erosão hídrica em solo não preparado cultivado em contorno com uso de sistemas de cultivo solteiro e em consórcio

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Ildegardis Bertol

2013-04-01

Full Text Available Water erosion is the major cause of soil and water losses and the main factor of degradation of agricultural areas. The objective of this work was to quantify pluvial water erosion from an untilled soil with crop rows along the contour, in 2009 and 2010, on a Humic Dystrupept, with the following treatments: a maize monoculture; b soybean monoculture; c common bean monoculture; d intercropped maize and bean, exposed to four simulated rainfall tests of on hour at controlled intensity (64 mm h-1. The first test was applied 18 days after sowing and the others; 39, 75 and 120 days after the first test. The crop type influenced soil loss through water erosion in the simulated rainfall tests 3 and 4; soybean was most effective in erosion control in test 3, however, in test 4, maize was more effective. Water loss was influenced by the crop type in test 3 only, where maize and soybean were equally effective, with less runoff than from the other crops. The soil loss rate varied during the runoff sampling period in different ways, demonstrating a positive linear relationship between soil and water loss, in the different rainfall tests.A erosão hídrica é a principal causa das perdas de solo e água, assim como de degradação das áreas agrícolas. O objetivo deste trabalho foi quantificar a erosão hídrica pluvial em uma área sem preparo prévio do solo, cultivada em contorno, em 2009 e 2010, sobre um Cambissolo Húmico, com os seguintes tratamentos: milho solteiro, soja solteira, feijão solteiro e milho e feijão consorciados, submetidos a quatro testes de chuva simulada com intensidade constante de 64 mm h-1 e duração de 1 h. O primeiro teste foi aplicado 18 dias após a semeadura das culturas e, os demais, 39, 75 e 120 dias, após o primeiro. O tipo de cultura influenciou a erosão hídrica nos testes 3 e 4 de chuva simulada; a soja foi mais eficaz no teste 3, enquanto, no teste 4, o milho foi mais eficiente no controle da erosão. As perdas de

Sistemas de manejo de solo e perdas de nutrientes e matéria orgânica por erosão

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L. C. Hernani

1999-03-01

Full Text Available Perdas de nutrientes e matéria orgânica por erosão hídrica são fortemente influenciadas pelo manejo do solo. O uso de sistema de manejo inadequado pode causar poluição e eutroficação de mananciais, aumentar os custos com adubação e provocar a degradação de agroecossistemas. As perdas de cálcio, magnésio e potássio trocáveis e solúveis, fósforo disponível e matéria orgânica por erosão foram avaliadas, entre 1988 e 1994, em Latossolo Roxo álico epieutrófico muito argiloso, com 0,03 m m-1 de declividade, em Dourados (MS, sob condições de chuva natural, em diferentes sistemas de manejo do solo. Os tratamentos, aplicados na sucessão trigo-soja, foram: (a escarificação + gradagem niveladora, (b gradagem pesada + niveladora; (c plantio direto, e (d aração com arado de discos + duas gradagens niveladoras, sem cobertura vegetal. A enxurrada foi coletada diariamente e, em laboratório, separou-se o sobrenadante (solução do sedimento. O Ca2+, o Mg2+, o K+ e o P disponível foram determinados tanto na solução quanto no sedimento, e a matéria orgânica apenas no sedimento. Concentrações de Ca2+ e Mg2+ foram mais elevadas na solução, enquanto as de P e K+ foram maiores no sedimento. O plantio direto proporcionou a maior concentração média de P no sedimento entre os sistemas estudados; além disso, também resultou em maiores concentrações de Ca2+ em solução e taxa de enriquecimento em P no sedimento, em relação aos sistemas que envolveram preparo e cultivo de trigo-soja. Entretanto, o plantio direto foi o sistema mais eficaz no controle da erosão, perdendo as menores quantidades totais de nutrientes e de matéria orgânica. Dos sistemas que envolveram o cultivo da sucessão trigo-soja, o de gradagens (pesada + niveladora foi o menos eficaz, ficando o sistema de escarificação + gradagem niveladora em posição intermediária. Comparado ao plantio direto, o tratamento com gradagens perdeu cerca de 6,5 vezes

Eros e Thanatos em “Tempos Sombrios”: aspectos da teoria pulsional em diálogo com Stefan Zweig e Hannah Arendt

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Érica Schlude Wels

2017-06-01

Full Text Available O presente artigo reflete sobre aspectos ligados à propensão do homem pela destruição e domínio do outro por meio da violência.  Nesse sentido, elencamos reflexões sobre os conceitos psicanalíticos de Eros e Thanatos, além de contribuições do pensamento de Hannah Arendt  (1987; 1995; 1997, sobretudo o conceito de “Banalidade do Mal”;  O mal concretizado pelo nazismo é monstruosamente banal e burocrático, ao mesmo tempo que eficiente e sistemático, levado a cabo por agentes superficiais (LECHTE, 2002.  Buscar-se-á estabelecer um diálogo entre esse arcabouço teórico e três novelas do escritor austríaco Stefan Zweig, ele próprio uma vítima declaradamente pacifista do exílio imposto aos escritores judeus no período da Segunda Guerra:  “A coleção invisível” (2015, [1924], “O Livreiro Mendel” (1999, [1929]  e “Xadrez, uma novela” (2015, [1944] têm a guerra como pano-de-fundo; O presente trabalho objetiva explorar aspectos da chamada “mitologia psicanalítica”, campo definido por Freud como obscuro.  Além do caráter destruidor intrínseco à natureza humana, como postulado nos textos freudianos que abordam a guerra (1916; 1933, [1932], destacamos o protótipo da pulsão de morte: compulsão à repetição e ao retorno do inorgânico, movimento regressivo de retorno a um estado anterior (ROUDINESCO; PLON, 1998.  Ao explorar a teoria das pulsões em seu dualismo Eros/Thanatos, lançamos luzes sobre o que Arendt define como “Tempos sombrios”.

Influence of annealing temperature on erbium ion electroluminescence in Si : (Er,O) diodes with (111) substrate orientation

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Sobolev, N A; Nikolaev, Y A

2001-01-01

A study has been made of the influence of temperature of the second annealing that promotes formation of optically and electrically active centers o the erbium ion electroluminescence at lambda approx = 1.54 mu m wavelength in (111) Si : (Er,O) diodes. Doping has been performed by implantation of erbium and oxygen ions at 2.0, 1.6 MeV and 0.28, 0.22 MeV energies and 3 x 10 sup 1 sup 4 cm sup - sup 2 and 3 x 10 sup 1 sup 5 cm sup - sup 2 doses, respectively. The room temperature electroluminescence intensity under the breakdown regime increases with increasing annealing temperature from 700 to 950 deg C. After annealing in the range of 975-1100 deg C, erbium electroluminescence under the breakdown regime is not observed due to appearance of microplasmas. The injection electroluminescence intensity at 80 K decreases with increasing temperature from 700 to 1100 deg C

Fundamentos para la determinación de la capacidad de carga de un remolque cañero durante su proceso de diseño

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V. Álvarez-Sánchez

2009-05-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se muestra como determinar el valor racional de la capacidad de carga de un remolque cañero durante su proceso de diseño, de modo que en el momento de su explotación los gastos de la actividad de transporte tiendan a un mínimo. El principio que se ha seguido para ello es el de modelar matemáticamente su requerimiento funcional fundamental, capacidad de carga, en función de los gastos de explotación con los que se vincula, que son los costos del combustible y los gastos de amortización. Como restricciones del modelo se analizaron: La potencia efectiva del motor (Ne, el tiempo sumario de traslado (Ttras y la fuerza tangencial de tracción máxima (Pφ.Palabras claves: diseño, remolque cañero, eficiencia, capacidad de carga, costos mínimos.In this work it is shown how to determine the rational value of load capacity in a CANE trolley during its design process, so at the exploitation moment the transportation costs are minimized. The principle followed in this research was the mathematical modeling of their fundamental functional requirement (load capacity as a function of the exploitation and other related expenses. For the restrictions of the model the following aspects were considered: The effective power of the engine (Ne, the summary time of transfer of the sugar cane (Ttras and the maximum tangential force of traction (Pφ.

Risco de erosão no litoral Norte de Portugal: uma questão de ordenamento do território / Risk of erosion on the northern coast of Portugal: a question of territorial planning

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António Sousa Pedrosa

2013-04-01

Full Text Available Grande parte da costa noroeste de Portugal Continental compreende várias áreas em erosão acentuada, fato que tem vindo a contribuir para um agravamento da vulnerabilidade do território. Entendendo a faixa costeira uma área de interface entre os subsistemas terra-mar, constitui uma área dotada de grande mutabilidade, que se encontra em conflito com o atual cariz permanente da presença humana, pelo que a fragilidade tem a sua maior expressão na erosão e no recuo da linha de costa, fenómeno que tem vindo a resultar na perda de áreas de valor ecológico-ambiental e económico. Esta situação resulta de diversos fatores naturais que se relacionam com a subida do nível médio das águas do mar, mas também da atuação do homem sobre o território. A atuação antrópica nas áreas litorais nem sempre obedece a princípios de sustentabilidade ambiental e económica, fato explicado pela inexistência de uma estratégia bem definida de ordenamento do território. Apresentando-se como áreas de forte sensibilidade à ação antrópica, em especial relacionado com a pressão urbanística e, à implantação de infraestruturas relacionadas com o turismo e lazer, para além de estarem sujeitas a uma forte suscetibilidade de erosão provocada pelo avanço do mar, a forma de mitigação dos riscos seria a existência de planos de ordenamento que definissem uma estratégia de desenvolvimento não agressiva para as zonas de litoral em Portugal.

Potencial de erosão da bacia do Rio Uberaba Potential of erosion in Uberaba River watershed

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Renato F. do Valle Júnior

2010-10-01

Full Text Available Este trabalho teve por objetivo identificar qualitativamente as áreas suscetíveis à erosão laminar na bacia do Rio Uberaba, localizada em Uberaba -MG, apoiado no modelo matemático da Equação Universal de Perda de Solo (EUPS. Foram utilizadas cartas de: solos, uso e ocupação das terras, redes de drenagem, declividade e dados pluviográficos, utilizando-se de um Sistema de Informação Geográfica (SIG -IDRISI. A espacialização do potencial de erosão só foi possível a partir da estimativa da tolerância às perdas laminares para cada tipo de solo da bacia, e da profundidade dos solos, por entender que as perdas são mais significativas em solos mais rasos do que em solos muito profundos. Na análise dos resultados, verificou-se que 37% da área total da bacia do Rio Uberaba (905,24 km² sofrem perdas de solos acima do limite de tolerância, sendo 12% em solos profundos e 25% em muito profundos, e a espacialização deste evento favorece a adoção de ações efetivas quanto à conservação dos solos da bacia.This work aimed to identify qualitatively the areas susceptive to laminar erosion in Uberaba river watershed, located in Uberaba-MG, Brazil, based on the mathematical model of the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE. The following maps had been used: soil, land use, drainage net, slope and rainfall data, using a Geographic Information System (GIS - IDRISI to analyze and manage the data that are linked to the location. The spatiality of the potential of erosion was possible from the estimative of the tolerance to laminar losses for each kind of soil in the watershed and soil depth, to understand that the losses are more significant in flatter soil than in very deep ones. In the analysis of the results, it was verified that 37% of the total area of the watershed of the Uberaba river (905,24 km² showed losses above the tolerance limit, being 12% in deep soil and 25% in very deeply ones, and the spatiality of this event, regards to

Erosão em compósitos à base de fibras de vidro/kevlar e resina epóxi de uso aeronáutico Erosion on composite materials based on glass and kevlar fibers/epoxy resin used in the aeronautical industry

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Rogério A. Silva

2003-01-01

Full Text Available Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal o estudo e a análise da eficiência de dois diferentes tipos de recobrimentos usados na proteção contra o processo de desgaste por erosão em substratos fabricados em materiais compósitos poliméricos de uso aeronáutico, dando ênfase às peças fabricadas em fibras de vidro / kevlar impregnadas com resina epóxi. Revestimentos protetores baseados em um determinado tipo de tinta de poliuretano e um filme incolor de poliuretano foram utilizados para a avaliação da resistência à erosão, quando submetidos ao jateamento com microesferas de vidro. Para a realização dos ensaios de erosão foi projetado e construído um dispositivo específico para esse fim. Nos ensaios alguns fatores foram considerados, tais como: a natureza física das partículas abrasivas de microesferas de vidro, a distância, a velocidade e o ângulo de ataque das partículas durante o processo de jateamento. Os corpos-de-prova foram analisados quanto à sua variação de massa. Foram, também, utilizadas técnicas metalográficas na preparação de corpos-de-prova que foram analisados por microscopias óptica e eletrônica de varredura, assistida pela técnica de EDS, caracterizando o processo de erosão. Os resultados mostraram que os corpos-de-prova de compósitos poliméricos revestidos somente com a tinta de poliuretano apresentaram baixa resistência no ensaio de erosão. Entretanto, esta tinta quando protegida pelo filme incolor de poliuretano teve sua resistência à erosão aumentada na ordem de 5 vezes, aumentando, conseqüentemente, a vida útil do componente aeronáutico em sua aplicação final. Devido à facilidade de aplicação do filme de poliuretano no componente a ser protegido, os resultados deste estudo já estão sendo utilizados pelos fabricantes de aeronaves e operadores.The main goal of the present work is to evaluate the efficiency of two different coatings used as protection against the erosion wear

Las estructuras de Emilio Pérez Piñero en la musealización de dos espacios singulares

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M. Carmen Pérez Almagro

2013-03-01

Full Text Available A principios de la década de los 70 del pasado siglo XX, el arquitecto español Emilio Pérez Piñero realiza dos estructuras para cubrir dos espacios museográficos que perduran hasta el presente como hitos de la musealización del patrimonio histórico-artístico español. Se trata de la Cúpula reticular poliédrica F-12 para el Teatro-Museo Dalí de Figueres (Girona y de la Cubierta para la Necrópolis Paleocristiana de Tarragona. Ambas obras se realizan como consecuencia de dos encargos oficiales del Ministerio de la Vivienda y del Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, respectivamente. Por la prematura muerte del arquitecto, su hermano José María es quien finaliza el montaje de las estructuras, que pasan a ser iconos actuales de la arquitectura estructural utilizada para la musealización y la conservación del patrimonio.

ERO-TEXTOR. 3D-Monte Carlo code for local impurity-modeling in the scrape-off-layer of TEXTOR. Version 2.0

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Koegler, U.; Winter, J.

1997-03-01

The ERO-TEXTOR code is described in detail. The code solves the kinetic equations of impurities in the scrape-off layer of a tokamak plasma in the vicinity of material surfaces like limiters or divertors. A relaxation time ansatz in the traced impurity limit is chosen, taking the gyro-motion of the particles into account. Since the background plasma is slightly non-maxwellian at the plasma edge higher order corrections (thermal forces) to the relaxation time ansatz are also considered. Background plasma parameters are calculated from a simple plasma model, i.e. the one dimensional continuity and momentum equations are used to derive the local electron density, the local flow velocity and the pre-sheath and sheath electric fields. Since these calculations are not done in a selfconsistent way, the measured values of electron density and temperature are used as basic input to derive the dependency of these quantities. The regarded magnetic topology is still straight and uniform. Also detailed account is given to the plasma surface interaction and the erosion/deposition processes. A linear differential equation model for multi species impact on a material surface has been developed and is used in a discrete time step approximation. External databases include the ionization rates for atomic species, molecular processes of methane and silane molecules and the sputtering and reflection yields, which are taken from binary collision calculation codes (e.g. TRIM) or from semi-empirical fits (e.g. the Bodhansky and Yamamura fits). (orig.)

Propriedades físicas e químicas de cobertura superficial em encosta com erosão em túneis, Guarapuava (PR / Physical and chemical properties of surface coverage in hillslope with tunnel erosion, Guarapuava (PR

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Wellington Barbosa Silva

2012-12-01

Full Text Available ResumoEm baixa encosta, a margem direita do rio das Pombas em Guarapuava (Paraná, foram identificados processos de erosão em túneis (pipes. Tratam-se de processos subsuperficiais de erosão que apresentam feições típicas, tais como, subsidência do teto do túnel e estruturas de abatimento, que tendem a evoluir para feições superficiais. Procurou-se com o presente trabalho reconhecer as propriedades físicas e químicas da encosta que apresenta o processo de erosão em túneis, com ênfase à textura, macroporosidade, densidade, porosidade e mineralogia de argilas. Foram realizadas análises granulométricas, de densidade aparente, real e porosidade total e análises químicas de difração de raios-X. Os resultados indicaram que o material que recobre o setor de baixa encosta, onde aparecem os túneis, apresenta textura arenosa devido às propriedades de microagregação gerada pelo argilomineral gibbsita, deixando o material com porosidade alta, favorecendo assim a circulação de água em subsuperfície. Os fluxos gerados tendem a ser exfiltrados para uma superfície de exposição, o que provoca a remoção de pequenas partículas de material (erosão por vazamento. Com a abertura de pequenos canais em subsuperfície, os fluxos tendem a se concentrar (escoamento por túnel e consequentemente ampliar os canais subsuperficiais pela ação mecânica da água. As características físicas e químicas encontradas na baixa encosta demonstram que a cobertura superficial é determinante para a instalação da erosão subsuperficial em túneis na área.AbstractIn lower hillslope, on the right bank of rio das Pombas, Paraná state, processes of tunnel erosion (pipes were identified. These are subsuperficial erosion processes with typical features, such as subsidence of the tunnel roof and rebate structures, which tend to evolve to superficial features. With emphasis on texture, macroporosity, bulk density, porosity and clay mineralogy, this

Variabilidade espacial de perdas de solo, do potencial natural e risco de erosão em áreas intensamente cultivadas Spatial variability of the soil loss, natural potential and erosion risk in intensively cultivated areas

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Gláucia de Mello

2006-06-01

Full Text Available O objetivo desta pesquisa foi identificar a variabilidade espacial do potencial natural de erosão, das perdas de solo e do risco de erosão em duas áreas intensamente cultivadas, com o intuito de fornecer subsídios na descrição de padrões de ocorrência de erosão. O solo da área, localizado em Monte Alto, SP, foi classificado como Argissolo Vermelho Amarelo (PVA, relevo ondulado e sob diferentes manejos. O solo da área localizado em Jaboticabal, SP, foi classificado como Latossolo Vermelho (LV, relevo suave, cultivado com cana-de-açúcar. O esquema de amostragem constituiu em uma malha irregular. Amostras de solo foram obtidas na profundidade de 0-0,2 m, para cada malha: 88 amostras para a área de Monte Alto (1465 ha e 128 amostras para a área de Jaboticabal (2597 ha. Para obtenção dos valores das variáveis estudadas, empregou-se a EUPS para cada ponto amostrado. Os dados foram submetidos à análise estatística descritiva e geoestatística para definição dos semivariogramas. Para os modelos foi utilizada a interpolação por krigagem. Observou-se a ocorrência de dependência espacial para todas as variáveis. O solo PVA apresentou maiores riscos de erosão, devido ao relevo, uso atual e manejo, comparado com o solo LV.The objective of this work was to identify the spatial variability of the natural erosion potential, soil loss and erosion risk in two intensely cultivated areas, in order to assess the erosion occurrence patterns. The soil of the area located at Monte Alto, São Paulo state, was classified as Paleudalf (PVA with moderately slope, with different managements. The soil of the area located at Jaboticabal, São Paulo state, was classified as Haplortox(LV with gentle slope and cultivated with sugarcane. A irregular grid was imposed on the experimental areas. Soil samples were obtained from 0-0.2 m depth at each grid point: 88 samples in Monte Alto area (1465 ha and 128 samples at Jaboticabal area (2597 ha. In order

Influência da dieta líquida ácida no desenvolvimento de erosão dental Influence of the liquid acid diet on the development of dental erosion

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Maria Angela Pita SOBRAL

2000-12-01

Full Text Available O objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar a importância do pH da dieta líquida na etiologia e prevenção das lesões de erosão dental, bem como conhecer o pH de algumas bebidas e sucos, supostamente ácidos, mais consumidos em nosso meio, para que fosse possível estabelecer uma comparação destes valores a fim de controlar a dieta dos pacientes portadores de lesões de erosão dental. Um único exemplar de cada fruta madura foi processado puro de modo a ser liquefeito e o pH foi medido utilizando-se um pH-metro, imediatamente e depois de 30 minutos. Posteriormente, a amostra de suco foi diluída em água na proporção de 1:2 e novas medidas foram tomadas. Para as bebidas industrializadas, as medidas de pH foram realizadas imediatamente após a abertura do frasco e depois de 30 minutos. As bebidas e sucos analisados mostraram valores abaixo do pH crítico de dissolução da estrutura dental, sugerindo a possibilidade de favorecerem a desmineralização. A orientação quanto à dieta ácida parece ser um fator importante no tratamento e prevenção das lesões de erosão dental.The aim of this paper was to evaluate the importance of the liquid diet pH in the etiology and prevention of dental erosion, so as to give dietary orientation to patients who present with these lesions, as well as to know the pH of the most consumed Brazilian fruit juices and industrialized beverages, which are supposably acid. A sample of each mature fruit was processed to be liquefied, and the pH was obtained through a pHmeter appliance, immediately after the juices were obtained and 30 minutes later. Afterward the juices were diluted in potable water in a 1:2 proportion and new pH values were obtained. For the industrialized beverages, pH measurements were carried out immediately after opening the bottles and 30 minutes later. The beverages and juices analyzed showed pH values below the critical pH for dental tissue dissolution (5.5. Therefore, they are expected to

Análise quantitativa do processo de erosão/deposição nas falésias da APA Tambaba e sua ocupação nos limites da APP

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Thaís Regina Benevides Trigueiro Aranha

2013-08-01

Full Text Available O litoral brasileiro é banhado pelo Oceano Atlântico e composto por diversas paisagens ao longo da costa. Entre elas encontram-se as falésias, que, por sua beleza, atraem a exploração turística o que, muitas vezes, compromete seu equilíbrio. Com a finalidade de proteger o meio ambiente das ações antrópicas, o poder público vem criando áreas para preservar e/ou conservar o meio ambiente, entre elas existem as APA e as APP. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi analisar a variabilidade espaço-temporal da linha de ruptura do relevo, na borda das falésias da APA Tambaba, entre os anos de 1985 e 2012; e identificar a existência de edificações dentro da APP no ano de 2012. Para tanto, foram utilizadas imagens do satélite Quickbird de 2012, do satélite IKONOS II de 2005 e fotos aéreas de 1985 para delimitação das linhas das falésias; o DSAS, que é uma extensão gratuita do ArcGIS, para obtenção de taxas de variação da linha de ruptura do relevo; e o software ArcGIS para delimitação e análise das APP. Como resultados, foram identificadas variações no movimento das linhas estudadas, tanto para erosão como para deposição nas falésias da APA Tambaba. No maior trecho da APA obteve-se uma média de -0,17m/ano para erosão e de 0,49m/ano para deposição, já no menor trecho a média de erosão foi -0,38m/ano e de deposição 0,14m/ano. Foi comprovada a existência de edificações irregulares correspondente a 22.818,91 m², o que equivale a aproximadamente 3% da área total da APP.

Extremely Red Objects in Two Quasar Fields at z ~ 1.4

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Stockton, Alan; McGrath, Elizabeth; Canalizo, Gabriela

2006-10-01

We present an investigation of the properties and environments of bright extremely red objects (EROs) found in the fields of the quasars TXS 0145+386 and 4C 15.55, both at z~1.4. There is marginal evidence from Chandra Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) imaging for hot cluster gas with a luminosity of a few 1044 ergs s-1 in the field of 4C 15.55. The TXS 0145+386 field has an upper limit at a similar value, but it also clearly shows an overdensity of faint galaxies. None of the EROs are detected as X-ray sources. For two of the EROs that have spectral energy distributions and rest-frame near-UV spectra that show that they are strongly dominated by old stellar populations, we determine radial surface brightness profiles from adaptive optics images. Both of these galaxies are best fit by profiles close to exponentials, plus a compact nucleus comprising ~30% of the total light in one case and 8% in the other. Neither is well fit by an r1/4-law profile. This apparent evidence for the formation of massive ~2×1011 disks of old stars in the early universe indicates that at least some galaxies formed essentially monolithically, with high star formation rates sustained over a few 108 yr and without the aid of major mergers. Based in part on data collected at the Subaru Telescope, which is operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan; on data obtained with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, which is operated for NASA by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory; on data obtained at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, which is operated by the National Research Council of Canada, the Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique of France, and the University of Hawaii; and on data obtained at the the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope, which is operated by the Joint Astronomy Centre on behalf of the UK. Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council. Some of the data presented herein were obtained at the W. M

A Simple Correlation for Neutron Capture Rates from Nuclear Masses

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Couture, Aaron Joseph [Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

2018-01-30

Recent studies of neutron capture performed at LANL have revealed a previously unrecognized connection between nuclear masses and the average neutron capture cross section. A team of three scientists from Los Alamos (P-27), Yale Univ., and Istanbul Univ. (Turkey) recently discovered this connection and have published their results as a Rapid Communication in Physical Review C. Neutron capture is a reaction in which a free neutron is absorbed by the nucleus, keeping the element unchanged, but changing isotopes. This reaction is typically exothermic. As a result, the reaction can proceed even when many other reaction channels are closed. In an astrophysical environment, this means that neutron capture is the primary mechanism by which all of the elements with atomic number greater than nickel are produced is neutron capture.

Índice de Vulnerabilidade à Erosão para Uma Bacia na Mesorregião do São Francisco Pernambucano, d Partir das Relações entre Morfogênese e Pedogênese.

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Jéssica Bezerra de Menezes

2007-12-01

Full Text Available No contexto semi-árido do Nordeste do Brasil os processos superficiais são comandados pela magnitude dos inputs pluviais, sua recorrência espaço-temporal e interação direta com as formações superficiais peculiares a este domínio e as práticas de uso da terra. De fato, na escala das micro-bacias a erosão hídrica representa a forma mais importante de ocorrência e constitui um problema ambiental nos espaços agrários tradicionais do semi-árido nordestino. Na bacia do riacho Mulungu, o panorama social da comunidade denota o baixo nível de desenvolvimento humano, enquanto o panorama ambiental reflete a pressão que esta exerce sobre o seu suporte natural, sendo observada erosão linear em sulcos e ravinas, formação de leques de dejeção assoreando o leito do rio, crostas salinas na superfície do solo e baixa densidade da cobertura vegetal nativa. O objetivo deste trabalho foi determinar um índice de vulnerabilidade à erosão para a bacia do riacho Mulungu, utilizando os princípios da Ecodinâmica de Tricart e técnicas de sistema de informção geográfica e sensoriamento remoto. A fim de se obter uma imagem sucinta da estruturação superficial da paisagem e sua dinâmica, foram superpostos em ambiente digital os mapas pedológico, geomorfológico, geológico, de vegetação, do modelo digital de elevação e de declividade da área. Em seguida, foram estimados índices de vulnerabilidade considerando a interação entre a geologia, a geomorfologia, os tipos de solo, a vegetação, a distribuição da precipitação e o uso do solo. A partir da análise desses parâmetros, foi estimado um índice geral de vulnerabilidade morfodinâmica para a bacia que correspondeu a 2,0, indicando que a área da bacia possui um grau de susceptibilidade intermediário.

Reactor physical experimental program EROS in the frame of the molten salt applying reactor concepts development

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Hron, Miloslav; Kyncl, Jan; Mikisek, Miroslav

2009-01-01

After the relatively broad program of experimental activities, which have been involved in the complex R and D program for the Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) - SPHINX (SPent Hot fuel Incinerator by Neutron fluX) concept development in the Czech Republic, there has been a next stage (namely large-scale experimental verification of design inputs by use of MSR-type inserted zones into the existing light water moderated experimental reactor LR-0 called EROS project) started, which will be focused to the experimental verification of the rector physical or neutronic properties of other types of reactor concepts applying molten salts in the role of liquid fuel and/or coolant. This tendency is based on the recently accepted decision of the MSR SSC of GIF to consider for further period of its activity two baseline concepts- fast neutron molten salt reactor non-moderated (FMSR-NM) as a long-term alternative to solid fuelled fast neutron reactors and simultaneously, advanced high temperature reactor (AHTR) with pebble bed type solid fuel cooled by liquid salts. There will be a brief description of the prepared and performed experimental programs in these directions (as well as the preliminary results obtained so far) introduced in the paper. (author)

ERO and PIC simulations of gross and net erosion of tungsten in the outer strike-point region of ASDEX Upgrade

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A. Hakola

2017-08-01

Full Text Available We have modelled net and gross erosion of W in low-density l-mode plasmas in the low-field side strike point region of ASDEX Upgrade by ERO and Particle-in-Cell (PIC simulations. The observed net-erosion peak at the strike point was mainly due to the light impurities present in the plasma while the noticeable net-deposition regions surrounding the erosion maximum could be attributed to the strong E ×B drift and the magnetic field bringing eroded particles from a distance of several meters towards the private flux region. Our results also imply that the role of cross-field diffusion is very small in the studied plasmas. The simulations indicate net/gross erosion ratio of 0.2–0.6, which is in line with the literature data and what was determined spectroscopically. The deviations from the estimates extracted from post-exposure ion-beam-analysis data (∼0.6–0.7 are most likely due to the measured re-deposition patterns showing the outcomes of multiple erosion-deposition cycles.

A comparison of Percutaneous femoral access in Endovascular Repair versus Open femoral access (PiERO): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

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Vierhout, Bastiaan P; Saleem, Ben R; Ott, Alewijn; van Dijl, Jan Maarten; de Kempenaer, Ties D van Andringa; Pierie, Maurice E N; Bottema, Jan T; Zeebregts, Clark J

2015-09-14

Access for endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (EVAR) is obtained through surgical cutdown or percutaneously. The only devices suitable for percutaneous closure of the 20 French arteriotomies of the common femoral artery (CFA) are the Prostar(™) and Proglide(™) devices (Abbott Vascular). Positive effects of these devices seem to consist of a lower infection rate, and shorter operation time and hospital stay. This conclusion was published in previous reports comparing techniques in patients in two different groups (cohort or randomized). Access techniques were never compared in one and the same patient; this research simplifies comparison because patient characteristics will be similar in both groups. Percutaneous access of the CFA is compared to surgical cutdown in a single patient; in EVAR surgery, access is necessary in both groins in each patient. Randomization is performed on the introduction site of the larger main device of the endoprosthesis. The contralateral device of the endoprosthesis is smaller. When we use this type of randomization, both groups will contain a similar number of main and contralateral devices. Preoperative nose cultures and perineal cultures are obtained, to compare colonization with postoperative wound cultures (in case of a surgical site infection). Furthermore, patient comfort will be considered, using VAS-scores (Visual analog scale). Punch biopsies of the groin will be harvested to retrospectively compare skin of patients who suffered a surgical site infection (SSI) to patients who did not have an SSI. The PiERO trial is a multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial designed to show the consequences of using percutaneous access in EVAR surgery and focuses on the occurrence of surgical site infections. NTR4257 10 November 2013, NL44578.042.13.

Don Quijote et Dulcinea, ou quand l’univers fictionnel interroge la réalité de l’amour

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Odile Lasserre Dempure

2009-02-01

Full Text Available Vaste mise en miroir d’une fiction qui n’en finit pas d’interroger son rapport ambigu au réel, le chef d’œuvre de Cervantès place le mouvement dialectique entre univers fictionnel et réalité au cœur même de son écriture. Au sein de cette dialectique, l’amour multiplement fictionnel de don Quichotte pour Dulcinée joue cependant un rôle majeur que ce travail se propose d’examiner. Lieu d’épanouissement privilégié d’un questionnement du rapport entre fiction et réalité, la mise en écriture de cet amour participe en effet de la vaste entreprise de révision des concepts menée par la pensée humaniste : c’est une exploration de la notion même d’amour, de sa réalité, de sa vérité, que permet le voyage au pays de l’amour auquel le Quichotte de Cervantès invite le lecteur.

David Grant Medical Center energy use baseline and integrated resource assessment

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Richman, E.E.; Hoshide, R.K.; Dittmer, A.L.

1993-04-01

The US Air Mobility Command (AMC) has tasked Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) with supporting the US Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program`s (FEMP) mission to identify, evaluate, and assist in acquiring all cost-effective energy resource opportunities (EROs) at the David Grant Medical Center (DGMC). This report describes the methodology used to identify and evaluate the EROs at DGMC, provides a life-cycle cost (LCC) analysis for each ERO, and prioritizes any life-cycle cost-effective EROs based on their net present value (NPV), value index (VI), and savings to investment ratio (SIR or ROI). Analysis results are presented for 17 EROs that involve energy use in the areas of lighting, fan and pump motors, boiler operation, infiltration, electric load peak reduction and cogeneration, electric rate structures, and natural gas supply. Typical current energy consumption is approximately 22,900 MWh of electricity (78,300 MBtu), 87,600 kcf of natural gas (90,300 MBtu), and 8,300 gal of fuel oil (1,200 MBtu). A summary of the savings potential by energy-use category of all independent cost-effective EROs is shown in a table. This table includes the first cost, yearly energy consumption savings, and NPV for each energy-use category. The net dollar savings and NPV values as derived by the life-cycle cost analysis are based on the 1992 federal discount rate of 4.6%. The implementation of all EROs could result in a yearly electricity savings of more than 6,000 MWh or 26% of current yearly electricity consumption. More than 15 MW of billable load (total billed by the utility for a 12-month period) or more than 34% of current billed demand could also be saved. Corresponding natural gas savings would be 1,050 kcf (just over 1% of current consumption). Total yearly net energy cost savings for all options would be greater than $343,340. This value does not include any operations and maintenance (O&M) savings.

David Grant Medical Center energy use baseline and integrated resource assessment

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Richman, E.E.; Hoshide, R.K.; Dittmer, A.L.

1993-04-01

The US Air Mobility Command (AMC) has tasked Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) with supporting the US Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program's (FEMP) mission to identify, evaluate, and assist in acquiring all cost-effective energy resource opportunities (EROs) at the David Grant Medical Center (DGMC). This report describes the methodology used to identify and evaluate the EROs at DGMC, provides a life-cycle cost (LCC) analysis for each ERO, and prioritizes any life-cycle cost-effective EROs based on their net present value (NPV), value index (VI), and savings to investment ratio (SIR or ROI). Analysis results are presented for 17 EROs that involve energy use in the areas of lighting, fan and pump motors, boiler operation, infiltration, electric load peak reduction and cogeneration, electric rate structures, and natural gas supply. Typical current energy consumption is approximately 22,900 MWh of electricity (78,300 MBtu), 87,600 kcf of natural gas (90,300 MBtu), and 8,300 gal of fuel oil (1,200 MBtu). A summary of the savings potential by energy-use category of all independent cost-effective EROs is shown in a table. This table includes the first cost, yearly energy consumption savings, and NPV for each energy-use category. The net dollar savings and NPV values as derived by the life-cycle cost analysis are based on the 1992 federal discount rate of 4.6%. The implementation of all EROs could result in a yearly electricity savings of more than 6,000 MWh or 26% of current yearly electricity consumption. More than 15 MW of billable load (total billed by the utility for a 12-month period) or more than 34% of current billed demand could also be saved. Corresponding natural gas savings would be 1,050 kcf (just over 1% of current consumption). Total yearly net energy cost savings for all options would be greater than $343,340. This value does not include any operations and maintenance (O M) savings.

effect of turning parameters on metal removal and tool wear rates

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Aplicação dos modelos PESERA e MEDALUS para avaliação dos riscos de erosão do solo e de desertificação da bacia hidrográfica do Vale do Gaio Use of PESERA and MEDALUS models to assess soil erosion risks and land desertification in Vale do Gaio watershed

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M. C. Gonçalves

2010-01-01

Full Text Available Neste trabalho testaram-se duas metodo­logias de avaliação dos riscos de erosão do solo e de desertificação na bacia hidrográfi­ca de Vale do Gaio (513 km², localizada no Alentejo. Os solos dominantes na bacia são os Cambissolos, Luvissolos e Regossolos. Os sistemas de Montado de Azinho e Sobro e os sistemas agrícolas de sequeiro domi­nam, por sua vez, a ocupação dos solos. O risco de erosão foi avaliado por estimativas das perdas do solo por erosão hídrica, atra­vés do modelo PESERA. As áreas em risco de desertificação foram determinadas com base na metodologia MEDALUS. As três classes mais representativas de perdas do solo por erosão hídrica, com base nos dados meteorológicos de 2001-2006, foram: In this study two methodologies were tested to assess soil erosion and land deserti­fication risks in Vale do Gaio watershed (513 km², located in the Alentejo region. Cambisols, Luvisols, and Regosols are the dominant soils in the watershed. Oak tree Mediterranean woodland, Agricultural crops and pastures are the major land uses. Soil erosion risks were assessed by estimating soil loss by water erosion with the PESERA model. Land area at risk of desertification was determined based on the MEDALUS methodology. Based on meteorological data from the period 2001-2006, the three most representative classes of soil loss by water erosion were: <0.5 t/ha/year in 32.1% of the area; 5-10 t/ha/year in 23.3% of the area; and 10-20 t/ha/year in 16.9% of the area. Considering the same time period, the land area at risk of desertification was classified: 1.8% as none threatened; 3.9% as potential; 68.4% as fragile; and 25.9% as critical to desertification.

L’immagine onirica come ‘feticcio’ dell’Eros. Uno sguardo sulla lirica del Rinascimento, tra Italia e Spagna

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Cristina Acucella

2013-07-01

Full Text Available The theme of the dream of the beloved, object of special interest by the Spanish studies (Palley 1983; Maurier 1990, Alatorre 2003, links Iberian poets of the Siglo de Oro to Italian Petrarchist poetry, often through direct textual subsidiaries, both at a level of inventio and elocutio. The purpose of this study is to examine some cases in which the Petrarchist poetry, between Italy and Spain, expresses the dialectic between the desire for the real but coy and unattainable woman, and his dream ghost, more complacent and comforting. This research particularly focuses on the relationship between Eros and memory of the beloved woman body, the concept of the dream as deception, new for the Renaissance. Moreover, it would be pointed out a special cases of imitatio between Tasso and Góngora, in which the dream becomes maker of substitutive image of the beloved. Through a comparative analysis of some texts, the study highlights the constant and the variations with which Petrarchist poetry presents the theme of the dream ghost of beloved. Attention has been paid to the differences with the Petrarch RVF, as well as to the manner of reinventing and reinterpreting the theme of the maestros italianos by Spanish Petrarchism.

Accumulation rates and sediment deposition in the northwestern Mediterranean

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Zuo, Z.; Eisma, D.; Gieles, R.; Beks, J.

As part of the EROS 2000 programme, sediment mixing and accumulation rates in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea were determined, applying the 210Pb dating method to a total of 49 cores, and the results from 29 sediment cores are presented here. On the basis of the results from the 49 sediment cores, an attempt was made to present a general picture of sediment accumulation for the area of the northwestern Mediterranean. The total deposition of sediment in the area is estimated to be of the order of 34±15 × 106 ton year-1, which is half the value reported earlier by Got and Aloisi (1990) (Continental Shelf Research, 10, 841-855) for the same region. The activity-depth profiles of 210Pb show the presence of intensive mixing in the upper layer of near-shore sediments, but little or no mixing is observed in the deep-water sediments. Based on a diffusion model, sediment mixing rates calculated from excess 210Pb gradients vary from 0·002 to 7· cm2 year-1, and the deposition rates from 0·01 to 0·60 cm year-1. A linear dependence of sedimentation rate on water depth derived from the sediment cores indicates an inverse correlation between these two. The relatively high sedimentation rates and mixing rates found near the Rhône River suggest that the contribution from the river dominates the deposition system in the northwestern Mediterranean. In the deep-water basin, however, atmospheric input and biological production are clearly more important.

Influência do nitrogênio adicionado por SHTPN na resistência à erosão por cavitação do aço inoxidável martensítico

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Maftoum, Ricardo de Almeida

2013-01-01

Muitos estudos são realizados para melhorar a resistência à erosão por cavitação dos aços. Entre estes estudos, está a utilização de aços inoxidáveis enriquecidos com nitrogênio na superfície. O presente trabalho estudou o uso da técnica SHTPN (Solution Heat Treatment after Plasma Nitriding), que consiste em duas etapas. Primeiro utiliza-se a nitretação a plasma, para inserir o nitrogênio no material. Na sequência realiza-se o tratamento térmico de solubilização, para que o nitrogênio fique e...

A strategy for improving public confidence of nuclear energy based on the segmentation of stake holders -Focused on Univ. Students, the Opinion Leader in the Next Generation-

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Jang, Jenam

2012-01-01

Korea Nuclear Energy Promotion Agency(hereafter, referred as KONEPA) is a public institution established in March, 1992 to improve correct understanding of nuclear energy through development and dissemination of objective, scientific knowledge on the peaceful use of nuclear energy. KONEPA divided the targeted group into four large groups? opinion leaders, civil-social group, LOCA governments, general public/next-generation students/teachers? according to the knowledge levels of nuclear power and involvements in nuclear power plants, and implemented 'customized strategy' suited to the own characteristic of each group. Of these four groups, the next generation, focused on the 'Univ. students' will be discussed with their activities and future plans in this paper

Quantificação das classes de erosão por tipo de uso do solo no município de Franca - SP Measurement of the erosion classes and land use in Franca Municipality - SP, Brazil

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Paula F. Endres

2006-04-01

Full Text Available Impactos ambientais causados pelas atividades agropecuárias sobre o meio rural podem ser constatados quando são analisadas as paisagens da região. Vários estudos demonstraram que informações da paisagem obtidas a partir de imagens fotográficas são indispensáveis para o diagnóstico do processo erosivo do solo, aspecto indispensável no planejamento conservacionista. Neste trabalho, utilizando-se de técnicas de fotointerpretação, foi realizada a quantificação das classes de erosão acelerada no município de Franca - SP, relacionando-as com os tipos de cobertura vegetal. A coleção de fotografias aéreas empregadas foi produzida pela Base Aerofotogrametria e Projetos S.A., com escala aproximada 1:35.000, em outubro de 1990. Elaboraram-se cartas temáticas do uso/ocupação do solo e dos estados erosivos presentes em cada tipo de cobertura vegetal do solo, estabelecendo-se, em seguida, as relações entre a erosão acelerada e os tipos de comunidades vegetais do município de Franca. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que, nesse município, o solo agrícola encontra-se relativamente conservado, apresentando 74,23% da área com erosão laminar ligeira/moderada. Os diferentes usos/ocupações do solo influenciaram de modos distintos na manifestação do processo erosivo.Environment impacts caused by farming activities on agricultural management can be evidenced when the land use is analyzed. Some studies had demonstrated that, the information of the land use from photographic images is essential for identifying the erosive process, indispensable aspect in planning for better land management. In this work, using photointerpretation techniques, the measurement of the erosion classes in Franca Municipality - SP, Brazil, was carried through, relating them with the land uses. The BASE - Aerofotogrametria e Projetos S.A. took the used air photograph collection, with the approach scale of 1:35.000, in October of 1990. The thematic map of land

Avaliação Qualitativa do Potencial de Erosão Laminar em Grandes Áreas por Meio da EUPS Equação Universal de Perdas de Solos Utilizando Novas Metodologias em SIG para os Cálculos dos seus Fatores na Região do Alto Parnaíba PI-MA

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Miguel Farinasso

2006-12-01

Full Text Available A Equação Universal de Perdas de Solos (EUPS de Wischmeier e Smith (1978, inicialmente desenvolvida para estimativa quantitativa de perdas de solos para pequenas áreas, hoje é amplamente utilizada para avaliação qualitativa de predição de perdas de solos por erosão laminar em grandes áreas, com o objetivo de se avaliar e indentificar áreas susceptíveis  á erosão, de forma rápida e econômica, visando o planejamento ambiental. Neste trabalho foi aplicada a EUPS para indentificar qualitativamente  áreas susceptíveis a erosão laminar na região do Alto Parnaíba (PI-MA. Em termos específicos foram utilizadas diferentes metodologias para os cálculos dos fatores R (Krigeagem e IDW e LS(mapa de área de contribuição pelos métodos D8 e D", com a utilização de SIG, visando identificar as que melhor se aplicam a grandes áreas, e somado a estes dois fatores, foi aplicado um fator de correção em áreas com grades com resolução espacial superiores á 100 m. Assim, mapas temáticos existentes, juntamente com informações de solos, uso da terra, relevo e clima, foram utilizados para obtenção de mapas identificando áreas susceptíveis á erosão atual e potencial nesta região. Chegou-se á conclusão que a metodologia que melhor se aplica ao cálculo do fator R (erosividade foi a que utiliza Krigeagem Ordinária, e para o fator LS, a metodologia que utiliza mapa de área de contribuição obtida pelo método D". As áreas mais críticas, com relação a perdas de solos estão associadas a elevadas declividades, NEOSSOLOS e uso e manejo inadequados. A metodologia se mostrou válida, uma vez que os pontos onde se encontram os maiores índices de perdas de solo foram comparados a pontos observados in loco, mostrando boa correlação com as estimativas obtidas. 

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Takahashi, Migaku; Saito, Hitoshi; Yoshimura, Satoru; Takanashi, Koki; Sahashi, Masashi; Tsunoda, Masakiyo

2011-01-01

23 countries, with about 40 percent of participants attending from overseas (see figure). The program involved 4 plenary talks (45 minutes each), 37 invited talks (30 minutes), 85 contributed talks (15 minutes), and 352 posters. Pie chart Organizing Committee of ISAMMA 2010 M TakahashiTohoku Univ., Japan, Chairman K TakanashiTohoku Univ., Japan, Chair of the Program Committee H SaitoAkita Univ., Japan, Chair of the Publication Committee M SahashiTohoku Univ., Japan, Chair of the Treasury Committee M TsunodaTohoku Univ., Japan, General Secretary H AkinagaAIST, Japan H FukunagaNagasaki Univ., Japan K HonoNIMS, Japan S IshioAkita Univ., Japan S IwataNagoya Univ., Japan K NakagawaNihon Univ., Japan S NakagawaTokyo Inst. of Tech., Japan T OnoKyoto Univ., Japan Y SuzukiOsaka Univ., Japan M TanakaEhime Univ., Japan T Tanaka Univ. of Tokyo, Japan Program Committee of ISAMMA 2010 K TakanashiTohoku Univ., Japan, ChairS MizukamiTohoku Univ., Japan M MizuguchiTohoku Univ., Japan, Vice-chairH NaganumaTohoku Univ., Japan M DoiTohoku Univ., JapanS NakagawaTokyo Inst. of Tech., Japan A FujitaTohoku Univ., JapanK NakamuraTohoku Univ., Japan K IshiyamaTohoku Univ., JapanK OnoKEK, Japan T KatoNagoya Univ., JapanT OnoKyoto Univ., Japan T KawagoeOsaka Pref. Univ.of Edu., JapanF SatoTohoku Univ., Japan O KitakamiTohoku Univ., JapanM ShiraiTohoku Univ., Japan Y KitamotoTokyo Inst. of Tech., JapanS SugimotoTohoku Univ., Japan F MatsukuraTohoku Univ., JapanM YamaguchiTohoku Univ., Japan C MitsumataHitachi Metals, Japan Publication Committee of ISAMMA 2010 H SaitoAkita Univ., Japan, ChairS MitaniNIMS, Japan S YoshimuraAkita Univ., Japan, Vice-chairH MuraokaTohoku, Japan Y AndoTohoku Univ., JapanM NakanoNagasaki Univ., Japan J AriakeAIT, JapanR NakataniOsaka Univ., Japan H AsanoNagoya Univ., JapanK O'GradyUniv. of York, UK M FutamotoChuo Univ., JapanA SakumaTohoku Univ., Japan J HayakawaHitachi, ARL, JapanT SatoKeio Univ., Japan T HondaKyushu Inst. of Tech., JapanT SatoShinshu Univ., Japan M

Novel Roles of the Non-catalytic Elements of Yeast Protein-disulfide Isomerase in Its Interplay with Endoplasmic Reticulum Oxidoreductin 1*

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Niu, Yingbo; Zhang, Lihui; Yu, Jiaojiao; Wang, Chih-chen; Wang, Lei

2016-01-01

The formation of disulfide bonds in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of eukaryotic cells is catalyzed by the sulfhydryl oxidase, ER oxidoreductin 1 (Ero1), and protein-disulfide isomerase (PDI). PDI is oxidized by Ero1 to continuously introduce disulfides into substrates, and feedback regulates Ero1 activity by manipulating the regulatory disulfides of Ero1. In this study we find that yeast Ero1p is enzymatically active even with its regulatory disulfides intact, and further activation of Ero1p by reduction of the regulatory disulfides requires the reduction of non-catalytic Cys90-Cys97 disulfide in Pdi1p. The principal client-binding site in the Pdi1p b′ domain is necessary not only for the functional Ero1p-Pdi1p disulfide relay but also for the activation of Ero1p. We also demonstrate by complementary activation assays that the regulatory disulfides in Ero1p are much more stable than those in human Ero1α. These new findings on yeast Ero1p-Pdi1p interplay reveal significant differences from our previously identified mode of human Ero1α-PDI interplay and provide insights into the evolution of the eukaryotic oxidative protein folding pathway. PMID:26846856

Desintensificação do uso da terra e sua relação com a erosão do solo Disintensification of land use and its relation with soil erosion

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Alexandre ten Caten

2012-09-01

Full Text Available A conservação dos recursos naturais tais como solo e água, deve ser preocupação de governos e instituições. Processos erosivos são responsáveis pela degradação desses recursos, em várias partes do globo. Objetivou-se, com este estudo, avaliar a dinâmica da cobertura da terra em uma região de topografia complexa e empregar a equação universal de perda de solos modificada (RUSLE para quantificar a perda de solos em decorrência da erosão. O uso da terra no distrito de Vale Vêneto, município de São João do Polêsine na região central do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, foi avaliado em imagens Landsat nos anos de 1988, 2000 e 2007. A análise espaço temporal do uso da terra indica que as áreas de floresta tiveram um aumento de 16,2% no período de 19 anos. As áreas de agricultura sofreram uma diminuição de 57,5%, no mesmo período. A erosão bruta específica sofreu uma redução de 44%, de 1988 a 2007. Verificou-se que a desintensificação do uso da terra leva a uma configuração mais favorável de conservação do solo e mitigação da erosão. É provável que as mudanças ocorridas no uso da terra estejam relacionadas à não reprodução das famílias rurais que, anteriormente, cultivavam áreas impróprias para a atividade agrícola nesta região.Conservation of natural resources such as soil and water should be a concern of governments and institutions. Erosion processes are responsible for the degradation of these important resources in many parts of the globe. The aim of this study was to assess the land cover dynamics in a region of complex landscape and employ the modified universal soil loss equation (RUSLE to quantify soil loss due to erosion. The land use in the district of Vale Veneto, São João do Polêsine in central region of Rio Grande do Sul, was evaluated in Landsat images of 1988, 2000 and 2007. The spatial and temporal analysis of the land use indicates that the forest areas had a 16.2% increase over

Use of cesium-137 methodology in the evaluation of superficial erosive processes

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Avacir Casanova Andrello

2003-06-01

Full Text Available Superficial erosion is one of the main soil degradation agents and erosion rates estimations for different edaphicclimate conditions for the conventional models, as USLE and RUSLE, are expensive and time-consuming. The use of cesium-137 antrophogenic radionuclide is a new methodology that has been much studied and its application in the erosion soil evaluation has grown in countries as USA, UK, Australia and others. A brief narration of this methodology is being presented, as the development of the equations utilized for the erosion rates quantification through the cesium-137 measurements. Two watersheds studied in Brazil have shown that the cesium-137 methodology was practicable and coherent with the survey in field for applications in erosion studies.A erosão superficial é um dos principais agentes de degradação dos solos e estimativas das taxas de erosão para diferentes condições edafoclimáticas pelos modelos tradicionais como USLE, RUSLE, são onerosos e demorados. Uma metodologia que tem sido muito estudada e sua aplicação no estudo da erosão vem crescendo em países como EUA, Reino Unido, Austrália, e outros, é a do uso do radionuclídeo antropogênico césio-137. Um resumo da história desta metodologia é apresentado, assim como a evolução das equações utilizadas para quantificar as taxas de erosão através da medida do césio-137. Duas bacias estudadas no Brasil mostraram que a metodologia do césio-137 é viável e coerente com as observações em campo para aplicação no estudo da erosão.

Soil erosion fragility assessment using an impact model and geographic information system Avaliação da fragilidade à erosão do solo por meio de um modelo de impacto e sistema de informações geográficas

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Luiz Alberto Blanco Jorge

2009-10-01

Full Text Available A study was taken in a 1566 ha watershed situated in the Capivara River basin, municipality of Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil. This environment is fragile and can be subjected to different forms of negative impacts, among them soil erosion by water. The main objective of the research was to develop a methodology for the assessment of soil erosion fragility at the various different watershed positions, using the geographic information system ILWIS version 3.3 for Windows. An impact model was created to generate the soil's erosion fragility plan, based on four indicators of fragility to water erosion: land use and cover, slope, percentage of soil fine sand and accumulated water flow. Thematic plans were generated in a geographic information system (GIS environment. First, all the variables, except land use and cover, were described by continuous numerical plans in a raster structure.The land use and cover plan was also represented by numerical values associated with the weights attributed to each class, starting from a pairwise comparison matrix and using the analytical hierarchy process. A final field check was done to record evidence of erosive processes in the areas indicated as presenting the highest levels of fragility, i.e., sites with steep slopes, high percentage of soil fine sand, tendency to accumulate surface water flow, and sites of pastureland. The methodology used in the environmental problems diagnosis of the study area can be employed at places with similar relief, soil and climatic conditions.A área de estudo, com 1566 ha, abrange uma microbacia hidrográfica, posicionada em local de relevo em contato reverso-frente de cuesta-depressão periférica paulista, inclusa na Bacia do Rio Capivara, no município de Botucatu, Estado de São Paulo. Esse ambiente é frágil, podendo sofrer diferentes formas de impactos negativos, dentre as quais a erosão hídrica do solo. O objetivo principal foi desenvolver uma metodologia, com aux

Unraveling the cellular response to oxidative stress in the endoplasmic reticulum

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Hansen, Henning Gram

, disulfide bonds are predominantly generated by the two isoforms of the ER oxidoreductin-1 (Ero1) family: Ero1α and Ero1β. Both enzymes oxidize the active-site cysteines in protein disulfide isomerases (PDIs), which in turn introduce disulfide bonds into newly synthesized proteins. Ero1 is re......-oxidized by molecular oxygen and this step generates hydrogen peroxide: a reactive oxygen species. Intramolecular disulfide bonds tightly regulate the oxidase activity of Ero1α. Whereas the regulatory mechanisms that regulate Ero1α activity are well understood, the overall cellular response to oxidative stress....... Interestingly, depletion of GPx8 in cells induced expression of an antioxidant response marker only in the presence of Ero1. These findings imply that GPx8 is an important scavenger of Ero1-generated hydrogen peroxide, and thus provides a critical function in negotiating oxidative stress originating from...

Regulación de la afectividad en el ámbito laboral: validez de las escalas de heteroregulación EROS y EIM

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Silvia da Costaa

2014-01-01

Full Text Available Una muestra de trabajadores y estudiantes de máster organizacional de dos universidades españolas respondió a las escalas de regulación interpersonal EROS y EIM, una sub-escala del test de inteligencia emocional MSCEIT, una escala de creatividad emocional, de auto-regulación, MARS, así como a la percepción de ajuste emocional después de episodios laborales estresantes. Todas mostraron en general fiabilidades satisfactorias. Un análisis factorial confirmatorio encontró que las dimensiones postuladas se adaptaban bien al perfil de datos. También confirmaron su validez de constructo. Las formas de hetero-regulación de mejora de las emociones de los demás, la alta modificación de la situación, la reevaluación cognitiva y la baja supresión y expresión emocional se asociaron al manejo de emociones evaluados por el MSCEIT, a la creatividad emocional y a formas de auto-regulación adaptativa. Se discuten los resultados en relación a la validez de constructo de las dimensiones de regulación interpersonal y a sus implicaciones para un clima emocional laboral positivo.

Fundamentos para la determinación de la capacidad de carga de un remolque cañero durante su proceso de diseño // Basics for the determination of load capacity of a sugar cane trailer during its design process.

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V. Álvarez-Sánchez

2009-05-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se muestra como determinar el valor racional de la capacidad de carga de unremolque cañero durante su proceso de diseño, de modo que en el momento de su explotación losgastos de la actividad de transporte tiendan a un mínimo.El principio que se ha seguido para ello es el de modelar matemáticamente su requerimientofuncional fundamental, capacidad de carga, en función de los gastos de explotación con los que sevincula, que son los costos del combustible y los gastos de amortización.Como restricciones del modelo se analizaron: La potencia efectiva del motor (Ne, el tiemposumario de traslado (Ttras y la fuerza tangencial de tracción máxima (Pφ.Palabras claves: diseño, remolque cañero, eficiencia, capacidad de carga, costos mínimos._____________________________________________________________________________AbstractIn this work it is shown how to determine the rational value of load capacity in a CANE trolleyduring its design process, so at the exploitation moment the transportation costs are minimized.The principle followed in this research was the mathematical modeling of their fundamentalfunctional requirement (load capacity as a function of the exploitation and other related expenses.For the restrictions of the model the following aspects were considered: The effective power of theengine (Ne, the summary time of transfer of the sugar cane (Ttras and the maximum tangentialforce of traction (Pφ.Key words: design, sugar cane trolley, efficiency, load capacity, minimum costs

International Training Program on Nuclear Engineering at Kinki University

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Hohara, Sin-ya; Wakabayashi, Genichiro; Yamanishi, Hirokuni; Itoh, Tetsuo

2014-01-01

Outline of the Training Program: • This training program is a 3-years program since 2013. • This program is conducted with 5 universities’ cooperation: Kyushu Univ., Nagoya Univ., Kyung Hee Univ., Kyoto Univ. and Kinki Univ.; • Education is provided in 3 experimental fields: Kinki Univ. Reactor: UTR-KINKI, Kyung Hee Univ. Reactor: AGN-201K, Reconstruction Support Test Field in Fukushima: RSTF; • The language used in the program is English which is not mother tongue for neither Japanese nor Korean students

Estimativa da perda de solo por erosão hídrica na bacia hidrográfica do rio Jauru/MT / Estimation of soil loss for rainfall erosion in the catchment area of Jauru, Mato Grosso State, Brazil

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Sandra Mara Alves da Silva Neves

2011-12-01

Full Text Available A crescente ocupação do sudoeste de Mato Grosso tem provocado o desmatamento de grande parte da vegetação natural para a exploração agropecuária, sem o adequado uso e manejo do solo, originando áreas de alta fragilidade ambiental e suscetibilidade à erosão hídrica. Para estimar a perda de solo na Bacia Hidrográfica do rio Jauru foi utilizada da Equação Universal de Perdas de Solo operacionalizada por meio de Geotecnologias. No período de 1994 a 2003, a perda média de solo foi de 3,26 t ha-1 ano-1, correspondendo a uma perda nula ou moderada e a erosividade média foi de 683,93 Mj mm ha-1 h-1 ano-1. 81,75% da superfície da Bacia Hidrográfica do rio Jauru é recoberta por solos de elevada erodibilidade (Neossolos Quartzarênicos, Neossolos Litólicos, Argissolos Vermelhos e Argissolos Vermelho-Amarelo. O fator topográfico (LS médio da bacia foi de 2,05. A análise da ocorrência das principais classes de cobertura e uso do solo evidenciou que 28,32% do solo da bacia foram utilizados para uso agropecuário, com predomínio de pastagens. As estimativas geradas pela Equação Universal de Perdas de Solo devem ser consideradas como comparativas da distribuição da erosão hídrica em uma bacia e visam auxiliar na tomada de decisão sobre o uso e manejo do solo mais adequado.

Search for brown dwarfs by gravitational microlensing effect with the pixels method. Analysis of AGAPE and EROS collaborations data

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Melchior, Anne-Laure

1995-01-01

This work is involved in baryonic dark matter search in galactic halos. An important collect of observational data has been initiated to test the hypothesis that this dark mass is made of compact objects such as brown dwarfs or small mass stars. The gravitational microlensing effect allows to probe this distribution of this mass type along the line of sight of nearby galaxies such as the Large Magellanic Cloud. A new way to detect these microlensing events has been proposed by P. Baillon et al.: the pixel method. The aim is to detect the amplification of stars which are unresolved or too faint to be seen by classical analysis. First, we present this method and the simulations which allow to establish its feasibility. Then, we describe the pixel analysis of the 91-92 EROS data on the Large Magellanic Cloud. The selection of luminosity variations with a shape compatible with microlensing events allows us to study the sensitivity of this analysis. We see how these results allow us to validate the pixel method applied on a large volume of data. This also shows the possibility to find luminosity variations which escape classical analysis research. Strengthened by these results, we finally describe the analysis of the AGAPE 94 data on the Andromeda galaxy which uses the same pixel method. Being ten times farther away than the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Andromeda galaxy has very few resolved stars, making the pixel method the only way of looking for microlensing events. (author) [fr

Energy Return on Energy Invested (ERoEI) for photovoltaic solar systems in regions of moderate insolation: A comprehensive response

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Raugei, Marco; Sgouridis, Sgouris; Murphy, David; Fthenakis, Vasilis; Frischknecht, Rolf; Breyer, Christian; Bardi, Ugo; Barnhart, Charles; Buckley, Alastair; Carbajales-Dale, Michael; Csala, Denes; Wild-Scholten, Mariska de; Heath, Garvin; Jæger-Waldau, Arnulf; Jones, Christopher; Keller, Arthur; Leccisi, Enrica; Mancarella, Pierluigi

2017-01-01

A recent paper by asserts that the ERoEI (also referred to as EROI) of photovoltaic (PV) systems is so low that they actually act as net energy sinks, rather than delivering energy to society. Such claim, if accurate, would call into question many energy investment decisions. In the same paper, a comparison is also drawn between PV and nuclear electricity. We have carefully analysed this paper, and found methodological inconsistencies and calculation errors that, in combination, render its conclusions not scientifically sound. Ferroni and Hopkirk adopt ‘extended’ boundaries for their analysis of PV without acknowledging that such choice of boundaries makes their results incompatible with those for all other technologies that have been analysed using more conventional boundaries, including nuclear energy with which the authors engage in multiple inconsistent comparisons. In addition, they use out-dated information, make invalid assumptions on PV specifications and other key parameters, and conduct calculation errors, including double counting. We herein provide revised EROI calculations for PV electricity in Switzerland, adopting both conventional and ‘extended’ system boundaries, to contrast with their results, which points to an order-of-magnitude underestimate of the EROI of PV in Switzerland by Ferroni and Hopkirk. - Highlights: • A recent paper by Ferroni and Hopkirk estimated an EROI=0.8 for PV in Switzerland. • We identify several critical methodological and calculation flaws in that paper. • We discuss such flaws in detail and rebut Ferroni and Hopkirk's conclusions. • We provide revised EROI calculations with both conventional and extended boundaries.

Freva - Freie Univ Evaluation System Framework for Scientific HPC Infrastructures in Earth System Modeling

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Kadow, C.; Illing, S.; Schartner, T.; Grieger, J.; Kirchner, I.; Rust, H.; Cubasch, U.; Ulbrich, U.

2017-12-01

The Freie Univ Evaluation System Framework (Freva - freva.met.fu-berlin.de) is a software infrastructure for standardized data and tool solutions in Earth system science (e.g. www-miklip.dkrz.de, cmip-eval.dkrz.de). Freva runs on high performance computers to handle customizable evaluation systems of research projects, institutes or universities. It combines different software technologies into one common hybrid infrastructure, including all features present in the shell and web environment. The database interface satisfies the international standards provided by the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF). Freva indexes different data projects into one common search environment by storing the meta data information of the self-describing model, reanalysis and observational data sets in a database. This implemented meta data system with its advanced but easy-to-handle search tool supports users, developers and their plugins to retrieve the required information. A generic application programming interface (API) allows scientific developers to connect their analysis tools with the evaluation system independently of the programming language used. Users of the evaluation techniques benefit from the common interface of the evaluation system without any need to understand the different scripting languages. The integrated web-shell (shellinabox) adds a degree of freedom in the choice of the working environment and can be used as a gate to the research projects HPC. Plugins are able to integrate their e.g. post-processed results into the database of the user. This allows e.g. post-processing plugins to feed statistical analysis plugins, which fosters an active exchange between plugin developers of a research project. Additionally, the history and configuration sub-system stores every analysis performed with the evaluation system in a database. Configurations and results of the tools can be shared among scientists via shell or web system. Furthermore, if configurations match

Freva - Freie Univ Evaluation System Framework for Scientific Infrastructures in Earth System Modeling

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Kadow, Christopher; Illing, Sebastian; Kunst, Oliver; Schartner, Thomas; Kirchner, Ingo; Rust, Henning W.; Cubasch, Ulrich; Ulbrich, Uwe

2016-04-01

The Freie Univ Evaluation System Framework (Freva - freva.met.fu-berlin.de) is a software infrastructure for standardized data and tool solutions in Earth system science. Freva runs on high performance computers to handle customizable evaluation systems of research projects, institutes or universities. It combines different software technologies into one common hybrid infrastructure, including all features present in the shell and web environment. The database interface satisfies the international standards provided by the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF). Freva indexes different data projects into one common search environment by storing the meta data information of the self-describing model, reanalysis and observational data sets in a database. This implemented meta data system with its advanced but easy-to-handle search tool supports users, developers and their plugins to retrieve the required information. A generic application programming interface (API) allows scientific developers to connect their analysis tools with the evaluation system independently of the programming language used. Users of the evaluation techniques benefit from the common interface of the evaluation system without any need to understand the different scripting languages. Facilitation of the provision and usage of tools and climate data automatically increases the number of scientists working with the data sets and identifying discrepancies. The integrated web-shell (shellinabox) adds a degree of freedom in the choice of the working environment and can be used as a gate to the research projects HPC. Plugins are able to integrate their e.g. post-processed results into the database of the user. This allows e.g. post-processing plugins to feed statistical analysis plugins, which fosters an active exchange between plugin developers of a research project. Additionally, the history and configuration sub-system stores every analysis performed with the evaluation system in a database

Perdas de solo e água por erosão hídrica influenciadas por métodos de preparo, classes de declive e níveis de fertilidade do solo Soil and water losses by rainfall erosion influenced by tillage methods, slope-steepness classes, and soil fertility levels

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N. P. Cogo

2003-08-01

Full Text Available A erosão é a forma mais prejudicial de degradação do solo. Além de reduzir sua capacidade produtiva para as culturas, ela pode causar sérios danos ambientais, como assoreamento e poluição das fontes de água. Contudo, usando adequados sistemas de manejo do solo e bem planejadas práticas conservacionistas de suporte, os problemas de erosão podem ser satisfatoriamente resolvidos. Com o propósito de obter informações quantitativas sobre o assunto, para servirem de guia nos planejamentos conservacionistas de uso da terra, realizou-se um experimento de erosão sob chuva natural, em Latossolo Vermelho distroférrico típico textura muito argilosa, no município de Santo Ângelo, região das Missões (RS, de dezembro de 1994 a maio de 1996, objetivando quantificar as perdas de solo e água causadas por erosão hídrica. Os tratamentos consistiram dos métodos de preparo do solo convencional, reduzido e semeadura direta, avaliados sob as condições "solo com fertilidade corrigida" nas classes de declividade de 0-0,04; 0,04-0,08 e 0,08-0,12 m m-1 (com gradientes médios de, respectivamente, 0,035; 0,065 e 0,095 m m-1 e "solo com fertilidade atual" na classe de declividade de 0,04-0,08 m m-1. As operações de preparo do solo e semeadura foram efetuadas todas transversalmente ao declive, exceto para o tratamento-testemunha (preparo convencional, sem cultivo, continuamente descoberto e sem crosta, no qual as operações de aração e gradagem foram realizadas no sentido do declive. A seqüência de culturas utilizada na avaliação da erosão foi constituída de dois ciclos culturais de soja (Glycine max, L., no período de primavera-verão de 1994/95 e 1995/96, e um de aveia preta (Avena strigosa, S., no período de outono-inverno de 1995. O índice de erosividade das chuvas (EI30 calculado no período experimental (1,5 ano foi de 10.236 MJ mm ha-1 h-1 e concentrou-se, repetidamente, em 1995 e 1996, nos meses de janeiro a março, perfazendo

Minute Ventilation Limitations of Two Field Transport Ventilators.

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Szpisjak, Dale F; Horn, Gregory; Shalov, Samuel; Abes, Alvin Angelo; Van Decar, Lauren

2017-01-01

Knowledge of transport ventilator performance impacts patient safety. This study compared minute ventilation (V E ) of the MOVES and Uni-Vent 731 when ventilating the VentAid Training Test Lung with compliance (C) ranging from 0.02 to 0.10 L/cm H 2 O and three different airway resistances (R) (none, Rp5, or Rp20). Tidal volume (V T ) was 800 ± 25 mL. Respiratory rate was increased to ventilator's maximum or until auto-PEEP > 5 cm H 2 O. Respiratory parameters were recorded with the RSS 100HR Research Pneumotach. Data were reported as median (interquartile range). Peak inspiratory pressure (PIP) of the Uni-Vent and MOVES ranged from 22.3 (22.2-22.5) to 82.6 (82.2-83.2) and 20.8 (20.6-20.9) to 50.6 (50.2-50.9) cm H 2 O, respectively. V E of the Uni-Vent and MOVES ranged from 17.7 (17.7-17.7) to 31.5 (31.5-31.5) and 11.3 (10.5-11.3) to 20.2 (19.7-20.5) L/min, respectively. Linear regression demonstrated strong, negative correlation of V E with PIP for the MOVES (V E [L/min] = 26 - 0.31 × PIP [cm H 2 O], r = -0.97) but weak, positive correlation for the Uni-Vent (r = 0.05). Uni-Vent V E exceeded MOVES V E under each test condition (p = 0.0002). If patient V E requirements exceed those predicted by the MOVES regression equation, then using the Uni-Vent should be considered. Reprint & Copyright © 2017 Association of Military Surgeons of the U.S.

Simulação da variabilidade espacial da erosão hídrica em uma sub-bacia hidrográfica de Latossolos no sul de Minas Gerais Simulation of water erosion spatial variability in a watershed representative of oxisols in southern Minas Gerais State

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Antônio Marciano da Silva

2008-10-01

Full Text Available A simulação da distribuição espacial da erosão do solo consiste em uma ferramenta poderosa para o planejamento conservacionista em bacias hidrográficas, sendo uma importante aplicação da Equação Universal de Perdas de Solo (EUPS associada a princípios de interpolação espacial, principalmente a geoestatística. Este trabalho objetivou simular a distribuição espacial da erosão hídrica numa sub-bacia hidrográfica da região do Alto Rio Grande (MG, aplicando ferramentas geoestatísticas para distribuição espacial e mapeamento. Diferentes cenários de uso do solo foram analisados. A erosão foi estimada com base na EUPS aplicada a células, considerando as unidades pedológicas e diferentes usos em cada célula. O fator topográfico (LS das células foi obtido com base no Modelo Digital de Elevação da sub-bacia, identificando comprimento e direção principal do escoamento. A erosividade média anual da região é de 8.030 MJ mm ha-1 h-1 ano-1, e a erodibilidade dos solos foi extraída da literatura. A EUPS foi aplicada a cada célula, levando-se em conta a situação atual do solo, áreas degradadas plantadas com eucalipto, pastagem plantada e plantio convencional de milho, considerando a ocupação de toda a sub-bacia hidrográfica. Na situação atual, a sub-bacia apresenta taxas de erosão inferiores aos limites de tolerância para os respectivos solos, com exceção das áreas degradadas ocupadas por eucalipto e pastagem em Cambissolo. No entanto, em todas as situações analisadas, seu lado leste apresentou as maiores perdas de solo, especialmente para os cenários de eucalipto nas condições atuais e plantio convencional de milho em Cambissolo e Latossolo Vermelho-Amarelo, sendo necessária a aplicação de técnicas conservacionistas.Simulation of water erosion spatial distribution is an important tool for soil conservation planning in watersheds, being an important application of the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE

Mapeamento do potencial de erosão laminar na bacia do rio Japaratuba, SE, via SIG Mapping the laminar erosion potential for the Japaratuba river basin, SE via GIS

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Ricardo de Aragão

2011-07-01

Full Text Available A erosão do solo é a principal causa do empobrecimento precoce de terras produtivas e dentre as suas formas está a erosão laminar. Esta se caracteriza não apenas pela remoção de uma camada relativamente uniforme da superfície, mas também por seus nutrientes, sendo intensificada, portanto, pelas ações antrópicas. Para evitar ou reduzir seus impactos, fazem-se necessárias diretrizes para a adequação do uso e da ocupação às condições de cobertura vegetal, tipo de solo e topografia, através de mapas do potencial erosivo laminar da região de interesse, obtidos via sistemas de informações geográficas (SIG. Neste trabalho foi desenvolvido o mapeamento do potencial erosivo laminar da bacia do rio Japaratuba, SE (1685 km²; trata-se de uma região sujeita a intensa atividade agrícola, pecuária e de mineração, onde só restam 6% da vegetação nativa. Os resultados mostram que 48,71% da área da bacia ficam nas classes de médio e alto potencial erosivo, indicando que a bacia está bastante impactada devido aos usos inadequados para as condições de solo e declividades.Soil erosion is a natural phenomenon that reduces soil fertility and causes a great impact on agricultural areas. Laminar erosion is characterized by the removal of the top soil fairly uniformly as well as its nutrients, which is accelerated by human activities. To minimize the impacts it is necessary to adopt an adequate soil management that takes into account the type of the soil, relief, and vegetation cover. The soil management can be aided by mapping the erosive potential of a region using GIS tools. In this work, the technique that was used for mapping the erosive potential in the Japaratuba River Basin (1685 km² located in the State of Sergipe is presented. The results show that 48.71% of the basin area lie within medium and high erosive potentials zones, suggesting the inadequate land use for the soil types and relief within the basin.

Cloud Computing: Virtual Clusters, Data Security, and Disaster Recovery

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Hwang, Kai

Dr. Kai Hwang is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Director of Internet and Cloud Computing Lab at the Univ. of Southern California (USC). He received the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Univ. of California, Berkeley. Prior to joining USC, he has taught at Purdue Univ. for many years. He has also served as a visiting Chair Professor at Minnesota, Hong Kong Univ., Zhejiang Univ., and Tsinghua Univ. He has published 8 books and over 210 scientific papers in computer science/engineering.

Experimental nuclear physics: Progress report, September 1986-July 1987

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Hamilton, J.H.

1987-08-01

The research activities of the experimental nuclear structure group at Vanderbilt University carried out under Contract AS05-76ER05034 with the Department of Energy for the period September 1986 to July 1987 are reported here. Research continues in the areas of (1) in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy including cooperations with scientists at Oak Ridge, Univ. of Rochester, Univ. of Koeln, Louisiana State Univ., Univ. of Florida, Idaho Falls, and Univ. of Notre Dame; (2) studies of nuclei far from stability at UNISOR and at the recoil mass spectrometer at the University of Rochester; (3) nucleon transfer reaction and fusion-fission studies with scientists at ORNL, Argonne National Laboratory, Univ. of Michigan, and University of Kansas; (4) theoretical studies with scientists at Univ. Frankfurt, Univ. Tuebingen, Univ. Lund, Brookhaven, Lawrence Berkeley, and ORNL; (5) other studies. In general, abstracts of papers published or submitted for publication in this period make up this report along with brief reports of work in process and complete copies of a few conference papers

Characterization of wheat endoplasmic reticulum oxidoreductin 1 and its application in Chinese steamed bread.

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Liu, Guang; Wang, JingJing; Hou, Yi; Huang, Yan-Bo; Wang, JiaJia; Li, Cunzhi; Guo, ShiJun; Li, Lin; Hu, Song-Qing

2018-08-01

This study investigated characteristics of recombinant wheat Endoplasmic Reticulum Oxidoreductin 1 (wEro1) and its influence on Chinese steamed bread (CSB) qualities. The purified wEro1 monomer, which contained two conserved redox active motif sites, bound to flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) cofactor with a molecular weight of ∼47 kDa. wEro1 catalyzed the reduction of both bound and free FAD, and its reduction activity of free FAD reached 7.8 U/mg. Moreover, wEro1 catalyzed the oxidation of dithiothreitol and wheat protein disulfide isomerase (wPDI). Both glutathione and the reduced ribonuclease could work as electron donors for wEro1 in catalyzing the oxidation of wPDI. Additionally, wEro1 supplementation improved the CSB qualities with an increased specific volume of CSB and decreased crumb hardness, which was attributed to water-insoluble wheat proteins increasing and gluten network strengthening. The results give an understanding of the properties and function of wEro1 to facilitate its application especially in the flour-processing industry. Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Programa para mejorar la comprensión de lectura en alumnos con problemas de atención y concentración de 1ero y 2do de secundaria de una I.E en el distrito de San Martin de Porres, Lima, 2016

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Guerra Pando, Lourdes Yanina

2017-01-01

La presente investigación se titula “Programa para mejorar la comprensión de lectura en alumnos con problemas de atención y concentración de 1ero y 2do de secundaria de una I. E en el distrito de San Martin de Porres, Lima ,2016” y su objetivo es mejorar la comprensión lectora de alumnos de 1º y 2º grado de secundaria con problemas de atención y concentración. Es una investigación cuasi-experimental con un pre-test y un post test bajo un enfoque cuantitativo de tipo aplicado...

Les villes-ports, laboratoires de la mondialisation

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DUCRUET , César

2004-01-01

Madeleine BROCARD, Univ. du Havre Jacques CHARLIER, Univ. Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgique) Denise PUMAIN, Univ. Paris I Sorbonne Brian SLACK, Univ. Concordia (Canada) Pierre THOREZ, Univ. du Havre; More than other cities, port cities must constantly adapt to a rapidly changing international trade environment. This adaptation is spurred by their ties to both maritime and land networks and by specific spatio-functional relations between cities and ports, from the local to the global level. For compa...

Estudo da erosão na microbacia do Ceveiro (Piracicaba, SP: II - Interpretação da tolerância de perda de solo utilizando o método do Índice de Tempo de Vida Erosion study in the Ceveiro watershed (Piracicaba, SP: II - Interpreting soil loss tolerance using the Soil Useful Life Index methodology

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Mara de Andrade Marinho Weill

2008-04-01

Full Text Available A erosão acelerada do solo, um processo basicamente induzido pela ação antrópica, muito contribui para a degradação da qualidade das terras aráveis em todo o mundo, além de constituir a principal fonte não pontual de poluição dos recursos hídricos superficiais. Considerando a demanda efetiva pelo desenvolvimento de indicadores para avaliação do impacto da erosão na qualidade do solo em sistemas de produção agrícola, este trabalho teve por objetivo desenvolver um índice, com valor prognóstico, para ser aplicado como uma ferramenta de planejamento na interpretação da tolerância de perda de solo em áreas agrícolas. Foi desenvolvido o método designado "Índice de Tempo de Vida do Solo", para se proceder ao diagnóstico da erosão em uma área predominantemente utilizada com a cultura da cana-de-açúcar no município de Piracicaba (SP. Na realização do trabalho, foram empregados geotécnicas e métodos de análise geoestatística, sendo o processamento e a análise dos dados efetivados em ambiente de sistema de informação geográfica do tipo matricial. As taxas anuais médias de perda de solo foram estimadas em trabalho anterior, empregando a equação universal de perda de solo (EUPS, com ajuste dos fatores do modelo às condições locais da área de estudo. Nos cálculos do índice de tempo de vida do solo, foi presumida uma taxa de renovação de 0,2 mm ano-1 e foram analisadas duas profundidades, de 50 e de 100 cm, consideradas mínimas para o uso agrícola. A avaliação da espessura do solum revelou que, na área de estudo, predominam solos pouco profundos, com médias ponderadas pelas áreas de ocorrência de 78 cm, solos ocupados com cana-de-açúcar, e de 72 cm, solos ocupados com outros usos. A aplicação do índice de tempo de vida revelou que, adotando a profundidade crítica de 50 cm, o tempo de vida médio do solo nas áreas ocupadas com cana-de-açúcar é de 178 anos, e que, mantida a expectativa atual

Mating in the Closest Living Relatives of Animals Is Induced by a Bacterial Chondroitinase.

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Woznica, Arielle; Gerdt, Joseph P; Hulett, Ryan E; Clardy, Jon; King, Nicole

2017-09-07

We serendipitously discovered that the marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri induces sexual reproduction in one of the closest living relatives of animals, the choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta. Although bacteria influence everything from nutrition and metabolism to cell biology and development in eukaryotes, bacterial regulation of eukaryotic mating was unexpected. Here, we show that a single V. fischeri protein, the previously uncharacterized EroS, fully recapitulates the aphrodisiac-like activity of live V. fischeri. EroS is a chondroitin lyase; although its substrate, chondroitin sulfate, was previously thought to be an animal synapomorphy, we demonstrate that S. rosetta produces chondroitin sulfate and thus extend the ancestry of this important glycosaminoglycan to the premetazoan era. Finally, we show that V. fischeri, purified EroS, and other bacterial chondroitin lyases induce S. rosetta mating at environmentally relevant concentrations, suggesting that bacteria likely regulate choanoflagellate mating in nature. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Aspectos financeiros relacionados às perdas de nutrientes por erosão hídrica em diferentes sistemas de manejo do solo Financial aspects of nutrient losses by water erosion in different soil management systems

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Ildegardis Bertol

2007-02-01

Full Text Available A erosão hídrica é a forma mais séria de degradação do solo, pois, além de reduzir a capacidade produtiva deste para as culturas, causa prejuízos financeiros e ambientais em razão da perda de nutrientes a ela associada. A presente pesquisa foi realizada com o objetivo de quantificar as perdas de água e solo, de P, K, Ca e Mg na água e de P disponível e K, Ca e Mg trocáveis nos sedimentos da enxurrada perdida por erosão hídrica, em um experimento realizado sob chuva natural, entre novembro de 1992 e outubro de 2003, no sul do Planalto Catarinense. Calculou-se o custo financeiro desses nutrientes, expressos na forma de superfosfato triplo (P, cloreto de potássio (K e de calcário (Ca e Mg, perdidos na erosão hídrica, para um Cambissolo Húmico alumínico léptico com declividade média de 0,10 m m-1, em três sistemas de manejo do solo, com duas repetições: preparo convencional (PC, preparo mínimo (PM e semeadura direta (SD. Em uma das repetições dos tratamentos foram cultivados soja, trigo, milho, ervilhaca, feijão, aveia, soja e nabo forrageiro, em sistema de rotação de culturas, enquanto na outra se cultivaram soja, trigo, soja, trigo, soja, trigo, soja e trigo, em sistema de sucessão de culturas. Para efeito de realização deste trabalho, as duas parcelas experimentais com o mesmo tipo de manejo do solo foram consideradas como repetição, embora com diferentes espécies culturais (em rotação e em sucessão de culturas. As perdas de solo foram fortemente influenciadas pelo sistema de manejo e variaram com os anos de cultivo, enquanto as perdas de água variaram menos do que as de solo, tanto nos sistemas de manejo do solo quanto nos anos de cultivo. O valor monetário das perdas anuais de P expresso na forma de superfosfato triplo, de K expresso como cloreto de potássio e de Ca e Mg expressos na forma de calcário, por erosão hídrica, foi relativamente elevado, independentemente do sistema de manejo do solo. A

Erosão hídrica em diferentes preparos do solo logo após as colheitas de milho e trigo, na presença e na ausência dos resíduos culturais

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I. Bertol

1997-09-01

Full Text Available O preparo do solo, o qual influencia o manejo dos resíduos culturais e a rugosidade superficial, associado ao tipo de cultura utilizada, é um dos fatores que afetam a suscetibilidade do solo à erosão hídrica. Utilizando chuvas simuladas na intensidade constante de 64 mm h-1, com durações suficientes para que o escoamento superficial atingisse taxa constante de descarga, foram avaliados, em Eldorado do Sul (RS, de 1992 a 1994, em condições de campo, os seguintes tratamentos de preparo do solo: semeadura direta, na presença e na ausência dos resíduos recém-colhidos de milho e trigo; escarificação, na presença e na ausência dos resíduos recém-colhidos de milho e trigo + milho logo após a colheita do trigo; e aração + gradagem, na presença e ausência dos resíduos recém-colhidos de milho e trigo + milho logo após a colheita do trigo. Utilizou-se um solo podzólico vermelho-amarelo franco-arenoso e declividade média de 0,066 m m-1. As perdas de solo e água foram fortemente influenciadas pela rugosidade e cobertura superficiais. Na semeadura direta e aração + gradagem, a manutenção dos resíduos culturais na superfície reduziu as perdas de solo em relação à sua remoção manual quase completa. A semeadura direta com os resíduos culturais foi o tratamento mais eficaz na redução da erosão e a aração + gradagem, sem os resíduos, o menos eficaz. A escarificação com os resíduos culturais na superfície apresentou maior perda de solo do que a semeadura direta e aração + gradagem também com os resíduos na superfície. Em geral, as perdas de água por escoamento superficial seguiram o mesmo comportamento das perdas de solo.

Precise and Fast Computation of the Gravitational Field of a General Finite Body and Its Application to the Gravitational Study of Asteroid Eros

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Fukushima, Toshio

2017-01-01

In order to obtain the gravitational field of a general finite body inside its Brillouin sphere, we developed a new method to compute the field accurately. First, the body is assumed to consist of some layers in a certain spherical polar coordinate system and the volume mass density of each layer is expanded as a Maclaurin series of the radial coordinate. Second, the line integral with respect to the radial coordinate is analytically evaluated in a closed form. Third, the resulting surface integrals are numerically integrated by the split quadrature method using the double exponential rule. Finally, the associated gravitational acceleration vector is obtained by numerically differentiating the numerically integrated potential. Numerical experiments confirmed that the new method is capable of computing the gravitational field independently of the location of the evaluation point, namely whether inside, on the surface of, or outside the body. It can also provide sufficiently precise field values, say of 14–15 digits for the potential and of 9–10 digits for the acceleration. Furthermore, its computational efficiency is better than that of the polyhedron approximation. This is because the computational error of the new method decreases much faster than that of the polyhedron models when the number of required transcendental function calls increases. As an application, we obtained the gravitational field of 433 Eros from its shape model expressed as the 24 × 24 spherical harmonic expansion by assuming homogeneity of the object.

Precise and Fast Computation of the Gravitational Field of a General Finite Body and Its Application to the Gravitational Study of Asteroid Eros

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Fukushima, Toshio, E-mail: Toshio.Fukushima@nao.ac.jp [National Astronomical Observatory/SOKENDAI, Ohsawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588 (Japan)

2017-10-01

In order to obtain the gravitational field of a general finite body inside its Brillouin sphere, we developed a new method to compute the field accurately. First, the body is assumed to consist of some layers in a certain spherical polar coordinate system and the volume mass density of each layer is expanded as a Maclaurin series of the radial coordinate. Second, the line integral with respect to the radial coordinate is analytically evaluated in a closed form. Third, the resulting surface integrals are numerically integrated by the split quadrature method using the double exponential rule. Finally, the associated gravitational acceleration vector is obtained by numerically differentiating the numerically integrated potential. Numerical experiments confirmed that the new method is capable of computing the gravitational field independently of the location of the evaluation point, namely whether inside, on the surface of, or outside the body. It can also provide sufficiently precise field values, say of 14–15 digits for the potential and of 9–10 digits for the acceleration. Furthermore, its computational efficiency is better than that of the polyhedron approximation. This is because the computational error of the new method decreases much faster than that of the polyhedron models when the number of required transcendental function calls increases. As an application, we obtained the gravitational field of 433 Eros from its shape model expressed as the 24 × 24 spherical harmonic expansion by assuming homogeneity of the object.

Advances in mathematical economics

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Yamazaki, Akira

2005-01-01

A lot of economic problems can be formulated as constrained optimizations and equilibration of their solutions. Various mathematical theories have been supplying economists with indispensable machineries for these problems arising in economic theory. Conversely, mathematicians have been stimulated by various mathematical difficulties raised by economic theories. The series is designed to bring together those mathematicians who are seriously interested in getting new challenging stimuli from economic theories with those economists who are seeking effective mathematical tools for their research. The editorial board of this series comprises the following prominent economists and mathematicians: Managing Editors: S. Kusuoka (Univ. Tokyo), T. Maruyama (Keio Univ.). Editors: R. Anderson (U.C. Berkeley), C. Castaing (Univ. Montpellier), F.H. Clarke (Univ. Lyon I), G. Debreu (U.C. Berkeley), E. Dierker (Univ. Vienna), D. Duffie (Stanford Univ.), L.C. Evans (U.C. Berkeley), T. Fujimoto (Okayama Univ.), J.-M. Grandmont...

Study of exhaust emissions of direct injection diesel engine operating on ethanol, petrol and rapeseed oil blends

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Labeckas, Gvidonas; Slavinskas, Stasys

2009-01-01

This article presents the bench testing results of a four stroke, four cylinder, direct injection, unmodified, diesel engine operating on pure rapeseed oil (RO) and its 2.5 vol%, 5 vol%, 7.5 vol% and 10 vol% blends with ethanol (ERO), petrol (PRO) and both improving agents applied in equal proportions as 50:50 vol% (EPRO). The purpose of the research is to examine the effect of ethanol and petrol addition into RO on diesel engine emission characteristics and smoke opacity of the exhausts. The biggest NO x emissions, 1954 and 2078 ppm, at 2000 min -1 speed generate blends PRO10 (9.72%) and EPRO5 (11.13%) against, 1731 and 1411 ppm, produced from ERO5 (12%) and ERO10 (13.2% oxygen) blends. The carbon monoxide, CO, emissions emitted from a fully loaded engine fuelled with three agent blends EPRO5-7.5 at maximum torque and rated speed are higher by 39.5-18.8% and 27.5-16.1% and smoke opacity lower by 3.3-9.0% and 24.1-17.6% comparing with RO case. When operating at rated 2200 min -1 mode, the carbon dioxide, CO 2 , emissions are lower, 6.9-6.3 vol%, from blends EPRO5-7.5 relative to that from RO, 7.8 vol%, accompanied by a slightly higher emission of unburned hydrocarbons HC, 16 ppm, and residual oxygen contents O 2 , 10.4-12.0 vol%, in the exhausts

Global Emerging Sciences and Technology Assessment

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Auckland (New Zealand), and University of Western Australia—all of those in no particular order. Comparing this data to the list from 5 years ago, the...China) (88), University of Auckland (94), and Nagoya University (99). Five years ago there were only 15 Asia/Pacific institutions on the list, the...Univ. of New South Wales (29), Peking Univ. (35), Univ. of Auckland (38), KAIST (40), Monash Univ. (45), Hong Kong Polytechnic (49), with the remaining

Mortalidad por violencia del compañero íntimo en mujeres extranjeras residentes en España: (1999-2006 Mortality due to intimate partner violence in foreign women living in Spain: (1999-2006

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Carmen Vives-Cases

2008-06-01

Full Text Available Objetivos: Describir la evolución de la mortalidad por violencia del compañero íntimo (VCI en las mujeres extranjeras residentes en España y explorar un posible mayor riesgo de este colectivo de morir por VCI. Métodos: Estudio ecológico retrospectivo basado en las muertes por VCI del Instituto de la Mujer (1999-2006. Cálculo de tasas de mortalidad y modelos de Poisson para el cálculo de riesgos relativos e intervalos de confianza del 95%. Resultados: El riesgo de morir por VCI de una mujer extranjera es 5,3 veces mayor que el de una española, y por años estudiados las extranjeras tienen un riesgo 2-8 veces mayor. Conclusión: Las mujeres extranjeras residentes en España son especialmente vulnerables ante la muerte por VCI. Se requiere una mayor investigación para profundizar en las causas y estrategias transversales que también impliquen al sector sanitario.Objectives: To describe the distribution of mortality due to intimate partner violence (IPV in foreign women living in Spain and to explore the potentially greater risk of dying from IPV in this group. Methods: We performed a retrospective ecological study of deaths from IPV registered by the Women’s Institute of Spain (1999-2006. Mortality rates and Poisson models for relative risk and 95% confidence intervals were calculated. Results: The average risk of dying from IPV in foreign women was 5.3 times greater than that in Spanish women. In the years studied, the increased risk in foreign women was 2 to 8 times greater than that in Spanish women. Conclusion: Foreign women living in Spain are especially vulnerable to death from IPV. Further research on the causes of this phenomena and strategies involving health services are needed.

Heart rate variability in patients with mitral stenosis: A study of 20 cases from King Abdulaziz Univ. Hospital

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Al-Hazimi, A.; Al-Ama, N.; Marouf, M.

2002-01-01

Left atrial enlargement in mitral stenosis predisposes to atrial fibrillation (AF). Analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) prior to the onset of an arrhythmia may show alterations in autonomic balance that are known to predispose to the development of AF. The aim of this study was to determine whether HRV in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS) is abnormal in comparison to normal controls, and to find the relationship between the left atrial size and HRV in patients with MS in sinus rhythm in AF. A series of 24-hour ambulatory Holter electrocardiogram recordings were obtained for 10 consecutive, newly diagnosed untreated subjects with pure mitral stenosis in sinus rhythm, 10 with mitral stenosis complicated by atrial fibrillation and 10 age-matched normal controls. Digitized records were processed using time domain and power spectral analysis. In patients with mitral stenosis in sinus rhythm, we observed significant decrease of the standard deviation of RR intervals (SDRR), as well as of the root mean square of successive RR interval differences (RMSSD) and Edinburgh index (sNN50), while in patients with AF, the RMSSD and sNN50 were much larger than those in normal. The areas under all spectral bands were markedly increased in patients with AF compared with normal. HRV measures were independent of atrial size in both groups. Decreased HRV in mitral stenosis patients with sinus rhythm suggests increased sympathetic activity in patients prone to atrial fibrillation, while marked increased of HRV in patients with AF may indicate that parasympathetic activity modulates the intrinsic behavior of the atrioventricular node during atrial fibrillation. The evaluation of HRV may be a useful tool for the identification of patients predisposed to AF. (author)

EFFECTS OF NATURAL AND FORCED BASEMENT VENTILATION ON RADON LEVELS IN SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS

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The report gives, for the first time, results of an extensive study of the effect of ventilation on radon concentrations and radon entry rate in a single-family dwelling. Measurements of radon concentrations, building dynamics, and environmental parameters made in Princeton Unive...

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1994-07-01

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O papel do Fator de Necrose Tumoral Alfa (TNF-alfa no processo de erosão óssea presente no colesteatoma adquirido da orelha média The role of Tumor Necrosis Factor -Alpha (TNF- alpha in bone resorption present in middle ear cholesteatoma

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Rodrigo Faller Vitale

2007-02-01

Full Text Available O colesteatoma adquirido da orelha média causa erosão óssea, com altas taxas de morbidade e mortalidade. O TNF-alfa (TNF-alfa lambda uma das principais citocinas envolvidas neste processo. OBJETIVO: Avaliar o papel do TNF-alfa na reabsorsão óssea e a ação dele no colesteatoma. MATERIAL E MÉTODOS: Foi realizado um levantamento e uma revisão crítica da literatura. RESULTADOS: Todos os autores estudados concordam com a importância do TNF-alfa no processo de reabsorção óssea presente no colesteatoma e com o grau de destruição observado. Diferentes trabalhos demonstraram que o TNF-alfa é capaz de provocar erosão óssea, através de diferentes vias de ação. Ele pode estimular a diferenciação e a maturação dos osteoclastos ou, ainda, agir na matriz óssea expondo-a à ação dos osteoclastos. Existe a possibilidade de inibir a ação do TNF-alfa, diminuindo seus efeitos e prevenindo a perda óssea em doenças como a artrite reumatóide. Não existe, entretanto, trabalhos específicos em colesteatoma. Não existe consenso sobre a sua localização. Estas diferenças, provavelmente, ocorrem devido à distribuição dos receptores. CONCLUSÃO: O TNF-alfa, presente no colesteatoma promove a reabsorsão óssea, juntamente com outras citocinas (RANKL e IL-1, estando relacionado com a presença de complicações.Cholesteatoma may cause bone erosion, with high morbidity and mortality rates. Tumor Necrosis Factor -Alpha (TNF-a is one of the main cytokines involved in this process. Our goal was to evaluate the role of TNF-a in Bone Resorption and its effect on cholesteatoma. MATERIAL AND METHODS: analysis and critical literature review. RESULTS: Different studies have demonstrated that TNF-a is capable of causing bone erosion. It may stimulate the differentiation and maturation of osteoclasts or it may act on the bone matrix, exposing it to the action of the osteoclasts. It is possible to inhibit TNF-a, reducing its effects and prevent

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The obtained dry extract was weighed and the percentage yield was expressed in terms of air dried weight of plant materials. Material for Antimicrobials. The bacterial, fungal and yeast strains were personally obtained from the microbiology Lab, Botany Dept.,. Fac. of Sci. (Al- Azhar Univ. Assiut, Assiut Univ. and Minia Univ.).

Navy-ASEE Summer Faculty Research Program. Navy-ASEE Sabbatical Leave Program.

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1994-09-01

University Arnall Physical Therapy N. Arizona Univ. I Azimi-Sadjadi Elec. Eng. Colorado St. Univ. Baird Chem. Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville I Bandy Mech...provide the framework for the analysis of data in magneto -optics and on tunneling structures for a number of years. Dr. Bilal M. Ayyub Associate

Using Landsat imagery to detect, monitor, and project net landscape change

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Reker, Ryan R.; Sohl, Terry L.; Gallant, Alisa L.

2015-01-01

Detailed landscape information is a necessary component to bird habitat conservation planning. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center has been providing information on the Earth’s surface for over 40 years via the continuous series of Landsat satellites. In addition to operating, processing, and disseminating satellite images, EROS is the home to nationwide and global landscape mapping, monitoring, and projection products, including:National Land Cover Database (NLCD) – the definitive land cover dataset for the U.S., with updates occurring at five-year intervals;Global Land Cover Monitoring – producing 30m resolution global land cover;LANDFIRE – Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools–EROS is a partner in this joint program between U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of Interior that produces consistent, comprehensive, geospatial data and databases that describe vegetation, wildland fuel, and fire regimes across the U.S.;Land Cover Trends – a landscape monitoring and assessment effort to understand the rates, trends, causes, and consequences of contemporary U.S. land use and land cover change; andLand Use and Land Cover (LULC) Modeling – a project extending contemporary databases of landscape change forward and backward in time through moderate-resolution land cover projections.

Eros and politics

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Helge Rønning

2015-02-01

Full Text Available There are many parallels between Henrik Ibsen’s Rosmersholm (1886 and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson’s Paul Lange og Tora Parsberg (1898. Both dramas have as their protagonist a weak and noble man, who is offered love and an erotic relationship by a strong woman, and who is not able to reciprocate.              At the same time they are plays about how politics demand the ability to act and take a stand in a world where men are supposed to engage politically at the same time as women are supposed to stand in the background. In both dramas the political and the erotic are interwoven in a manner that drives the men into despair because they can neither satisfy the demands of love in the intimate arena nor the demands for power in the public arena of politics.             There are also other parallels between the plays, in relation to the role of the figures, that demand of the protagonists that they take a stand, and drop them and betray them when they do not. Both dramas also end in a final suicide. Though here the two plays differ in that in Ibsen’s play the drama ends in the double suicide of the man and the woman, while in Bjørnson’s it is only the man who sacrifices himself. This implies that the question of strength, power and the erotic are more consistently played out in Ibsen’s drama.

Eros y cultura

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José Amícola

2001-11-01

Full Text Available It is a commonplace the almost non-existent Spanish contribution to erotic literature. This matter has to do, at the same time, with the consideration on what is regarded as "pornographic". However, it is necessary to consider here how far pornography implies the subject who decides to see something as such. Archaeology, on the other hand, has been giving evidences of the changes produced in ancient iconography's reception; and has come, by this way, to enlighten the consideration of the erotic in Spain itself, where the taboo imposed on sexuality by the ecclesiastical power has limited the erotic to a massive and trivial consume.

Phonesis and Eros

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Hansen, Finn Thorbjørn

2008-01-01

This research article investigate the use of the concept of Phronesis in contemporary educational research and it present five different approaches. Especially Hubert Dreyfus and his new competence theoty with a sixth and seventh level of competence is critical examined in light of Heidegger...

Eros and phronesis

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Hansen, Finn Thorbjørn

2007-01-01

Artiklen ser særlig nærmere på Hubert Dreyfus syn på phronesis-dimensionen i ekspertens arbejde og jeg kritiserer ham for at have et for ensidigt eksistentialistisk syn på phronesis-begrebet gennem Hannah Arendt læsning, der vægter den eksistensfilosofiske "meaning-receiving" dimension....

Eros as 'Pteros'

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Kluge, Sofie

2010-01-01

’s view of myth with an estimation of his own qualities as a literary author: on one hand, negligence of the intrinsic aesthetico-philosophical interest of Platonic myth and unreserved or qualified subordination of poetic mythos to philosophical logos; on the other hand, recognition of the significance...... of Plato’s myths and relaxation of the dichotomy of philosophy and myth conducing in some cases even to evaluation of poetic myth over philosophical dialectic. In order to appreciate the fundamental interaction of literature and philosophy in these myths, I suggest that we approach them armed...

Restauração da estrutura do solo por sequências culturais implantadas em semeadura direta, e sua relação com a erosão hídrica em distintas condições físicas de superfície Restoration of the soil structure by crop sequences established in no-till, as related to water erosion in distinct surface physical conditions

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Jeane Cruz Portela

2010-08-01

Full Text Available A estrutura do solo desempenha papel de destaque no crescimento de plantas e no controle da erosão e, por conseguinte, na produção de alimentos e na conservação do solo e da água. Considerando isso, realizou-se este trabalho com o objetivo de implementar e acompanhar o processo de restauração da estrutura de um solo degradado, por meio de sequências culturais (gramíneas e leguminosas de inverno e verão, dispostas nos modos de cultivo isolado e consorciado, implantadas em semeadura direta, e posteriormente verificar sua relação com as perdas de solo e água causadas pela erosão hídrica pluvial, em distintas condições físicas de superfície (solo não mobilizado, com e sem crosta; solo recém-mobilizado, por meio de escarificação e de escarificação seguida - um mês mais tarde - de gradagem; e coberturas por resíduo cultural de 100, 18 e 0 %. O estudo foi desenvolvido em campo, com chuva simulada, na EEA/UFRGS, em Eldorado do Sul (RS, de maio de 2004 a dezembro de 2007. Os testes de erosão, em número de seis e espaçados um do outro ao redor de uma semana, foram realizados de outubro a dezembro de 2007. Utilizou-se um Argissolo Vermelho distrófico típico com textura franco-argiloarenosa na camada superficial e declividade média de 0,115 m m-1; em avançado grau de degradação. As chuvas simuladas, na intensidade constante de 64 mm h-1 e com duração variando de 1 a 3 h, foram aplicadas com o aparelho simulador de braços rotativos, sendo os resultados de perda de solo e água ajustados para a duração única de chuva de 1,5 h. Foram medidos atributos de solo e planta nas parcelas experimentais e de erosão hídrica no escoamento superficial. As sequências culturais e os testes de erosão influenciaram significativamente os resultados da pesquisa, com as diferenças sendo maiores nos últimos e com as condições físicas externas ou superficiais do solo influenciando o processo erosivo mais do que as condições f

Escoamento superficial na interação: cobertura vegetal e práticas de controle de erosão Erosion losses from runoff: interaction of soil cover and erosion control practice

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Marco A. R. de Carvalho

2012-12-01

Full Text Available O escoamento da água oriunda das terras agricultadas é o principal fator poluente dos mananciais hídricos nas áreas rurais. Devido a esse fato, faz-se necessário o desenvolvimento e a aplicação de tecnologias que venham a reduzir descargas de resíduos indesejáveis. Nesse sentido, conduziu-se um experimento na área experimental do Departamento de Engenharia Rural - ESALQ/USP, Piracicaba - SP, com o objetivo de avaliar o efeito de diferentes condições de solo, (feijão, gramínea e solo nu e diferentes práticas de controle de erosão (sulco de infiltração, terraço de infiltração e sem práticas de controle de erosão, buscando-se estimar o escoamento superficial. O delineamento estatístico adotado foi o em blocos aleatorizados, em esquema fatorial 3x3, perfazendo 9 tratamentos com 3 repetições. O período de coleta de dados pluviométricos foi de 06 de dezembro de 2007 a 11 de abril de 2008; para isto, utilizou-se de um pluviômetro, com 21,1 cm de diâmetro, instalado na área experimental. Observando-se as perdas de água, em relação às estruturas, tem-se em ordem decrescente de eficiência: Terraço, Sulco e Rampa; e com relação às coberturas, tem-se em ordem decrescente de eficiência: Feijão, Capim e Solo Nu.The flow of sediment from cropped land is the main pollutant of water sources in rural areas. Due to this fact, it is necessary to develop and implement technologies that will reduce water and sediment discharges. Accordingly, an experiment was conducted in the Department of Biosystems Engineering - ESALQ / USP, Piracicaba - SP with the objective to evaluate the effect of different soil cover (bean, grass and bare ground and erosion control practices (wide base terraces and infiltration furrows in slopes (no practices to control erosion while measuring water losses in runoff. The statistical design adopted was randomized blocks in a 3x3 factorial scheme resulting in 9 treatments with 3 replicates (blocks. The

Equipment Replacement Decision Making: Opportunities and Challenges

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Fan, Wei (David); Gemar, Mason D.; Machemehl, Randy

2012-01-01

The primary function of equipment managers is to replace the right equipment at the right time and at the lowest overall cost. In this paper, the opportunities and challenges associated with equipment replacement optimization (ERO) are discussed in detail. First, a comprehensive review of the state-of-the art and state-of-the practice literature for the ERO problem is conducted. Second, a dynamic programming (DP) based optimization solution methodology is presented to solve the ERO problem. T...

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1986-05-15

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Patrick Air Force Base integrated resource assessment. Volume 3, Resource assessment

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Sandusky, W.F.; Parker, S.A.; King, D.A.; Wahlstrom, R.R.; Elliott, D.B.; Shankle, S.A.

1993-12-01

The US Air Force has tasked the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) in support of the US Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program to identify, evaluate, and assist in acquiring all cost effective energy projects at Patrick Air Force Base (AFB). This is part of a model program that PNL is designing to support energy-use decisions in the federal sector. This report provides the results of the fossil fuel and electric energy resource opportunity (ERO) assessments performed by PNL at Patrick AFB which is located south of Cocoa Beach, Florida. It is a companion report to Volume 1, Executive Summary, and Volume.2, Baseline Detail. The results of the analyses of EROs are presented in 11 common energy end-use categories. A narrative description of each ERO is provided, including information on the installed cost, energy and dollar savings, impacts on operations and maintenance, and, when applicable, a discussion of energy supply and demand, energy security, and environmental issues. A description of the evaluation methodologies and technical and cost assumptions is also provided for each ERO. Summary tables present the cost-effectiveness of energy end-use equipment before and after the implementation of each ERO and present the results of the life-cycle cost analysis indicating the net present value and value index of each ERO.

An experimental and theoretical study of the flow phenomena within a vortex sink rate sensor. Ph.D. Thesis - Old Dominion Univ.

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Patel, D. K.

1974-01-01

A description of the flow field within a vortex sink rate sensor was obtained, and the influence of viscous effects on its performance was observed. The sensor basically consisted of a vortex chamber and a sink tube. The vortex chamber consisted of two circular coaxial disks held apart, at their periphery, by a porous coupling. One circular disk had an opening to permit the mounting of the sink tube, in such a manner that the vortex chamber as well as the sink tube had a common axis of rotation. Air was supplied radially to the sensor through its porous coupling as the sensor was rotated at various speeds. Particular emphasis was directed toward an understanding of the flow field in the sink tube region. Thus velocity measurements at various stations along the length of the sink tube as well as along a given radius at any designated station were taken.

Simple Analytic Collisional Rates for non-LTE Vibrational Populations in Astrophysical Environments: the Cases of Circumstellar SiO Masers and Shocked H2

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Bieniek, Ronald

2008-05-01

Rates for collisionally induced transitions between molecular vibrational levels are important in modeling a variety of non-LTE processes in astrophysical environments. Two examples are SiO masering in circumstellar envelopes in certain late-type stars [1] and the vibrational populations of molecular hydrogen in shocked interstellar medium [cf 2]. A simple exponential-potential model of molecular collisions leads to a two-parameter analytic expression for state-to-state and thermally averaged rates for collisionally induced vibrational-translational (VT) transitions in diatomic molecules [3,4]. The thermally averaged rates predicted by this formula have been shown to be in excellent numerical agreement with absolute experimental and quantum mechanical rates over large temperature ranges and initial vibrational excitation levels in a variety of species, e.g., OH, O2, N2 [3] and even for the rate of H2(v=1)+H2, which changes by five orders of magnitude in the temperature range 50-2000 K [4]. Analogous analytic rates will be reported for vibrational transitions in SiO due to collisions with H2 and compared to the numerical fit of quantum-mechanical rates calculated by Bieniek and Green [5]. [1] Palov, A.P., Gray, M.D., Field, D., & Balint-Kurti, G.G. 2006, ApJ, 639, 204. [2] Flower, D. 2007, Molecular Collisions in the Interstellar Medium (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press) [3] Bieniek, R.J. & Lipson, S.J. 1996, Chem. Phys. Lett. 263, 276. [4] Bieniek, R.J. 2006, Proc. NASA LAW (Lab. Astrophys. Workshop) 2006, 299; http://www.physics.unlv.edu/labastro/nasalaw2006proceedings.pdf. [5] Bieniek, R.J., & Green, S. 1983, ApJ, 265, L29 and 1983, ApJ, 270, L101.

On the Issue of a Narrow Dating of the Manuscript of the Treaties De Cerimoniis Aulae Byzantinae (Leipzig, Univ. Bibl. Rep. I 17

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Marina A. Kurysheva

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Full Text Available The paper offers new arguments for the more exact dating – autumn-winter of 963 – of the manuscript of the treatise De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae (Leipzig, Univ. Bibl. Rep. I 17. At the end of the list of the tombs of the emperors in the Mausoleum of Constantine the Great in the Church of the Holy Apostles, included in this compilation treatise, the scribe missed three empty lines. The last emperor in the list of buried emperors is Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus; there is no sarcophagus of his son Roman II, known from the later lists of tombs. The list ends with a mention of the “small sarcophagus” (τὸ λαρνάκιον; and there is no indication, whether there was someone buried there. Judging by the chronicles of Yahya of Antioch and Leo Deacon, as well as The Brief History by Michael Psellos, since the death of Emperor Roman II there was a constant danger of the liquidation of his children – Basil, Constantine and Anna. Apparently, this small coffin was prepared for them, and the scribe of the codex left a place to finish the final distribution of the last representatives of the imperial house in the mausoleum. However, all the children saved their lives, and three blank lines in the manuscript were never filled. Consequently, the manuscript was already completed after August 16, 963, and it is unlikely that the work on it was completed much later than the autumn-winter of 963.

The Shock and Vibration Digest. Volume 14, Number 12

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1982-12-01

and A.D. Tran School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Nuclear Engrg., Key Words: Beams, Sandwich structures, Damped structures, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman ...Reddy * Dept. of Mech. Engrg., Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman , OK 73019, Rept. No. South Australia, Australia, J. Sound Vib...T.E ............. 1686 Smalley, A.J ............ 1810 Spector, J .............. 1760 Shovlin, M.D ............. 308 Smallwood , D.O .......... 2018

Impacto técnico e econômico das perdas de solo e nutrientes por erosão no cultivo da cana-de-açúcar Economic and technical impact in soil and nutrient loss through erosion in the cultivation of sugar can

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Nilo S. F. de Andrade

2011-06-01

Full Text Available O objetivo geral foi demonstrar o impacto técnico e econômico das perdas de solo e nutrientes por erosão no cultivo da cana-de-açúcar. Propôs-se avaliar as perdas de nutrientes por erosão (P, K, Ca e Mg, o custo de reposição de nutrientes e o de produção da cana em dois sistemas de colheita (cana crua e queimada em Catanduva - SP, em área de 100 ha para cada sistema, formadas e colhidas no mesmo período (2002 a 2007, com similaridade quanto ao tipo de solo, variedade, topografia e numero de cortes. A metodologia baseou-se na equação universal da perda de solos e teoria dos custos de produção e de reposição de nutrientes. A maior perda de solo e de nutrientes por erosão ocorreu nas áreas de cana queimada; a cana queimada (corte manual, na média dos cinco cortes, perde 48,82% por hectare a mais de solo, 56,45 % de potássio (K e 60,78 % de fósforo (P do que a cana crua (corte mecanizado; o custo de reposição de nutrientes, em média, na cana queimada (R$ 33,92 ha-1 ano-1, foi superior ao da cana crua (R$ 21,12 ha-1 ano-1; a cana crua apresentou menor custo de produção (R$ 29,60 Mg-1 quando comparado à cana queimada (R$ 32,71 Mg-1; a cana crua apresentou maior retorno médio (R$ 5,70 Mg-1ano-1 com relação à cana queimada (R$ 2,59 Mg-1.The general objective was to show the economic and technical impact in soil and nutrient loss through erosion in the cultivation of sugar cane. It was specifically to evaluate the nutrient loss through erosion (P, K, Ca and Mg, the cost of replacing the nutrients and the production of sugar cane in two harvesting systems (raw and burned sugar cane in Catanduva, state of São Paulo, Brazil. An area of 100 ha was studied for each system, formed and harvested in the same period (2002 and 2007, with similarities in the type of soil, variety, topography, and the number of cuts. The methodology was based on the universal equation of soil loss and the theory of production costs and the

Fort Stewart integrated resource assessment. Volume 3: Resource assessment

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Sullivan, G.P.; Keller, J.M.; Stucky, D.J.; Wahlstrom, R.R.; Larson, L.L.

1993-10-01

The US Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) has tasked the US Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), supported by the Pacific Northwest Laboratory, to identify, evaluate, and assist in acquiring all cost-effective energy projects at Fort Stewart. This is part of a model program that PNL is designing to support energy-use decisions in the federal sector. This report provides the results of the fossil fuel and electric energy resource opportunity (ERO) assessments performed by PNL at the FORSCOM Fort Stewart facility located approximately 25 miles southwest of Savannah, Georgia. It is a companion report to Volume 1, Executive Summary, and Volume 2, Baseline Detail. The results of the analyses of EROs are presented in 11 common energy end-use categories (e.g., boilers and furnaces, service hot water, and building lighting). A narrative description of each ERO is provided, along with a table detailing information on the installed cost, energy and dollar savings; impacts on operations and maintenance (O&M); and, when applicable, a discussion of energy supply and demand, energy security, and environmental issues. A description of the evaluation methodologies and technical and cost assumptions is also provided for each ERO. Summary tables present the cost-effectiveness of energy end-use equipment before and after the implementation of each ERO. The tables also present the results of the life-cycle cost (LCC) analysis indicating the net present value (NPV) and savings to investment ratio (SIR) of each ERO.

Robins Air Force Base integrated resource assessment. Volume 3, Resource assessment

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Sullivan, G.P.; Keller, J.M.; Stucky, D.J.; Wahlstrom, R.R.; Larson, L.L.

1993-10-01

The US Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) has tasked the US Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), supported by the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL), to identify, evaluate, and assist in acquiring all cost-effective energy projects at Robins Air Force Base (AFB). This is part of a model program that PNL is designing to support energy-use decisions in the federal sector. This report provides the results of the fossil fuel and electric energy resource opportunity (ERO) assessments performed by PNL at the AFMC Robins AFB facility located approximately 15 miles south of Macon, Georgia. It is a companion report to Volume 1, Executive Summary, and Volume 2, Baseline Detail. The results of the analyses of EROs are presented in 13 common energy end-use categories (e.g., boilers and furnaces, service hot water, and building lighting). A narrative-description of each ERO is provided, including information on the installed cost, energy and dollar savings; impacts on operation and maintenance (O&M); and, when applicable, a discussion of energy supply and demand, energy security, and environmental issues. A description of the evaluation methodologies and technical and cost assumptions is also provided for each ERO. Summary tables present the cost-effectiveness of energy end-use equipment before and after the implementation of each ERO and present the results of the life-cycle cost (LCC) analysis indicating the net present value (NPV) and savings to investment ratio (SIR) of each ERO.

Tipologia e distribuição dos processos erosivos na microbacia do Ribeirão Água da Cachoeira, em Paraguaçu Paulista, SP

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1998-03-01

Full Text Available Realizaram-se o levantamento, a caracterização e o mapeamento da erosão, com o objetivo de definir a tipologia e a distribuição dos processos erosivos predominantes na microbacia do ribeirão Água da Cachoeira, com aproximadamente 3.700 ha, localizada no Planalto Ocidental Paulista. Através da fotointerpretação e de trabalhos de campo, delimitaram-se áreas com erosão laminar, erosão laminar e sulco raso, erosão em sulco profundo e ravina, e erosão em ravina profunda e voçoroca. Foram mapeadas quatro grandes voçorocas conectadas à rede de drenagem, oito extensas ravinas parcialmente vegetadas e diversas ravinas médias obliteradas, porém instáveis pela retomada da erosão. Há predominância de sulcos profundos e ravinas nas baixas vertentes em contato com a baixada fluvial e no talvegue das principais bacias de captação da drenagem pluvial. A origem de parte das ocorrências de sulcos rasos e de sulcos extensos, nas altas vertentes, é atribuída ao pisoteio do gado e, nas baixas vertentes, às áreas de bebedouros. As interpretações finais indicaram quatro grupos de áreas, distintas pelas diferenças de tipos de processos erosivos e pela sua localização.

Reserve Component Manpower Readiness and Mobilization Policy. Volume 2. Based on the Colloquium on Mobilization with Special Emphasis on Guard and Reserve Components, 1-4 November 1983

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1984-03-16

of Liberal Arts Rand Graduate Institute Syracuse Univ., College of Arts & Sciences Texas ASM Univ., College of Liberal Arts Tulane Univ., School of...and actuarial factors. Because tne Services have inadequate ,»rsonnel management data on the Reserve retiree population, inventory changes are...Manpower Data Center (DMDC) Office of the DoD Actuary and the respective service FY84-88 Program Objective Memorandum (POM). K/« cjr

Countertransference and the erotic.

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Ulanov, Ann Belford

2009-03-01

Eros is like a huge spark that ignites our passion and then confronts us with the problem of living out this fire in ordinary space and time. What do we each know of this spark, this flame? Who or what was it's object? Where have we felt this force for unity in ourselves, with another person, with life itself? Where are we unlived erotically? Where are the chinks in our erotic life? In focusing on the erotic in clinical work, we usually begin with the analysand's transference. I want to explore eros in the life of the analyst for our relation to eros influences the clinical work we do. When eros is constellated, two possibilities of relationship present themselves: to an actual other who must be reckoned with as real, and to a psychic content, equally real, which we do not invent or control. How do we experience this electricity? What is our desire like? What does it take us back to, and toward what unseen purpose does it propel us? Eros brings with it a sense of purpose, of going somewhere important, something that enlists body, soul, and spirit.

Cal-Bridge and CAMPARE: Engaging Underrepresented Students in Physics and Astronomy

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Rudolph, Alexander L.; Smecker-Hane, Tammy A.; Cal-Bridge Team; CAMPARE Team

2018-06-01

We describe two programs, Cal-Bridge and CAMPARE, with the common mission of increasing participation of groups traditionally underrepresented in astronomy, through summer research opportunities, in the case of CAMPARE, scholarships in the case of Cal-Bridge, and significant mentoring in both programs, creating a national impact on their numbers successfully pursuing a PhD in the field. In 9 years, the CAMPARE program has sent 150 students, >80% from underrepresented groups, to conduct summer research at one of 14 major research institutions throughout the country. Of the CAMPARE scholars who have graduated with a Bachelor’s degree, almost two-thirds (65%) have completed or are pursuing graduate education in physics, astronomy, or a related field, at institutions including UCLA, UC Riverside, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, USC, Stanford, Univ. of Arizona, Univ. of Washington, Univ. of Rochester, Michigan State Univ., Georgia Tech, Georgia State Univ., Kent State, Indiana Univ., Univ. of Oregon, Syracuse Univ., Montana State Univ., and the Fisk- Vanderbilt Master’s-to-PhD program. Now in its fourth year, the Cal-Bridge program is a CSU-UC Bridge program comprised of physics and astronomy faculty from 9 University of California (UC), 15 California State University (CSU), and more than 30 California Community College (CCC) campuses throughout California. In the first four years, 34 Cal-Bridge Scholars have been selected, including 22 Hispanic, 3 African-American and 13 women students, 10 of whom are from URM groups. Thirty (30) of the 34 Cal-Bridge Scholars are first generation college students. In the last three years, 17 of 21 Cal-Bridge Scholars have begun or been accepted PhD programs in physics or astronomy at top PhD programs nationally. Three (3) of these scholars have won NSF Graduate Research Fellowships; one more received an Honorable Mention. Once selected, Cal-Bridge Scholars benefit from substantial financial support, intensive, joint mentoring by CSU

Radiative Rates for Forbidden Transitions in Doubly-Ionized Fe-Peak Elements

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Fivet, Vanessa; Quinet, P.; Bautista, M.

2012-05-01

Accurate and reliable atomic data for lowly-ionized Fe-peak species (Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Cu) are of paramount importance for the analysis of the high resolution astrophysical spectra currently available. The third spectra of several iron group elements have been observed in different galactic sources like Herbig-Haro objects in the Orion Nebula [1] and stars like Eta Carinae [2]. However, forbidden transitions between low-lying metastable levels of doubly-ionized iron-peak ions have been very little investigated so far and radiative rates for those lines remain sparse or inexistent. We are carrying out a systematic study of the electronic structure of doubly-ionized iron-peak elements. The magnetic dipole (M1) and electric quadrupole (E2) transition probabilities are computed using the pseudo-relativistic Hartree-Fock (HFR) code of Cowan [3] and the central Thomas-Fermi-Dirac potential approximation implemented in AUTOSTRUCTURE [4]. This multi-platform approach allows for consistency checks and intercomparison and has proven very successful in the study of the complex Fe-peak species where many different effects contribute [5]. References [1] A. Mesa-Delgado et al., MNRAS 395 (2009) 855 [2] S. Johansson et al., A&A 361 (2000) 977 [3] R.D. Cowan, The Theory of Atomic Structure and Spectra, Berkeley: Univ. California Press (1981) [4] N.R. Badnell, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 30 (1997) 1 [5] M. Bautista et al., ApJ 718 (2010) L189

Love attitudes and attachment

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María Elena Brenlla

2016-02-01

Full Text Available Love styles described by Lee are Eros (passionate love, Ludus (game-pla- ying love, Storge (friendship love, Mania (possessive, dependent love, Pragma (logical, “shopping list” love and Agape (all-giving, selfless love. Based on those types, Hendrick and Hendrick developed a 42-ítem rating questionnaire with 7 items measuring each love style (Love Attitudes Scale. Beside, inform about frequency in love relationships and attachment style. The purpose of this study was analyze the reliability and factor structure of the Love Attitudes Scale and to investigate the association between love attitudes and the attachment style. The results (N=280 participants indicate adequate internal consistency (alfa = 0,73. The items were intercorrelated and factored. The best solution extracted six factors using varimax rotation and all six factors accounted 41% of the total variance. Secure attachment was related positively to eros. 

Erosão hídrica em latossolo vermelho sob diversos sistemas de manejo do cafeeiro no Sul de Minas Gerais Water erosion in red latosol under diverse coffee plant management systems at South of Minas Gerais State, Brazil

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Ricardo Carvalho

2007-12-01

Full Text Available A erosão hídrica contribui para a redução da sustentabilidade dos sistemas agrícolas. O presente estudo avaliou, sob condições de chuva natural, as perdas de solo, água, nutrientes e matéria orgânica em um Latossolo Vermelho distroférrico típico, com 12 % de declividade, localizado na região de Lavras (MG. O trabalho foi conduzido em parcelas experimentais de perdas de solo. Os sistemas de manejo estudados foram: café sob cultivo convencional, com capina manual (CCC; cultivo convencional, com roçado (CCR; cultivo convencional, com utilização de herbicida (CCH; cultivo orgânico, com capina manual (COC; cultivo orgânico, com roçado (COR; e como referência parcela com solo descoberto (SD. Nos sistemas de manejo em que foi mantida a cobertura da vegetação espontânea (roçado, obteve-se maior eficiência de proteção do solo quando comparado aos sistemas onde houve exposição do solo (capina. No sistema com utilização de herbicida, observou-se um comportamento intermediário. Todos os sistemas de manejo estudados se mostraram conservacionistas quanto à proteção do solo em relação à erosão hídrica, onde o espaçamento adensado merece ser enfatizado.Water erosion reduces the sustainability of agricultural systems. The present study evaluated under natural rainfall, the soil, water, nutrients and organic carbon losses in a typic dystroferric Red Latosol, with 12 % slope, located at Lavras region, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The work was conducted in soil losses experimental plots. The studied treatments were: coffee under conventional cultivation with manual weeding (CCC; conventional cultivation with cleared undergrowth (CCR; conventional cultivation with herbicide use (CCH; organic cultivation with manual weeding (COC; organic cultivation with cleared undergrowth (COR; and test plot with bare soil (SD. In the systems where the expontaneous vegetation covers were maintained (cleared undergrowth there was more

Organization of the Integrated Photonics Topical Meeting Held in Victoria, British Columbia on 30 March-1 April 1998. Technical Digest Series. Volume 4. Postconference Edition

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1999-03-22

Pesquera, N. Mustafa, Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria, Spain; I. Esquivias, Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Spain. We show that carrier transport has...Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria, Spain; J. Dellunde, Univ. Barcelona, Spain; K.A. Shore, Univ. Wales, U.K. Low mode partition noise of solitary multi...Continuous-wave measurement of the fiber nonlinear Index, D. Monzon, A.N. Starodumov.Yu.O. Barmenkov, I. Torres, Centro de Investigaciones en Optica

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station integrated resource assessment. Volume 3, Resource assessment

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Sandusky, W.F.; Eichman, C.J.; King, D.A.; McMordie, K.L.; Parker, S.A.; Shankle, S.A.; Wahlstrom, R.R.

1994-03-01

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has tasked the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) in support of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), to identify, evaluate, and assist in acquiring all cost-effective energy projects at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (AFS). Projects considered can be either in the form of energy management or energy conservation. The overall efforts of this task are based on a model program PNL is designing to support energy-use decisions in the federal sector. This report provides the results of the fossil fuel and electric energy resource opportunity (ERO) assessments performed by PNL at Cape Canaveral AFS, which is located approximately 10 miles north of Cocoa Beach, Florida. It is a companion report to Volume 1: Executive Summary and Volume 2: Baseline Detail. The results of the analyses of EROs are presented in 11 common energy end-use categories (e.g., boilers and furnaces, service hot water, and building lighting). A narrative description of each ERO is provided, including information on the installed cost, energy and dollar savings, impacts on operations and maintenance (O&M), and, when applicable, a discussion of energy supply and demand, energy security, and environmental issues. Descriptions of the evaluation methodologies and technical and cost assumptions are also provided for each ERO. Summary tables present the cost- effectiveness of energy end-use equipment before and after the implementation of each ERO and present the results of the life-cycle cost (LCC) analysis, indicating the net present value (NPV) and savings-to-investment ratio (SIR) of each ERO.

Acute low-level alcohol consumption reduces phase locking of event-related oscillations in rodents.

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Amodeo, Leslie R; Wills, Derek N; Ehlers, Cindy L

2017-07-14

Event-related oscillations (EROs) are rhythmic changes that are evoked by a sensory and/or cognitive stimulus that can influence the dynamics of the EEG. EROs are defined by the decomposition of the EEG signal into magnitude (energy) and phase information and can be elicited in both humans and animals. EROs have been linked to several relevant genes associated with ethanol dependence phenotypes in humans and are altered in selectively bred alcohol-preferring rats. However, pharmacological studies are only beginning to emerge investigating the impact low intoxicating doses of ethanol can have on event-related neural oscillations. The main goal of this study was to investigate the effects of low levels of voluntary consumption of ethanol, in rats, on phase locking of EROs in order to give further insight into the acute intoxicating effects of ethanol on the brain. To this end, we allow rats to self-administer unsweetened 20% ethanol over 15 intermittent sessions. This method results in a stable low-dose consumption of ethanol. Using an auditory event-related potential "oddball" paradigm, we investigated the effects of alcohol on the phase variability of EROs from electrodes implanted into the frontal cortex, dorsal hippocampus, and amygdala. We found that intermittent ethanol self-administration was sufficient to produce a significant reduction in overall intraregional synchrony across all targeted regions. These data suggest that phase locking of EROs within brain regions known to be impacted by alcohol may represent a sensitive biomarker of low levels of alcohol intoxication. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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...; Order No. 743-A] Revision to Electric Reliability Organization Definition of Bulk Electric System AGENCY... certain provisions of the Final Rule. Order No. 743 directed the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) to revise the definition of the term ``bulk electric system'' through the ERO's Reliability Standards...

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Cal-Bridge and CAMPARE: Engaging Underrepresented Students in Physics and Astronomy

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Rudolph, Alexander L.; Cal-Bridge and CAMPARE Teams

2018-01-01

We describe two programs, Cal-Bridge and CAMPARE, with the common mission of increasing participation of groups traditionally underrepresented in astronomy, through summer research opportunities, in the case of CAMPARE, scholarships in the case of Cal-Bridge, and significant mentoring in both programs, creating a national impact on their numbers successfully pursuing a PhD in the field.In 8 years, the CAMPARE program has sent 112 students, >80% from underrepresented groups, to conduct summer research at one of 14 major research institutions throughout the country. Of the CAMPARE scholars who have graduated with a Bachelor’s degree, almost two-thirds (65%) have completed or are pursuing graduate education in physics, astronomy, or a related field, at institutions including UCLA, UC Riverside, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, USC, Stanford, Univ. of Arizona, Univ. of Washington, Univ. of Rochester, Michigan State Univ., Georgia Tech, Georgia State Univ., Kent State, Indiana Univ., Univ. of Oregon, Syracuse Univ., Montana State Univ., and the Fisk-Vanderbilt Master’s-to-PhD program.Now entering its fourth year, the Cal-Bridge program is a CSU-UC Bridge program comprised of >140 physics and astronomy faculty from 9 University of California (UC), 15 California State University (CSU), and 30 California Community College (CCC) campuses throughout California. In the first four years, 34 Cal-Bridge Scholars have been selected, including 22 Hispanic, 3 African-American and 13 women students, 10 of whom are from URM groups. Thirty (30) of the 34 Cal-Bridge Scholars are first generation college students. In the last two years, 11 of 13 Cal-Bridge Scholars have begun PhD programs in physics or astronomy at top PhD programs nationally. Three (3) of these 11 scholars have won NSF Graduate Research Fellowships; one more received an Honorable Mention. The next cohort applies this fall.Cal-Bridge provides much deeper mentoring and professional development experiences over the last

Actual and perceived collision risk for bird strikes at Namibian airports

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At Namibia's two major airports, Hosea Kutako International and Eros (domestic), 117 bird strike collision incidents were recorded between 2006 and 2010. A risk assessment, which included a proposed risk weighting methodology, was conducted at Hosea Kutako and Eros airports, which estimated the probability of an ...

Redução da erosão hídrica em três sistemas de manejo do solo em um Cambissolo Húmico da região do Planalto Sul-Catarinense Reduction of water erosion in three soil management systems in an Inceptisol of the Planalto Sul-Catarinense region - Brazil

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André Júlio do Amaral

2008-10-01

Full Text Available O preparo do solo situa-se entre os componentes de seu manejo mais importantes no processo de produção das plantas cultivadas, sendo normalmente usado para criar ambiente favorável à semeadura e germinação das sementes e ao crescimento das plantas. Em adição, ele é o principal responsável pela criação das condições físicas superficiais do solo que, em última análise, determinam a eficácia de redução da erosão e do escoamento superficial dos diversos sistemas de manejo empregados no estabelecimento de uma cultura, em um local. Considerando esses aspectos, realizou-se um estudo de erosão em campo, sob condições de chuva natural, no município de Lages (SC, na região fisiográfica do Planalto Sul-Catarinense, no período de novembro de 2002 a outubro de 2005. O objetivo principal da pesquisa foi quantificar as perdas de água e solo nos ciclos culturais do trigo (Triticum aestivum L. e da soja (Glycine max L., usando os sistemas de manejo de solo convencional (aração+duas gradagens, reduzido (escarificação + uma gradagem e sem preparo (semeadura direta, com vistas à determinação da eficácia de redução da erosão e do escoamento superficial dessas formas de manejo do solo. O experimento foi instalado em um Cambissolo Húmico alumínico léptico, apresentando textura superficial franco-argilo-siltosa e declividade média de 0,102 m m-1. Avaliaram-se características de planta e erosão hídrica em cinco estádios de desenvolvimento das culturas, definidos com base na percentagem de cobertura do solo pelo dossel das plantas. A quantidade total de chuva foi praticamente a mesma (cerca de 650 mm em ambos os ciclos culturais, porém com alguma diferença na sua distribuição, tendo se concentrado mais no período que vai do intermediário ao final na cultura do trigo e no período inicial na cultura da soja. Este último comportamento se repetiu em relação à erosividade das chuvas, mas com os valores absolutos tendo

Efeitos de sistemas de preparo do solo na erosão e na produtividade da acácia-negra (Acacia mearnsii de Wild..

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Renato A. Dedecek

2010-08-01

Full Text Available Os plantios homogêneos de acácia-negra nem sempre são feitos em solos adequados às exigências da espécie, seja pelo valor da terra ou proximidade da indústria. Diferentes sistemas de preparo podem melhorar as condições do solo, evitar problemas de erosão e diminuir custos de implantação. Em áreas de propriedade da TANAGRO S.A e da SETA S.A., nos municípios de Piratini e Butiá, RS, em dois tipos de solos distintos - Neossolo Litólico e Argissolo Vermelho-Amarelo, foram testados sistemas de preparo do solo com diferentes níveis de movimentação para plantio de acácia-negra: plantio de mudas em covas e plantio após subsolagens com duas, três e cinco hastes e uso de gradagens. Foram avaliados o crescimento em DAP e altura, anualmente, e produção de biomassa aérea no corte raso. Os solos foram caracterizados química e fisicamente em seus horizontes superficiais. Nas plantas, após sete anos, foram coletadas amostras de discos em seis posições no tronco para avaliação das densidades básicas. Preparo do solo com subsolador de cinco hastes apresentou maiores perdas de solo, que foram mensuráveis apenas até 18 meses após o plantio. Essas perdas de solo são extremamente importantes na sustentabilidade da produção do Neossolo Litólico, composto em 80% de calhaus e cascalho. O preparo reduzido do solo, com a abertura de covas manual e mecanicamente para plantio da acácia negra, não diminuiu o crescimento das plantas em ambos os solos estudados. No entanto, o desenvolvimento inicial das plantas de acácia negra, plantadas em sistema de preparo reduzido, foi mais lento (altura e DAP, defasagem que permaneceu até os 24 meses após o plantio.

Measurement of the abundance of stellar mass compact objects in the galactic halo by detecting micro-lenses in the Large Magellanic Cloud; Mesure de l'abondance des astres sombres de masse stellaire dans le halo galactique par la recherche de phenomenes de microlentilles vers les nuages de magellan

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Lasserre, Th

2000-05-09

Many experimental and theoretical results lead to the conclusion that at least 80 percent of the mass of our Galaxy is dark. Part of this so-called dark matter could be in the form of stellar mass compact objects, called MACHOS; these could be detected using the gravitational microlensing effect. The first generation experiments EROS1 and MACHO have strongly constrained the galactic abundance of objects lighter than 0.01 solar mass to less than 10 percent of the total mass. In parallel, the observation by the MACHO group of massive candidates (half the Sun's mass), numerous enough to constitute 50 percent of galactic dark matter, was a further motivation for the EROS group to extend this search to stellar mass objects in a second phase, EROS2. The present work deals with the analysis of 25 million stellar light curves in the Large Magellanic Cloud, observed for three years in order to extract the rare microlensing candidates and to measure the galactic halo mass fraction in the form of compact objects. After recalling the motivations of this search and the theoretical context, I describe the EROS2 experiment. The observational strategy and the photometric reduction procedures needed to deal with the 1.2 To of data are then presented. A new method to detect micro-lenses is detailed, as well as a discussion of background light curves, poorly known. We do not find enough microlensing candidates to explain the galactic rotation curve; this confirms, and improve on previous EROS1 and EROS2 results. Combining all results from EROS allows to exclude that MACHOS with a mass between 10 e-7 and 10 solar mass are important constituents of the galactic halo. This statement agrees with recent results from the MACHO group, although our interpretations differ, namely on the topics of the location of the lenses, and of a possible contamination of the microlensing ample by background phenomena. (author)

Academic Training: 2nd Term - 09.01.2006 - 31.03.2006

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Françoise Benz

2005-01-01

2005 - 2006 ACADEMIC TRAINING PROGRAMME LECTURE SERIES The world quantum matter by M. Weidemüller, Univ. Freiburg, D 23, 24, 25, 26 January 11:00 -1200 - Auditorium, bldg 500 Deep space telescopes by G. Bignami, CNRS, Toulouse, F 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 February 11:00-12:00 - Auditorium, bldg 500 Bioinformatics: analysing the genome by V. Jongeneel, O. Michielin, S. Antonorakis A. Thomas and P. Descombes 27, 28 February, 1, 2, 3 March11:00-12:00 - Auditorium, bldg 500 LHC luminosity upgrade: detector challengesby A. de Roeck,CERN-PH, D. Bortoletto, Purdue Univ. USA R. Wigmans, Texas Tech. Univ. USA, W. Riegler, CERN-AT, W. Smith, Univ. of Wisconsin, USA 13, 14, 15, 16, March 11:00-12:00 - Auditorium, bldg 500 Supersymmetry and the LHC by M. Drees, Univ. of Bonn, D 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 March 11:00-12:00 - Auditorium, bldg 500 The lectures are open to all those interested, without application. The abstract of the lectures, as well as any change to the above information (title, dates, time, place etc.) will be...

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2012-12-21

... ensure that the licensee's emergency response organization (ERO) personnel are familiar with their duties... licensees to conduct a biennial EP exercise is to ensure that ERO personnel are familiar with their duties... by each offsite authority having a role under the plan. Since the licensee has: (1) Conducted seven...

The visual cognitive network, but not the visual sensory network, is affected in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: a study of brain oscillatory responses.

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Yener, Görsev G; Emek-Savaş, Derya Durusu; Güntekin, Bahar; Başar, Erol

2014-10-17

Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is considered in many as prodromal stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Event-related oscillations (ERO) reflect cognitive responses of brain whereas sensory-evoked oscillations (SEO) inform about sensory responses. For this study, we compared visual SEO and ERO responses in MCI to explore brain dynamics (BACKGROUND). Forty-three patients with MCI (mean age=74.0 year) and 41 age- and education-matched healthy-elderly controls (HC) (mean age=71.1 year) participated in the study. The maximum peak-to-peak amplitudes for each subject's averaged delta response (0.5-3.0 Hz) were measured from two conditions (simple visual stimulation and classical visual oddball paradigm target stimulation) (METHOD). Overall, amplitudes of target ERO responses were higher than SEO amplitudes. The preferential location for maximum amplitude values was frontal lobe for ERO and occipital lobe for SEO. The ANOVA for delta responses showed significant results for the group Xparadigm. Post-hoc tests indicated that (1) the difference between groups were significant for target delta responses, but not for SEO, (2) ERO elicited higher responses for HC than MCI patients, and (3) females had higher target ERO than males and this difference was pronounced in the control group (RESULTS). Overall, cognitive responses display almost double the amplitudes of sensory responses over frontal regions. The topography of oscillatory responses differs depending on stimuli: visualsensory responses are highest over occipitals and -cognitive responses over frontal regions. A group effect is observed in MCI indicating that visual sensory and cognitive circuits behave differently indicating preserved visual sensory responses, but decreased cognitive responses (CONCLUSION). Copyright © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Griffiss Air Force Base integrated resource assessment. Volume 3, Electric resource assessment

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Armstrong, P.R.; Shankle, S.A.; Elliott, D.B.; Stucky, D.J.; Keller, J.M.; Wahlstrom, R.R.; Dagle, J.E.; Gu, A.Y.

1993-09-01

The US Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC) has tasked the US Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) to identify, evaluate, and assist in acquiring all cost-effective energy projects at Griffiss Air Force Base (AFB). FEMP, with support from the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL), is designing this model program for federal customers served by the Niagara Mohawk Power Company. The program with Griffiss AFB will (1) identify and evaluate all cost-effective electric energy projects; (2) develop a schedule for project acquisition considering project type, size, timing, capital requirements, as well as energy and dollar savings; and (3) secure 100% of the financing required to implement electric energy efficiency projects from Niagara Mohawk and have them procure the necessary contractors to perform detailed audits and install the technologies. This report provides the results of the electric energy resource opportunity (ERO) assessments performed by PNL at one of Niagara Mohawk`s primary federal facilities, the ACC Griffiss AFB facility located near Rome, New York. The results of the analyses of EROs are presented in seven common energy end-use categories. A narrative description of each ERO provides information on the initial cost, energy and dollar savings; impacts on operations and maintenance (O&M); and, when applicable, a discussion of energy supply and demand, energy security, and environmental issues. The evaluation methodology and technical and cost assumptions are also described for each ERO. Summary tables present the operational performance of energy end-use equipment before and after the implementation of each ERO and the results of the life-cycle cost analysis indicating the net present value (NPV) and savings-to-investment ratio (SIR) of each ERO.

Selection and Physical Properties of High-redshift Galaxies

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Fang, G. W.

2014-09-01

Extremely Red Objects (EROs) and BzKs continue to attract considerable interest. It has been suggested that they may be the direct progenitors of present-day massive E/S0 galaxies, and can provide crucial constraints on the current galaxy formation and evolution models. Therefore, the key question is to measure the relative fraction of OGs (old galaxies) and DGs (young, and dusty starburst galaxies) in the sample of EROs. Many groups have been currently investigating the fractions of these two ERO populations using a variety of observational approaches, but the fraction of OGs and DGs from different surveys is different. In the meantime, a number of observations suggest that the epoch of z˜2 also plays an important role in galaxy formation and evolution for various reasons: the cosmic star formation rate density (SFRD) begins to drop at z˜2 from a flat plateau at higher redshifts; the morphological type mix of field galaxies changes remarkably at z˜2; the number density of QSOs has a peak at z˜2; and about 50% to 70% of the stellar mass assembly of galaxies took place in the redshift range 1distribution (SED), [3.6]-[8.0] color, and the nonparametric measures of galaxy morphology, we classify EROs into two classes: DGs and OGs. We find that the fraction of OGs and DGs in our sample (COSMOS) is similar, about 52% of them are DGs, and the other 48% are OGs. For 24 EROs in the UDF, 16 fall into DGs, while 8 are OGs. To reduce the redundancy of these three different classification methods, we perform a principal component analysis on the measurements of EROs, and find that the nonparametric measures and SEDs are efficient in segregating DGs and OGs. We investigate the dependence of the fraction of EROs on their observational properties, and the results suggest that DGs become increasingly important toward fainter magnitudes, redder colors, and higher redshifts. Moreover, we find that the clustering of EROs is much stronger than that of full K-limited samples of

Nuclear I and C research and education under UNENE program

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Jiang, J.

2006-01-01

Univ. Network of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering (UNENE) is a not-for-profit organization. It is a unique industry - Univ. alliance in carrying out research to support Canadian nuclear industries. At this time, there are six major research areas in this network. One of them is Control, Instrumentation, and Electrical Systems for Nuclear Power plants. In this paper, a brief description of the structure and research activities of nuclear I and C at the Univ. of Western Ontario is provided. (authors)

Brain oscillations as biomarkers in neuropsychiatric disorders: following an interactive panel discussion and synopsis.

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Yener, Görsev G; Başar, Erol

2013-01-01

This survey covers the potential use of neurophysiological changes as a biomarker in four neuropsychiatric diseases (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Alzheimer's disease (AD), bipolar disorder (BD), and schizophrenia (SZ)). Great developments have been made in the search of biomarkers in these disorders, especially in AD. Nevertheless, there is a tremendous need to develop an efficient, low-cost, potentially portable, non-invasive biomarker in the diagnosis, course, or treatment of the above-mentioned disorders. Electrophysiological methods would provide a tool that would reflect functional brain dynamic changes within milliseconds and also may be used as an ensemble of biomarkers that is greatly needed in the evaluation of cognitive changes seen in these disorders. The strategies for measuring cognitive changes include spontaneous electroencephalography (EEG), sensory evoked oscillation (SEO), and event-related oscillations (ERO). Further selective connectivity deficit in sensory or cognitive networks is reflected by coherence measurements. Possible candidate biomarkers discussed in an interactive panel can be summarized as follows: for ADHD: (a) elevation of delta and theta, (b) diminished alpha and beta responses in spontaneous EEG; for SZ: (a) decrease of ERO gamma responses, (b) decreased ERO in all other frequency ranges, (c) invariant ERO gamma response in relation to working memory demand; for euthymic BD: (a) decreased event-related gamma coherence, (b) decreased alpha in ERO and in spontaneous EEG; for manic BD: (a) lower alpha and higher beta in ERO, (b) decreased event-related gamma coherence, (c) lower alpha and beta in ERO after valproate; and for AD: (a) decreased alpha and beta, and increased theta and delta in spontaneous EEG, (b) hyperexcitability of motor cortices as shown by transcortical magnetic stimulation, (c) hyperexcitability of visual sensory cortex as indicated by increased SEO theta responses, (d) lower delta ERO, (e

Plato the Pederast: Rhetoric and Cultural Procreation in the Dialogues.

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Ervin, Elizabeth

1993-01-01

Examines Plato's Dialogues by reading them through two cultural lenses: the role of eros in classical Greece and its analogous relationship to language and rhetoric; and the educational function of eros within the ancient institution of pederasty. Shows how the cultural values of ancient Greece manifested themselves in Plato's erotic educational…

Transgressie of transformatie?

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Verbrugge, A.M.

2014-01-01

At the end of his review of my latest book Staat van verwarring. Het offer van liefde, Emanuel Rutten poses some critical remarks in regards to my interpretation of eros. In my response, I will show that Rutten neglects several central motives in my understanding of the relationship between eros and

Avaliação experimental do escoamento e da erosão num Luvissolo Háplico de Mértola: impactos da fertilização em pastagens Experimental evaluation of runoff and erosion in an Haplic Luvisol of Mértola: impacts of fertilization in pastures

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2007-07-01

Full Text Available Numa área experimental situada a meia encosta, na região de Mértola, Alentejo, com um Luvissolo Háplico (FAO, 2001 e um declive médio de 15%, procedeu-se à avaliação, de Outubro de 2001 a Junho de 2004, do escoamento de água superficial, provocado pela precipitação, e da perda de solo por erosão, em 3 ensaios designados por A (pastagem melhorada, B (pastagem semeada, ambos instalados em 1997, e D (pastagem semeada, estabelecido em 2001. A cobertura vegetal incorporava uma mistura de sementes constituída por azevém anual, panasco, algumas espécies de trevo, bisserula e serradela. Aqueles parâmetros foram quantificados através de pequenos talhões de erosão de 4?1 m², com a maior dimensão no sentido do declive, sobrepostos em 6 talhões de cada um dos ensaios (3 modalidades e 2 repetições, para cada ensaio. As 3 modalidades consideradas nos ensaios A e B foram as seguintes: 1 - Sem fertilização; 5 - Adubação completa, corrigida anualmente; 7 -Fertilização orgânica com 8 t/ha de lama residual urbana (LRU, aplicada em 1997 + adubação complementar. O ensaio D incluiu a aplicação de 3 níveis de LRU (L0 – 0, L1 – 12 e L2 – 24 t/ha, respectivamente. Em cada caixa de erosão, procedeu-se à medição do volume de água escoado e à quantificação de sedimentos, quando a capacidade de infiltração de água no solo era excedida pela quantidade de precipitação ocorrida em um ou vários dias consecutivos. Nos ensaios A e B, os valores mais altos do coeficiente de escoamento referem-se à modalidade 1 sendo a situação mais favorável correspondente à modalidade 7 do ensaio B. No ensaio D, os valores para aquele coeficiente situaram-se entre 0,07 e 0,10, para as 3 modalidades, que são manifestamente baixos. Quanto à perda de solo, observou-se que foi a modalidade 7 dos ensaios A e B a que registou os valores mais baixos, no conjunto dos 3 anos. No ensaio D, observaram-se valores superiores aos verificados nos

Da Eros a Gaia

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1993-01-01

L'emigrazione verso altri pianeti come mezzo di sopravvivenza umana, l'immagazzinaggio nello spazio delle scorie nucleari, un programma di rimboschimento per ripristinare l'equilibrio climatico, la bomba atomica, il comportamento delle tribù africane: sono alcuni dei temi affrontati dall'autore in questa raccolta di saggi, articoli, lezioni universitarie.

Eros visitando La Luna

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Iris Disse

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Full Text Available La autora, quien dirige el estudio "Radio Artística Experimental" en radio La Luna de Quito, testimonia su experiencia y reflexiona sobre la radio erótica y la búsqueda de formas más adecuadas para que, en consonancia con el lema de la emisora quiteña, los oyentes y las producciones gocen con "el prohibido sonido del placer".

Eros en seksuele natuur

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1993-03-01

Full Text Available The aim of this article is to expose a dichotomy between the inter- and intrapersonal aspects of sexuality that haunt the current discourse on sexual normality. This division has led to a dual movement: in one direction to a moral relativism and in the other to an exclusive focus on sexual instincts. Thus, in the current discourse on sexuality, the interpersonal dimension o f sexuality is underplayed, while the intrapersonal dimension is overemphasized. I argue instead for a bridging of the gap between the inter- and intrapersonal dimensions of sexuality. The reason: neither moral relativism nor a rigid deterministic structure for sexual instincts represents an adequate view of, on the one hand the description of sexuality, and on the other the prescription o f the expression of that sexuality. In conclusion, I point to a few consequenses o f the integration o f both dimensions for sexual normality.

Biomass Thermochemical Conversion Program. 1983 Annual report

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Schiefelbein, G.F.; Stevens, D.J.; Gerber, M.A.

1984-08-01

Highlights of progress achieved in the program of thermochemical conversion of biomass into clean fuels during 1983 are summarized. Gasification research projects include: production of a medium-Btu gas without using purified oxygen at Battelle-Columbus Laboratories; high pressure (up to 500 psia) steam-oxygen gasification of biomass in a fluidized bed reactor at IGT; producing synthesis gas via catalytic gasification at PNL; indirect reactor heating methods at the Univ. of Missouri-Rolla and Texas Tech Univ.; improving the reliability, performance, and acceptability of small air-blown gasifiers at Univ. of Florida-Gainesville, Rocky Creek Farm Gasogens, and Cal Recovery Systems. Liquefaction projects include: determination of individual sequential pyrolysis mechanisms at SERI; research at SERI on a unique entrained, ablative fast pyrolysis reactor for supplying the heat fluxes required for fast pyrolysis; work at BNL on rapid pyrolysis of biomass in an atmosphere of methane to increase the yields of olefin and BTX products; research at the Georgia Inst. of Tech. on an entrained rapid pyrolysis reactor to produce higher yields of pyrolysis oil; research on an advanced concept to liquefy very concentrated biomass slurries in an integrated extruder/static mixer reactor at the Univ. of Arizona; and research at PNL on the characterization and upgrading of direct liquefaction oils including research to lower oxygen content and viscosity of the product. Combustion projects include: research on a directly fired wood combustor/gas turbine system at Aerospace Research Corp.; adaptation of Stirling engine external combustion systems to biomass fuels at United Stirling, Inc.; and theoretical modeling and experimental verification of biomass combustion behavior at JPL to increase biomass combustion efficiency and examine the effects of additives on combustion rates. 26 figures, 1 table.

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2014-01-01

Bidrag med en kortfattet, introducerende, perspektiverende og begrebsafklarende fremstilling af begrebet test i det pædagogiske univers.......Bidrag med en kortfattet, introducerende, perspektiverende og begrebsafklarende fremstilling af begrebet test i det pædagogiske univers....

Interlaboratory comparison and accreditation in quality control testing of diagnostic X-ray equipment

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Kepler, K.; Vladimirov, A.; Servomaa, A.

2005-01-01

The Univ. of Tartu provides a quality control service to the majority of diagnostic X-ray departments in Estonia. Its methodology has been adopted from the IEC and other relevant standards. Recently the Testing Centre of the Univ. of Tartu was accredited on this methodology by ISO/IEC 17025. Besides the implementation of the quality management system, participation in interlaboratory comparison (ILC) was one of the prerequisites for the accreditation. Tests for estimating reproducibility of tube voltage and dose rate, accuracy of the voltage and accuracy of exposure time were carried out on a diagnostic X-ray unit in the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority in Helsinki. The measurement performance was judged by calculating deviation En normalised with respect to the stated uncertainties. En values for all tests were less than unity and by the common ILC criteria the testing performance could be considered as acceptable. (authors)

Relación entre daño mitocondrial y producción de H2O2 en embriones bovinos producidos in vitro con alto y bajo potencial de desarrollo

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Marlene Jiménez

2001-04-01

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Los embriones producidos in vitro (EPIV presentan bloqueo en el
desarrollo en el momento de la activación del genoma (8-16 células en bovinos, limitando la producción de blastocitos (35%. Este fenómeno ha sido relacionado con la producción de Especies Reactivas de Oxígeno (ERO. Entre las fuentes de ERO se han descrito altas tensiones de oxígeno, exposición a la luz y alteración del metabolismo oxidativo (1. Los EPIV con baja competencia para superar el bloqueo presentan fallas en la funcionalidad mitocondrial (1 y nucleolar, exhibiendo un retardo en su tasa de clivaje (2. Algunos autores han relacionado el tiempo al primer clivaje con la cantidad relativa de ciertos
transcriptos, como Glutatión (2, un limpiador de ERO, sugiriendo que los embriones incompetentes presentan fallas  transcripcionales que les impiden defenderse contra las ERO producidas en cultivo, quizás manteniendo niveles elevados de H2O2 lo que los hace más susceptibles al daño celular.
Hasta el presente no se ha efectuado un estudio de cinética de producción de ERO, en EPIV bovinos con alta y baja competencia durante el desarrollo temprano, ni se ha logrado esclarecer el papel de la mitocondria en la generación de ERO (como fuente o como blanco.
Los objetivos de este estudio son determinar la cinética de producción de H2O2 en embriones con alta y baja competencia para superar el bloqueo y la relación de éstos con procesos de daño mitocondrial y mortalidad embrionaria.

Vandenberg Air Force Base integrated resource assessment. Volume 3, Resource assessment

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Daellenbach, K.K.; Dagle, J.E.; Dittmer, A.L.; Elliott, D.B.; Halverson, M.A.; Hickman, B.J.; Parker, G.B.; Richman, E.E.; Shankle, S.A.

1993-06-01

The US Air Force Space Command (SPACECOM) has tasked the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL), as the lead laboratory supporting the US Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), to identify, evaluate, and assist in acquiring all cost-effective energy projects at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB). This is part of a model program that PNL is designing to support energy-use decisions in the federal sector. This report provides the results of the fossil fuel and electric energy resource opportunity (ERO) assessments performed by PNL at the SPACECOM VAFB facility located approximately 50 miles northwest of Santa Barbara, California. It is a companion report to Volume 1, Executive Summary, and Volume 2, Baseline Detail. The results of the analysis of EROs are presented in ten common energy end-use categories (e.g., boilers and furnaces, service hot water, and building lighting). In addition, a case study of process loads at Space Launch Complex-4 (SLC-4) is included. A narrative description of each ERO is provided, including information on the installed cost, energy and dollar savings; impacts on operation and maintenance (O and M); and, when applicable, a discussion of energy supply and demand, energy security, and environmental issues. A description of the evaluation methodologies and technical and cost assumptions is also provided for each ERO. Summary tables present the cost-effectiveness of energy end-use equipment before and after the implementation of each ERO and present the results of the life-cycle cost (LCC) analysis indicating the net present value (NPV) and value index (VI) of each ERO. Finally, an appendix includes a summary of an economic analysis case study of the South Vandenberg Power Plant (SVPP) operating scenarios.

Quantificação de erosão em sistemas agroflorais e convencionais na Zona da Mata de Minas Gerais Evaluation of erosion under agroforestry and conventional systems in Zona de Mata de Minas Gerais

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Fernando Silveira Franco

2002-11-01

Full Text Available A Zona da Mata de Minas Gerais é caracterizada por topografia forte ondulada, com solos intemperizados com baixa fertilidade natural e regime pluviométrico capaz de sustentar uma vegetação florestal. A ocupação da terra é minifundiária, predominando a agricultura familiar, que sofre as conseqüências da modernização da agricultura, exigindo uso intensivo do solo, o que, conseqüentemente, promove perdas de solo, água e nutrientes por erosão. Uma das alternativas propostas para redução das perdas por processos erosivos foi a implantação de sistemas agroflorestais. O objetivo deste estudo foi comparar as perdas por erosão em sistemas agroflorestais implantados em propriedades de pequenos agricultores com as perdas em sistemas convencionais. Os sistemas foram implantados como unidades experimentais de observação das condições socioambientais dos agricultores, utilizando metodologias participativas. Estas unidades experimentais apresentam dificuldades para quantificação da erosão, quando são usadas metodologias convencionais. A dinâmica do manejo utilizado pelos agricultores dificulta o uso de métodos que exigem a implantação de equipamentos permanentes. Além disto, os métodos que exigem o isolamento das parcelas produzem efeitos de borda que mascaram os resultados, quando comparados com os do sistema aberto conduzido por agricultores. Desta forma, foi desenvolvido um coletor de água e solo para superar tais limitações. O equipamento é composto por uma "mesa", que é inserida no solo, acoplada a uma calha móvel que sustenta um saco plástico. A água e o solo coletados no saco plástico são quantificados e analisados. Foram instalados coletores em 25 unidades de observação, sendo 14 em sistemas convencionais e 11 em sistemas agroflorestais. A energia dos eventos erosivos foi calculada a partir de pluviogramas, para estimar as perdas potenciais anuais dos sistemas. Os dados foram coletados na estação chuvosa

76 FR 1197 - Detroit Edison Company, FERMI 2; Exemption

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... ensure that ERO personnel are familiar with their duties and to test the adequacy of emergency plans. In... having a role under the plan. The underlying purposes of 10 CFR part 50, Appendix E, Section IV.F.2.b requiring licensees to conduct a biennial EP exercise is to ensure that ERO personnel are familiar with...

Erosividade da chuva: sua distribuição e relação com as perdas de solo em Campinas (SP Rainfall erosivity: its distribution and relationship with soil loss at Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brazil

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Francisco Lombardi Neto

1992-01-01

Full Text Available O potencial de erosão de uma chuva, representado pelo produto da energia cinética pela intensidade máxima em 30 minutos, foi calculado para chuvas individuais, para Campinas (SP. Durante um período de 22 anos (de 1954 a 1975, o índice de erosão médio anual computado foi de 6.738 MJ.mm/ha.h.ano, tendo os valores variado de 3.444 a 13.830. Foram estabelecidas as distribuições mensais e estacionais do índice de erosão. Os dados mostraram que 62% do potencial de erosão anual ocorre durante dezembro-fevereiro. A freqüência de distribuição dos valores totais anuais e do valor máximo anual do índice de erosão seguiu o tipo de curva inclinada, típica de dados hidrológicos, mas o logaritmo dos dados apresentou distribuição normal. Foi encontrada alta correlação entre a média mensal do índice de erosão e a média mensal do coeficiente de chuva, o que simplifica o método para calcular o índice de erosão de um local.The rainfall erosion potential for individual storms was evaluated for Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil. The erosion potential of a rainstorm is the product of the rainfall energy and the maximum 30-minute intensity of the storm. Over a 22-year period the average annual erosion index computed was 6,738 MJ.mm/.ha.h.year (values ranged from 3,444 to 13,830. Monthly and seasonal distributions of the erosion index were established. The data showed that 62% of the annual erosion potential occurs during the period from December to February. The frequency distribution of the total annual and maximum annual individual storm erosion index was skewed, but the logarithms of the data appeared to be normally distributed. Expected average monthly and annual values of erosion potential may be readily estimated from local rainfall amount records by the equation EI = 68,730 (p²/P0,841. A high correlation was found between actual and estimated EI values.

Effects of N-Acetylcysteine Addition to University of Wisconsin Solution on the Rate of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Adult Orthotopic Liver Transplant.

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Aliakbarian, Mohsen; Nikeghbalian, Saman; Ghaffaripour, Sina; Bahreini, Amin; Shafiee, Mohammad; Rashidi, Mohammad; Rajabnejad, Yaser

2017-08-01

One of the main concerns in liver transplant is the prolonged ischemia time, which may lead to primary graft nonfunction or delayed function. N-acetylcysteine is known as a hepato-protective agent in different studies, which may improve human hepatocyte viability in steatotic donor livers. This study investigated whether N-acetylcysteine can decrease the rate of ischemia-reperfusion syndrome and improve short-term outcome in liver transplant recipients. This was a double-blind, randomized, control clinical trial of 115 patients. Between April 2012 and January 2013, patients with orthotopic liver transplant were randomly divided into 2 groups; in 49 cases N-acetylcysteine was added to University of Wisconsin solution as the preservative liquid (experimental group), and in 66 cases standard University of Wisconsin solution was used (control group). We compared postreperfusion hypotension, inotrope requirement before and after portal reperfusion, intermittent arterial blood gas analysis and potassium measurement, pathological review of transplanted liver, in-hospital complications, morbidity, and mortality. There was no significant difference between the groups regarding time to hepatic artery reperfusion, hospital stay, vascular complications, inotrope requirement before and after portal declamping, and blood gas analysis. Hypotension after portal reperfusion was significantly more common in experimental group compared with control group (P = .005). Retransplant and in-hospital mortality were comparable between the groups. Preservation of the liver inside Univer-sity of Wisconsin solution plus N-acetylcysteine did not change the rate of ischemia reperfusion injury and short-term outcome in liver transplant recipients.

University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy

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2001-01-01

Thornton, Scott Sheppard, and Wei-Hao Wang. Visiting colleagues included Marcelo Emilio , Miwa Go- to, Olivier Guyon, Masatoshi Imanishi, Roland Meier...Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas ), and C. Deliyannis (Indiana Univ.). Spectroscopic observations at high spectral resolu- tion of unevolved stars in globular

Academic Training: Physics technologies in medicine

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24, 25, 26, 27 January 2004-2005 ACADEMIC TRAINING PROGRAMME LECTURE SERIES from 11.00 to 12.00 hrs - Main Auditorium, bldg. 500 Physics technologies in medicine M. GILARDI / Univ. of Milano, I. - U. AMALDI / Univ. of Milano Bicocca and TERA Foundation - M. SCHOLZ / GSI, Darmstadt, D. - O. JÄKEL / Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, D Monday 24 January The frontiers of medical imaging M. GILARDI / Univ. of Milano, I. Tuesday 25 January From the discovery of X-rays to CT/PET diagnostics and conformal radiation therapy U. AMALDI / Univ. of Milano Bicocca and TERA Foundation Wednesday 26 January The increased biological effectiveness of heavy charged particle radiation: from cell culture experiments to biophysics modelling M. SCHOLZ / GSI, Darmstadt, D. Thursday 27 January Medical Physics aspects of radiotherapy with ions O. JÄKEL / Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, D The lectures are open to all those interested, without application. The abstract of the lectures...

COMBAT - A Prospective, Randomized Investigation of Plasma First Resuscitation for Traumatic Hemorrhage and Attenuation of Acute Coagulopathy of Trauma

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demographic variables (age, gender ), injury severity (Injury Severity Score, blunt versus penetrating mechanism), degree of shock (field SBP, field heart rate... authorship . Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: A. D’Alessandro, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Univ. of Colorado, Denver... authorship . The content of this article is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National

COMBAT: A Prospective, Randomized Investigation of Plasma First Resuscitation for Traumatic Hemorrhage and Attenuation of Acute Coagulopathy of Trauma

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2015-08-01

demographic variables (age, gender ), injury severity (Injury Severity Score, blunt versus penetrating mechanism), degree of shock (field SBP, field heart rate... authorship . Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: A. D’Alessandro, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Univ. of Colorado, Denver... authorship . The content of this article is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National

Mid-IR Lasers: Challenges Imposed by the Population Dynamics of the Gain System

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2010-09-01

MicroSystems (IOMS) Central-Field Approximation: Perturbations 1. a) Non-centrosymmetric splitting (Coulomb interaction) ⇒ total orbital angular momentum b...Accordingly: ⇒ total electron-spin momentum 2. Spin-orbit coupling (“LS” coupling) ⇒ total angular momentum lanthanides: intermediate coupling (LS / jj) 3...MicroSystems (IOMS) Luminescence Decay Curves Rate-equation for decay: Solution ( Bernoulli -Eq.): Linearized solution: T. Jensen, Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. Hamburg

Interfacial Effects and Organization of Inorganic-Organic Composite Solids.

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1998-05-20

alkoxide are examined by liquid state 29Si nuclear magnetic resonance)NMR) spectroscopy. The morphology of the coating is dependent upon chemical...Lopez, Univ de Malaga, Dept d* Quimica Inorganica, CnatalograAa It Mineralogia Malaga, SPAIN; Deborah Jones, Univ de Montpellier II, Lab dei

Development of a high and low impedance diode testing facility at AWE Aldermaston

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Sinclair, M.; Aedy, Ch.; Cooper, G.

2005-01-01

To meet the future resolution targets for radiography of hydrodynamic experiments is creating a dedicated Diode Research Facility. To perform low impedance diode research, the X-ray simulator Eros has been acquired. To drive the high impedance diodes the EMU machine will be co-located with Eros. The co-located of machines will facilitate the sharing of plasma and X-ray diagnostics [ru

Innovations on the workplace of the irradiation experiments group

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Chamrad, B.

1978-01-01

EROS-76, the electronic control system for irradiation probes at UJV Rez is described. Irradiation probes of the CHOUCA-T type are used, each with a separate control system placed in a self-contained cabinet. Experimental parameters are automatically monitored in preset time intervals by an electric typewriter and are simultaneously punched on tape. Operating parameters are recorded by analog instruments and are used for equipment function checks. An operation log is part of the whole system. The EROS-76 system's operating capability and good function was well proven in experimental operation. Currently, stage two of the construction is under way named EROS-78. A brief description is given of the workplace construction including organization and personnel characteristics. (J.P.)

Le LHC, un tunnel cosmique

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2009-01-01

Et si la lumière au bout du tunnel du LHC était cosmique ? En d’autres termes, qu’est-ce que le LHC peut nous apporter dans la connaissance de l’Univers ? Car la montée en énergie des accélérateurs de particules nous permet de mieux appréhender l’univers primordial, chaud et dense. Mais dans quel sens dit-on que le LHC reproduit des conditions proches du Big bang ? Quelles informations nous apporte-t-il sur le contenu de l’Univers ? La matière noire est-elle détectable au LHC ? L’énergie noire ? Pourquoi l’antimatière accumulée au CERN est-elle si rare dans l’Univers ? Et si le CERN a bâti sa réputation sur l’exploration des forces faibles et fortes qui opèrent au sein des atomes et de leurs noyaux, est-ce que le LHC peut nous apporter des informations sur la force gravitationnelle qui gouverne l’évolution cosmique ? Depuis une trentaine d’années, notre compréhension de l’univers dans ses plus grandes dimensions et l’appréhension de son comportement aux plus peti...

The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey. Measuring the growth rate of structure around cosmic voids

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Hawken, A. J.; Granett, B. R.; Iovino, A.; Guzzo, L.; Peacock, J. A.; de la Torre, S.; Garilli, B.; Bolzonella, M.; Scodeggio, M.; Abbas, U.; Adami, C.; Bottini, D.; Cappi, A.; Cucciati, O.; Davidzon, I.; Fritz, A.; Franzetti, P.; Krywult, J.; Le Brun, V.; Le Fèvre, O.; Maccagni, D.; Małek, K.; Marulli, F.; Polletta, M.; Pollo, A.; Tasca, L. A. M.; Tojeiro, R.; Vergani, D.; Zanichelli, A.; Arnouts, S.; Bel, J.; Branchini, E.; De Lucia, G.; Ilbert, O.; Moscardini, L.; Percival, W. J.

2017-11-01

We aim to develop a novel methodology for measuring thegrowth rate of structure around cosmic voids. We identified voids in the completed VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS), using an algorithm based on searching for empty spheres. We measured the cross-correlation between the centres of voids and the complete galaxy catalogue. The cross-correlation function exhibits a clear anisotropy in both VIPERS fields (W1 and W4), which is characteristic of linear redshift space distortions. By measuring the projected cross-correlation and then de-projecting it we are able to estimate the un-distorted cross-correlation function. We propose that given a sufficiently well-measured cross-correlation function one should be able to measure the linear growth rate of structure by applying a simple linear Gaussian streaming model for the redshift space distortions (RSD). Our study of voids in 306 mock galaxy catalogues mimicking the VIPERS fields suggests that VIPERS is capable of measuring β, the ratio of the linear growth rate to the bias, with an error of around 25%. Applying our method to the VIPERS data, we find a value for the redshift space distortion parameter, β = 0.423-0.108+0.104 which, given the bias of the galaxy population we use, gives a linear growth rate of f σ8 = 0.296-0.078+0.075 at z = 0.727. These results are consistent with values observed in parallel VIPERS analyses that use standard techniques. Based on observations collected at the European Southern Observatory, Cerro Paranal, Chile, using the Very Large Telescope under programs 182.A-0886 and partly 070.A-9007. Also based on observations obtained with MegaPrime/MegaCam, a joint project of CFHT and CEA/DAPNIA, at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), which is operated by the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada, the Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) of France, and the University of Hawaii. This work is based in

Conference on the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (3rd)

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1988-09-23

TREATMENT IN PARADOXICAL SLEEP I. Portell-Cortes, DEPRIVATION PLATFORMS IN RATS . Norpdo-Bernal Area do Psicobiologia Dept. de Psicologia do la Salut Univ...Ignacio Morgado-Bernal Dr. Georges Moroz Area de Psicobiologia CNS Development Psicologia do la Salud CIBA-GEIGY Corp. Univ. Autonoma do Barcelona DEV

The Shock and Vibration Digest. Volume 13, Number 5

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1981-05-01

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Protohistoric ceramics of Dwarka and Bet Dwarka

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Religion til Hverdag

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Christensen, Dorthe Refslund

2006-01-01

Live rollespil er ikke religion men rollespillet bruges ofte hvor man ellers ville bruge religionens univers fx til mytologisering og ritualisering Udgivelsesdato: september......Live rollespil er ikke religion men rollespillet bruges ofte hvor man ellers ville bruge religionens univers fx til mytologisering og ritualisering Udgivelsesdato: september...

ACADEMIC TRAINING: Physics Technologies in Medicine

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2002-01-01

10, 11, 12, 13, 14 June LECTURE SERIES from 11.00 to 12.00 hrs - Auditorium, bldg. 500 Physics Technologies in Medicine by G. K. Von Schulthess / Univ. of Zürich, S. Wildermuth, A. Buck / Univ. Hospital Zürich, K. Jäger / Univ. Hospital Basel, R. Kreis / Univ. Hospital Bern Modern medicine is a large consumer of physics technologies. The series of lectures covers medical imaging starting with an overview and the history of medical imaging. Then follows four lectures covering x-ray imaging positron emission tomography imaging blood flow by ultrasound magnetic resonance Monday 10 June 100 Years of Medical Imaging Pr. Gustav K. von Schulthess MD, PhD / University of Zurich History and overview of Medical Imaging Tuesday 11 June X-rays: still going strong Dr. Simon Wildermuth / MD, University Hospital Zurich Multidetector computed tomography: New developments and applications Wednesday 12 June Nuclear Medicine: PET Positron Emission Tomography Dr. Alfred Buck / MD, MSc, University...

ACADEMIC TRAINING: Physics Technologies in Medecine

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2002-01-01

10, 11, 12, 13, 14 June LECTURE SERIES from 11.00 to 12.00 hrs - Auditorium, bldg. 500 Physics Technologies in Medecine by G. K. Von Schulthess / Univ. of Zürich, S. Wildermuth, A. Buck / Univ. Hospital Zürich, K. Jäger / Univ. Hospital Basel, R. Kreis / Univ. Hospital Bern Modern medicine is a large consumer of physics technologies. The series of lectures covers medical imaging starting with an overview and the history of medical imaging. Then follows four lectures covering x-ray imaging positron emission tomography imaging blood flow by ultrasound magnetic resonance Monday 10 June 100 Years of Medical Imaging Pr. Gustav K. von Schulthess MD, PhD / University of Zurich History and overview of Medical Imaging Tuesday 11 June X-rays: still going strong Dr. Simon Wildermuth / MD, University Hospital Zurich Multidetector computed tomography: New developments and applications Wednesday 12 June Nuclear Medicine: PET Positron Emission Tomography Dr. Alfred Buck / MD, MSc, University...

ACADEMIC TRAINING Physics Technologies in Medicine

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2002-01-01

10, 11, 12, 13, 14 June LECTURE SERIES from 11.00 to 12.00 hrs - Auditorium, bldg. 500 Physics Technologies in Medicine by G. K. Von Schulthess / Univ. of Z rich, S. Wildermuth, A. Buck / Univ. Hospital Z rich, K. Jäger / Univ. Hospital Basel, R. Kreis / Univ. Hospital Bern Modern medicine is a large consumer of physics technologies. The series of lectures covers medical imaging starting with an overview and the history of medical imaging. Then follows four lectures covering x-ray imaging positron emission tomography imaging blood flow by ultrasound magnetic resonance Monday 10 June 100 Years of Medical Imaging Pr. Gustav K. von Schulthess MD, PhD / University of Zurich History and overview of Medical Imaging Tuesday 11 June X-rays: still going strong Dr. Simon Wildermuth / MD, University Hospital Zurich Multidetector computed tomography: New developments and applications Wednesday 12 June Nuclear Medicine: PET Positron Emission Tomography Dr. Alfred Buck / MD, MSc, University Hospital Zurich Elucidati...

The Importance of Reggae Music in the Worldwide Cultural Universe «L'importance de la musique Reggae dans l'univers culturel mondial»

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Jérémie Kroubo Dagnini

2012-05-01

Full Text Available Lorsque le reggae émergea à la fin des années 1960, il eut un impact culturel considérable non seulement à la Jamaïque, mais à travers le monde. Le reggae a influencé les sociétés du monde entier, contribuant au développement de nouveaux mouvements contre-culturels, en particulier en Europe, aux États-Unis et en Afrique. En effet, à la fin des années 1960, il concourut à la naissance du mouvement skinhead au Royaume-Uni. Dans les années 1970, il eut un impact certain sur les cultures punk rock/ pop occidentales et inspira les premiers rappeurs aux États-Unis. Enfin, depuis la fin des années 1970, il influence également de nombreux chanteurs originaires d’Afrique, Alpha Blondy, Tiken Jah Fakoly et Lucky Dube étant de parfaits exemples. Ainsi, cet essai se propose d’étudier l’impact du reggae jamaïcain dans l’univers culturel mondial, notamment en Europe, aux États-Unis et en Afrique.When reggae emerged in the late 1960s, it came as a cultural bombshell not only to Jamaica but the whole world. Reggae has influenced societies throughout the world, contributing to the development of new counterculture movements, particularly in Europe, in the USA and Africa. Indeed, by the end of the 1960s, it participated in the birth of the skinhead movement in the UK. In the 1970s, it impacted on Western punk rock/ pop cultures and inspired the first rappers in the USA. Finally, since the late 1970s onwards, it has also influenced singers originating from Africa, Alpha Blondy, Tiken Jah Fakoly and Lucky Dube being perfect examples. Thus, my paper will examine the impact of Jamaican reggae music on the worldwide cultural universe, especially on Europe, the USA and Africa.

AVALIAÇÃO DA PERDA DE SOLO POR EROSÃO HÍDRICA NO CONCELHO DE TAROUCA (PORTUGAL E SUA INFLUÊNCIA NA MORFOGÉNESE ATUAL

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Bruno Miguel Meneses

2014-12-01

Full Text Available A determinação de áreas suscetíveis à erosão hídrica é fundamental na tomada de decisões que envolvam atividades relacionadas com o uso do solo, nomeadamente atividades agrícolas. Sendo o Concelho de Tarouca (área de estudo uma área com elevada dependência agrícola é fundamental a preservação do solo, evidenciando-se aqui, o reconhecimento das áreas mais suscetíveis à erosão hídrica. Neste sentido, estimou-se a perda de solo nesta área pela Equação Universal de Perda de Solo (EUPS e avaliou-se o impacto destas perdas na morfogénese atual. Os resultados aqui obtidos permitiram aferir as áreas mais suscetíveis à erosão hídrica, destacando-se a influência de vários fatores, como o relevo, precipitação, o seu coberto e práticas desenvolvidas, na variação da distribuição da erosão hídrica.

Water erosion under simulated rainfall in different soil management systems during soybean growth Erosão hídrica sob chuva simulada em diferentes sistemas de manejo do solo durante o crescimento da soja

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Fernando Luis Engel

2007-01-01

Full Text Available Soil management influences soil cover by crop residues and plant canopy, affecting water erosion. The objective of this research was to quantify water and soil losses by water erosion under different soil tillage systems applied on a typical aluminic Hapludox soil, in an experiment carried out from April 2003 to May 2004, in the Santa Catarina highland region, Lages, southern Brazil. Simulated rainfall was applied during five soybean cropstages, at the constant intensity of 64.0 mm h-1. Treatments were replicated twice and consisted of: i conventional tillage on bare soil - control treatment (CTBS, ii conventional tillage on cultivated soil (CTCS, iii no-tillage on non tilled soil with burned crop residue (NTRB, iv no-tillage in non tilled soil with crop residue desiccated (NTRD, and v no-tillage on four-years interrupted soil tillage with crop residue desiccated - "traditional no tillage" (NTRT. Regardless of soybean cropstages, water losses were the highest for the CTCS than for the untilled soils, while soil losses were considerably higher in the CTCS treatment only until cropstage 3, in cultivated soil treatments. The NTRT was most effective treatment in terms of both water and soil loss reduction. Water infiltration should also be considered, when considering the soil erosion process caused by rainfall and its associated runoff, due to the management systems usually adopted in cultivated fields.O manejo do solo influencia a cobertura superficial pelo resíduo cultural e, juntamente com a cobertura do solo pela copa das plantas, afeta a erosao hídrica. O objetivo do estudo foi quantificar as perdas de água e solo por erosão hídrica em diferentes sistemas de manejo do solo, em diferentes estádios do cultivo da soja, em um experimento conduzido de abril de 2003 a maio de 2004, na região do Planalto Catarinense, em um Nitossolo Háplico alumínico. Chuvas simuladas foram aplicadas em cinco estádios do cultivo da soja, com intensidade

The Shock and Vibration Digest. Volume 16, Number 6

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1984-06-01

Meuurement of Rigid Body Modes for Dynamic Deagn N. Okuboand T. Furukawa CAMAL Chuo Univ., Tokyo, Japan, Intl. Modal Analysis Conf., Proc. 2nd, Orlando... CAMAL , Chuo Univ., Tokyo, Japan, Intl. VV :ä\\ Analysis Conf., Proc. 2nd, Orlando, FL, Feh ö-Q. 1984, Spons. by Union College

Biophysics of Water: A Working Conference.

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1981-09-15

R.J.W. Hefford Royal Free Hospital Unilever Research London, England Port Sunlight, England C. Gabriel H.C. Hempling Queens College Med. Univ. of...Goodfellow J.F. Holzwarth Birkbeck College F. Haber Inst. Berlin London, England Berlin, W. Germany G.W. Gould E. Hagelberg Unilever Research Univ. of

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Career: Univ. of Lucknow, Dept. of Botany: Demonstrator 40-41; Fruit and Vegetable Preservation Lab., Lyaupur: Microbiologist 41-44; Univ. of Madras, Centre for Ad-vanced Studies in Botany: Director/Prof. 44-73; CSIR, Plant-based Lab.: Consultant 73-76; Birbal Sahni Professor, Lucknow 77-80; Vidyashram, Kodaikanal: ...

Breve Reseña Histórica de la Evolución de la Cirugía.

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Gilberto Rueda Pérez

2007-06-01

Ante el sufrimiento del compañero de tribu, nace en el hombre el instinto de solidaridad que hace que tienda a acompañarlo, a consolarlo y a tratar de curarlo, surge así el médico empírico que cada vez alcanza mayor práctica hasta convertirse en la persona llamada siempre a atender a sus compañeros heridos...

Efeito erosivo in vitro de um vinho tinto brasileiro sobre o esmalte bovino observado em microscopia eletrônica de varredura = “In vitro” erosive effect of a brazilian red wine on bovine enamel observed in scanning electron microscopy

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Hugo, Fernando Neves

2006-01-01

Full Text Available O termo clínico erosão dental é usado para descrever os efeitos físicos de uma perda localizada, crônica e patológica de tecido mineral dentário que é removido quimicamente da superfície dentária por meio de ácido ou substâncias quelantes, sem envolvimento bacteriano. Estudos apontam diversos tipos de vinho como agentes causadores de erosão dentária. O objetivo deste trabalho foi descrever o efeito erosivo de um vinho tinto brasileiro sobre o esmalte bovino previamente imerso em saliva humana e água. Foram obtidos 20 blocos de esmalte bovino (3 mm × 3 mm × 3 mm. A metade da superfície de cada bloco foi coberta com esmalte de unhas. 10 blocos foram imersos em água e 10 em saliva humana por 12 horas. Após esse período, as peças foram imersas em vinho por 1 hora, submetidas ao ultra-som com acetona, lavados e secos. As peças foram analisadas em microscopia eletrônica de varredura. Em todos os blocos analisados foi possível observar erosão na superfície do esmalte. Em 2 blocos essa erosão foi leve, caracterizando-se como um alargamento das ranhuras fisiológicas do esmalte. No restante dos blocos ocorreu erosão severa, sendo possível observar o aspecto de favos de mel dos prismas de esmalte. O efeito erosivo no grupo de blocos imerso em saliva e em água foi similar. Concluiu-se que o vinho utilizado nesta experiência produziu erosão significativa na superfície do esmalte, in vitro. A imersão em saliva, precedente à exposição ao vinho, não pôde proteger o esmalte bovino contra a desmineralização, neste modelo experimental

Aircraft Flight Safety: A Bibliography. (La Securite en Vol: Une Bibliographie)

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1993-12-01

having been installed 93A27135 with the wrong bolts during maintenance. An DRURY , COLIN G. (New York State Univ., analysis of the complex events...accident rates. The REJMAN, MICHAEL H.; SYMONDS, COLIN J.; 0 conclusion made is that, Judgement Training has SHEPHERD, ERIC W. (City of London Polytech...from training 0 software to controlled dynamic simulations 93N19702 conducted with mockups, tooling, and subjects in SYMONDS, COLIN J.; REJMAN

Love attitudes and attachment

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María Elena Brenlla; Analía Brizzio; Alejandra Carreras

2016-01-01

Love styles described by Lee are Eros (passionate love), Ludus (game-pla- ying love), Storge (friendship love), Mania (possessive, dependent love), Pragma (logical, “shopping list” love) and Agape (all-giving, selfless love). Based on those types, Hendrick and Hendrick developed a 42-ítem rating questionnaire with 7 items measuring each love style (Love Attitudes Scale). Beside, inform about frequency in love relationships and attachment style. The purpose of this study was analyze the relia...

Improved real-time dosimetry using the radioluminescence signal from Al2O3:C

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Damkjær, Sidsel Marie Skov; Andersen, Claus Erik; Aznar, Marianne

2008-01-01

15th International Conference on Solid State Dosimetry Location: Delft Univ Technol, Delft, NETHERLANDS Date: JUL 08-13, 2007 Abstract: Carbon-doped aluminum oxide (Al2O3:C) is a highly sensitive luminescence material for ionizing radiation dosimetry, and it is well established that the optically...... to greatly reduce the influence of shallow traps in the range from 0 to 3 Gy and the RL dose-rate measurements with a time resolution of 0. 1 s closely matched dose-rate changes monitored with in ionization chamber. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved....

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2004-01-01

Revolution in the cosmos: our Universe seems to be only one part of a greater space! And it seems to be born a long time before the Big Bang. A new theory, called of "strings" open the doors of the prehistory of the Universe

Optimal Simulations by Butterfly Networks: Extended Abstract,

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1987-11-01

Typescript , Univ. of Massachusetts; submitted for nublication. 1_2.2 Ll, - W 12. ifliU 1.8 UI1.25 . l i I 61 MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART NATIONAL...1987): An optimal mapping of the FFT algorithm onto the tlypercube architecture. Typescript , Univ. of Massachusetts; submitted for publication. (HR I

Monitoring of water resources using satellite information: Applications of MOD16 evapotranspiration

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Jovanovic, Nebojsa

2014-09-01

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Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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... Cagliari, Italy; IPN, Univ. de Paris-Sud and CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France; Università del Piemonte Orientale, Alessandria and INFN-Torino, Italy; INR, Moscow, Russia; Also at Fac. Physics and Nuclear Techniques, Univ. Mining and Metallurgy, Cracow, Poland; CERN, Geneva, Switzerland; UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ...

The Physics and Chemistry of carbides, Nitrides and Borides. Volume 185

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1990-01-01

Mater. Sci. Engng., 27, 83. [5) Grathwohl, G., Reets, T.H. and Thummler, F. (1981) Sci. Ceram., 11, 425. [6) Djemel, A., Cadoz , J. and Philibert, J...Monatsh 3, 49-55. 28. Jepps, N. W. (1979), Ph.D. Dissertation, Univ. Cambridge, UK. 29. Gauther, J.P. (1978), Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. Claude Bernard

Análisis temporal de la mortalidad por violencia del compañero íntimo en España Temporal analysis of mortality due to intimate partner violence in Spain

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Carmen Vives

2004-10-01

Full Text Available Objetivos: Explorar la distribución temporal de la mortalidad por violencia del compañero íntimo (VCI e identificar posibles agrupamientos temporales en la ocurrencia de muertes por VCI en España. Métodos: Estudio epidemiológico descriptivo basado en las muertes de mujeres por VCI incluidas en el registro de la Federación de Mujeres Separadas y Divorciadas (1998-2003. Se calculó la razón entre las muertes por VCI sucedidas en el mes correspondiente y la mediana de muertes del quinquenio anterior (índice epidémico desde enero hasta julio de 2003. Se aplicó el modelo de Poisson para contrastar las diferencias observadas por años (1998-2002, por estaciones, por meses y por días de la semana, y se realizó un análisis de regresión simple con la media trimestral de muertes por VCI. Por último, se realizó un análisis de agrupamientos temporales. Resultados: Se observó un índice epidémico (IE elevado en la mortalidad por VCI en los meses de enero (IE = 1,6, marzo (IE = 1,2, mayo (IE = 1,5, junio (IE = 2 y julio (IE = 2,4 de 2003. Teniendo como referencias el año 1998 y el día de la semana domingo, respectivamente, la mortalidad por VCI resultó significativamente mayor en 2001 (riesgo relativo [RR] = 1,52; intervalo de confianza del 95% [IC del 95%], 1,05-2,20 y los lunes (RR = 1,77; IC del 95%, 1,13-2,76. El análisis de regresión confirmó la tendencia creciente entre el primer trimestre de 1998 y el último de 2001 (p = 0,022. No se observaron diferencias estadísticamente significativas ni por meses ni por estaciones. No se dieron agrupamientos temporales en la distribución de las muertes por VCI. Conclusiones: La violencia del compañero íntimo es en la actualidad una epidemia creciente en España en la que no se detecta un patrón temporal definido. Los esfuerzos políticos y legales de la sociedad para aminorar este problema no parecen estar teniendo éxito.Objectives: To analyze the temporal distribution of mortality

Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous: mission overview

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Cheng, A. F.; Santo, A. G.; Heeres, K. J.; Landshof, J. A.; Farquhar, R. W.; Gold, R. E.; Lee, S. C.

1997-10-01

The Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission, the first launch of NASA's Discovery Program, will be the first mission to orbit an asteroid. NEAR will make the first comprehensive scientific measurements of an asteroid's surface composition, geology, physical properties, and internal structure. NEAR launched successfully on February 17, 1996, aboard a Delta II-7925. It will orbit the 20-km-diameter near-Earth asteroid 433 Eros for about 1 year, at a minimum orbit radius of about 35 km from the center of the asteroid. The NEAR is a solar-powered, three-axis stabilized spacecraft with a launch mass including propellant of 805 kg. NEAR uses X band telemetry to the NASA Deep Space Network, with the data rates at Eros up to 8.8 kbits/s using a 34-m High Efficiency (HEF) dish, and up to 26.5 kbits/s using a 70-m dish. A solid-state recorder is accommodated with a memory capacity of 1.8 Gbytes. Attitude control is to 1.7 mrad, line-of-sight pointing stability is within 50 μrad over 1 s, and post processing attitude knowledge is within 50 μrad. NEAR accommodates 56 kg of instruments and provides them with 84 W. The instruments are a multispectral imager (MSI), a near-infrared spectrograph (NIS), an X ray/gamma ray spectrometer (XRS/GRS), a magnetometer (MAG), and a laser rangefinder (NLR), while a radio science (RS) investigation uses the coherent X band transponder. NEAR will make a flyby of the C-type asteroid 253 Mathilde in June 1997 and will rendezvous with 433 Eros in February 1999. It will execute an initial slow flyby of Eros, with a flyby speed of 5 m/s and a closest approach distance of 500 km. Subsequently, its orbit will be lowered to 35 km. The NEAR Mission Operations Center and the Science Data Center are at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. The Science Data Center will maintain the entire NEAR data set on-line, and data from all instruments can be accessed by every member of the NEAR Science Team. Data, including images, are released over

Individual differences in detecting rapidly presented fearful faces.

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Full Text Available Rapid detection of evolutionarily relevant threats (e.g., fearful faces is important for human survival. The ability to rapidly detect fearful faces exhibits high variability across individuals. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between behavioral detection ability and brain activity, using both event-related potential (ERP and event-related oscillation (ERO measurements. Faces with fearful or neutral facial expressions were presented for 17 ms or 200 ms in a backward masking paradigm. Forty-two participants were required to discriminate facial expressions of the masked faces. The behavioral sensitivity index d' showed that the detection ability to rapidly presented and masked fearful faces varied across participants. The ANOVA analyses showed that the facial expression, hemisphere, and presentation duration affected the grand-mean ERP (N1, P1, and N170 and ERO (below 20 Hz and lasted from 100 ms to 250 ms post-stimulus, mainly in theta band brain activity. More importantly, the overall detection ability of 42 subjects was significantly correlated with the emotion effect (i.e., fearful vs. neutral on ERP (r = 0.403 and ERO (r = 0.552 measurements. A higher d' value was corresponding to a larger size of the emotional effect (i.e., fearful--neutral of N170 amplitude and a larger size of the emotional effect of the specific ERO spectral power at the right hemisphere. The present results suggested a close link between behavioral detection ability and the N170 amplitude as well as the ERO spectral power below 20 Hz in individuals. The emotional effect size between fearful and neutral faces in brain activity may reflect the level of conscious awareness of fearful faces.

Source Hierarchy List. Volume 1. A through D

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1994-07-01

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Magnetism of Minor Bodies in the Solar System: From 433 Eros, passing Braille, Steins, and Lutetia towards Churyumov-Gerasimenko and 1999 JU3.

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Hercik, David; Auster, Hans-Ulrich; Heinisch, Philip; Richter, Ingo; Glassmeier, Karl-Heinz

2015-04-01

Minor bodies in the solar system, such as asteroids and comets, are important sources of information for our knowledge of the solar system formation. Besides other aspects, estimation of a magnetization state of such bodies might prove important in understanding the early aggregation phases of the protoplanetary disk, showing the level of importance of the magnetic forces in the processes involved. Meteorites' magnetization measurements suggest that primitive bodies consist of magnetized material. However, space observations from various flybys give to date diverse results for a global magnetization estimation. The flybys at Braille and Gaspra indicate possible higher magnetization (~ 10-3 Am2/kg), while flybys at Steins and Lutetia show no significant values in the global field change illustrating low global magnetization. Furthermore, the interpretation of remote (during flybys) measurements is very difficult. For correct estimates on the local magnetization one needs (in the best case) multi-point surface measurements. Single point observation has been done by NEAR-Shoemaker on 433 Eros asteroid, revealing no signature in magnetic field that could have origin in asteroid magnetization. Similar results, no magnetization observed, have been provided by evaluation of recent data from ROMAP (Philae lander) and RPC-MAG (Rosetta orbiter) instruments from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The ROMAP instrument provided measurements from multiple points of the cometary surface as well as data along ballistic path between multiple touchdowns, which support the conclusion of no global magnetization. However, even in case of the in-situ on surface observations the magnetization estimate has a limiting spatial resolution that is dependent on the distance from the surface (~ 50 cm in case of ROMAP). To get information about possible smaller magnetized grains distribution and magnetization strength, the sensor shall be placed as close as possible to the surface. For such

Entropy as a new measure of mechanical pain sensitivity in the masseter muscle

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Castrillon, Eduardo; Sato, Hitoshi; Tanosoto, Tomohiro

ENTROPY AS A NEW MEASURE OF MECHANICAL PAIN SENSITIVITY IN THE MASSETER MUSCLE Author Block: E. E. Castrillon1, H. Sato2,3, T. Tanosoto4, T. Arima4, L. Baad-Hansen1, P. Svensson1, 1Clinical Oral Physiology, Århus Univ., Aarhus, Denmark, 2Dept. of Dentistry & Oral Physiology, Sch. of Med., Keio Un...... injections (Pmechanical pain sensitivity that captures new aspects of spatial characteristics and could therefore complement more classical assessments of TMD pain patients.......ENTROPY AS A NEW MEASURE OF MECHANICAL PAIN SENSITIVITY IN THE MASSETER MUSCLE Author Block: E. E. Castrillon1, H. Sato2,3, T. Tanosoto4, T. Arima4, L. Baad-Hansen1, P. Svensson1, 1Clinical Oral Physiology, Århus Univ., Aarhus, Denmark, 2Dept. of Dentistry & Oral Physiology, Sch. of Med., Keio Univ......., Tokyo, Japan, 3Japan Society for the Promotion of Sci., Tokyo, Japan, 4Dept. of Oral Rehabilitation, Graduate Sch. of Dental Med., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan : Aim of Investigation: Manual palpation is a psychophysical technique to evaluate mechanical pain sensitivity in craniofacial muscles...

Academic Training: 2005 - 2006 Academic Training Programme

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Françoise Benz

2005-01-01

1st Term : 03.10. 2005 - 16.12.2005 LECTURE SERIES Einstein's impact on the physics of the Twentieth Century by N. Straumann / Univ. Zürich, CH 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 October 11:00 -1200 - Auditorium, Bldg 500 Surviving in space: the challenges of a manned mission to Mars by L. S. Pinsky / Univ. Houston, USA 26, 27, 28 October 11:00-12:00 - Auditorium, Bldg 500 Climate change and challenges for the environment by C. Schluechter, Univ. Ber, CH 14, 15, 16 November 11:00-12:00 - TH Auditorium, Bldg 4, 3rd Floor Introduction to Cryogenic Engineering by Goran Perinic, CERN- AT 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 December 11:00-12:00 - Auditorium, Bldg 500 Predicting natural catastrophes by E. Okal, Northwestern Univ. , USA 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 December 11:00-12:00 - Auditorium, Bldg 500 The lectures are open to all those interested, without application. The abstract of the lectures, as well as any change to the above information (title, dates, time, place etc.) will be published in the CERN bulletin, the WWW, and by Notices before ea...

Academic Training: 3rd Term - 01 April - 30 June 2005

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Françoise Benz

2005-01-01

2004 - 2005 ACADEMIC TRAINING PROGRAMME 3rd Term - 01 April - 30 June 2005 REGULAR LECTURE PROGRAMME Monte Carlo generators fot the LHC by T. Sjostrand / CERN-PH 4, 5, 6, 7 April The LHC machine experiment interface by S. Tapprogge / Univ. Gutenberg, Mainz, D R. Assmann, CERN-AB, E. Tsesmelis and D. Macina / CERN-TS 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 April Cosmology for particle physicists by S. Carroll / Univ. of Chicago, USA 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 May The ITER projects: technological challenges by P. Bruzzone / EPFL CRPP, Zürich, CH J. Lister / EPFL CRPP, Lausanne, CH 30, 31 May, 1, 2, 3 June String theory by C. Johnson / Univ. of Southern California, USA 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 June Small may be beautiful By M. Davier / LAL, Orsay, F. T. Soldner / ILL, Grenoble, F. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 June Climate change and challenges for the environment by C. Schluchter / Univ. Bern. CH 20, 21, 22 June LECTURE SERIES FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS Particle detectors - principles and techniques by C. Joram, L. Ropelewski, M. Moll, C. ...

I mutevoli volti dell’eroe

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Giuseppe Serpillo

2013-01-01

Yeats needed heroes and looked forward to finding one who might embody his ideas and hopes of the beginning of a new era. However, his standard of perfection changed over the years: from a character in whom the best and highest qualities of an individual might come into being, to a model of the hero able to stand as a symbol and guide for his fellow men, in particular those people Yeats felt mainly responsible for, the Irish. There is something Carlylean in this (Yeats knew and appreciated Ca...

I mutevoli volti dell’eroe

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Giuseppe Serpillo

2013-03-01

Full Text Available Yeats needed heroes and looked forward to finding one who might embody his ideas and hopes of the beginning of a new era. However, his standard of perfection changed over the years: from a character in whom the best and highest qualities of an individual might come into being, to a model of the hero able to stand as a symbol and guide for his fellow men, in particular those people Yeats felt mainly responsible for, the Irish. There is something Carlylean in this (Yeats knew and appreciated Carlyle, even though he did not like his style, but his view of the hero includes other models, like the tragic hero and the hero of myth. This paper takes into consideration two heroes who frequently recur in his work, Oisin and Cuchulainn, pointing to similarities and difference both in their qualities and functions. However, above and beyond them, it is the poet himself that emerges as a key figure of a hero in Yeats’s poetry, as the only one who can fulfil the double task of developing his self and playing an essential social and moral role.

The Eros of Counter Education

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Luzon, Pinhas

2016-01-01

Erotic Counter Education (ECE) is the educational position of the late Ilan Gur-Ze'ev. In ECE Gur-Ze'ev combines two opposing positions in the philosophy of education, one teleological and anti-utopian, the other teleological and utopian. In light of this unique combination, I ask what mediates between these two poles and suggest that the answer…

Spectral analysis and compositing techniques for the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR Shoemaker), X-ray and Gamma-Ray Spectrometers (XGRS)

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McClanahan, T P; Nittler, L R; Boynton, W V; Bruckner, J; Squyres, S W; Evans, L G; Bhangoo, J S; Clark, P E; Floyd, S R; McCartney, E; Mikheeva, I; Starr, R D

2001-01-01

An X-ray and Gamma-Ray Spectrometer (XGRS) is on board the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft to determine the elemental composition of the surface of the asteroid 433 Eros. The Eros asteroid is highly oblate and irregular in shape. As a result, analysis methodologies are in many ways a divergence from comparable techniques. Complex temporal, spatial and instrument performance relationships must be accounted for during the analysis process. Field of view and asteroid surface geometry measurements must be modeled and then combined with real measurements of solar, spectral and instrument calibration information to derive scientific results. NEAR is currently orbiting 433 Eros and is in the initial phases of its primary data integration and mapping phases. Initial results have been obtained and bulk chemistry assessments have been obtained through specialized background assessment and data reduction techniques.

A systematic and detailed investigation of radiative rates for forbidden transitions of astrophysical interest in doubly ionized iron peak elements

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Quinet, Pascal; Fivet, Vanessa; Bautista, Manuel

2015-08-01

The knowledge of accurate and reliable atomic data for lowly ionized iron peak elements, from scandium to copper, is of paramount importance for the analysis of the high resolution spectra currently available. The third spectra of several iron group elements have been observed in different galactic sources like Herbig-Haro objects in the Orion Nebula [1] and stars like Eta Carinae [2]. However, forbidden transitions between low-lying metastable levels of doubly ionized species have been little investigated so far and radiative rates for those lines remain sparse or inexistent.In the present contribution, we report on the recent study we have performed concerning the determination of magnetic dipole (M1) and electric quadrupole (E2) transition probabilities in those ions. For the calculations, we have extensively used the pseudo-relativistic Hartree-Fock (HFR) code of Cowan [3] and the central Thomas-Fermi-Dirac potential approximation implemented in AUTOSTRUCTURE [4]. This multi-platform approach allowed us to check the consistency and to assess the accuracy of the results obtained.[1] Mesa-Delgado A. et al., MNRAS 395, 855 (2009)[2] Johansson S. et al., A&A 361, 977 (2000)[3] Cowan R.D., The Theory of Atomic Structure and Spectra, Univ. California Press, Berkeley (1981)[4] Badnell N.R., J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 30, 1 (1997)

Sobrevivência e crescimento de mudas de sabiá em podzólico vermelho-amarelo sob erosão simulada Survival and growth of mimosa caesalpiniaefolia seedlings on a red-yellow podzolic soil under simulated erosion

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JOSÉ RONALDO COELHO SILVA

2000-05-01

Full Text Available O objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar mudanças nas propriedades de um Podzólico Vermelho-Amarelo relacionadas à remoção gradual de sua camada arável por meio de erosão simulada e seus efeitos na sobrevivência e crescimento de mudas de sabiá (Mimosa caesalpiniaefolia Benth. O experimento foi conduzido em casa de vegetação, em 1990, no Departamento de Ciência do Solo, UFC, em Fortaleza, CE, em camadas do solo de 0-15, 5-20, 10-25, 15-30, 20-35 e 25-40 cm, as quais foram removidas e acondicionadas em sacos de plástico, onde as sementes foram plantadas e as mudas desenvolveram-se por 85 dias. Maiores valores de porcentagem de argila, de água disponível, de teores de K e Ca e da CTC determinados nas camadas mais profundas não reduziram o impacto negativo da erosão na sobrevivência e crescimento das mudas, pois eles estavam associados a aumentos da saturação por Al, bem como a significativos decréscimos no pH, na matéria orgânica, na saturação por bases e nos teores de N, P e Mg no solo. À medida que a profundidade das camadas removidas aumentava, a porcentagem de sobrevivência, a altura, o peso seco das raízes e da parte aérea, bem como a biomassa seca total das plantas gradualmente decrescia; esses decréscimos foram de 16,8, 66,3, 67,1, 82,0 e 79,6%, respectivamente, na camada de 25-40 cm, em relação aos dados da camada 0-15 cm.The objective of this research was to determine changes in properties of a Red-Yellow Podzolic soil, related to the gradual removal of the plow layer through simulated erosion and its effects on survival and growth of Mimosa caesalpiniaefolia Benth seedlings. In 1990, the experiment was conducted in a greenhouse of the Universidade Federal do Ceará, in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil, in layers of 0-15, 5-20, 10-25, 15-30, 20-35 and 25-40 cm which were removed from a Red-Yellow Podzolic profile and contained in plastic bags where seeds were planted and seedlings were grown for 85 days. Higher values of

A diagnostic evaluation model for complex research partnerships with community engagement: The partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention (NACP) model

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Trotter, Robert T.; Laurila, Kelly; Alberts, David; Huenneke, Laura F.

2014-01-01

Complex community oriented health care prevention and intervention partnerships fail or only partially succeed at alarming rates. In light of the current rapid expansion of critically needed programs targeted at health disparities in minority populations, we have designed and are testing an “logic model plus” evaluation model that combines classic logic model and query based evaluation designs (CDC, NIH, Kellogg Foundation) with advances in community engaged designs derived from industry-univ...

USOS DOS SOLOS NA MICROBACIA DO RIBEIRÃO SAMAMBAIA E SUA RELAÇÃO COM A SUSCETIBILIDADE À EROSÃO LAMINAR

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Silas Pereira Trindade

2016-08-01

Full Text Available A Microbacia do Ribeirão Samambaia é uma importante fonte hídrica que abastece a área urbana de Catalão (GO. Localizada em uma área de Cerrado, nos municípios de Catalão e Goiandira, Goiás, é uma área que passa por um intenso processo de ocupação principalmente o uso agropecuário. A hipótese defendida neste trabalho é que o uso das terras na área pesquisada gerou sérios impactos ambientais sobre os sistemas pedológicos, pois ocorre um avanço antrópico sobre as áreas suscetíveis à erosão laminar. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi estabelecer a relação entre a dinâmica de uso das terras e a suscetibilidade erosiva, classificando a evolução do potencial à erosão laminar na Microbacia do Ribeirão Samambaia. Para isso gerou-se os mapas dos usos dos solos e de suscetibilidade erosiva para os anos de 2001, 2006, 2011, 2013 e 2015, que foram analisados de forma integrada, gerando o mapa de potencial à erosão laminar através dos programas SPRING 5.3 e do ARCGIS 10.2. Os resultados mostraram que houve aumento das classes de pastagens, agricultura e área urbana, com preponderância das duas primeiras, contrapondo-se com diminuição das áreas de vegetação nativa.  O potencial à erosão laminar mostrou o predomínio inicial das áreas de baixo potencial à erosão, que foi ultrapassado pelas áreas de médio potencial, junto ao intenso aumento das áreas de alto potencial à erosão, vindo de encontro com a hipótese levantada neste estudo. Concluiu-se que o avanço antrópico, na área estudada, desempenha o risco da degradação ambiental dos solos, podendo interferir na qualidade dos recursos hídricos.

Avaliação Multitemporal da Susceptibilidade Erosiva na Bacia do Rio Urucuia (Mg Por Meio da Equação Universal de Perda de Solos.

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Clarisse Lacerda Mata

2007-12-01

Full Text Available A Equação Universal de Perda de Solos (EUPS é um modelo de predição de perda de solo segundo um produto da erosividade da chuva, Fator R, da erodibilidade do solo, Fator K, do comprimento de rampa, Fator L, da declividade da vertente, Fator S, da cobertura e do manejo, Fator C, e das práticas conservacionistas, Fator P. Esta metodologia de predição de perda de solos, tem também tem sido utilizada como um instrumento de avaliação de risco à erosão e como medida de planejamento em bacias de uso agrícola. Assim, o presente trabalho tem por objetivo identificar as mudanças da erosão do solo na Bacia do Rio Urucuia, Minas Gerais, Brasil, através dos resultados da EUPS para 1987 e 2007. A Bacia do Rio Urucuia é tributária da Bacia do Rio São Francisco, com aproximadamente 25.000 km², contribui com 10% de vazão e 18% da carga de sedimentos. A metodologia usou o SIG para obtenção do Fator Topográfico (LS e o Sensoriamento Remoto para a determinação dos fatores de cobertura e  manejo (C e práticas conservacionistas (P. A classificação das imagens Landsat-TM foi feita pelo método ISODATA para dois anos, 1987 e 2007. A análise multitemporal determinou para a área estudada a ocorrência de mudanças significativas na erosão do solo, no final de vinte anos. O fator mais significativo para a degradação e erosão foi o aumento das áreas agrícolas. Os resultados mostram a distribuição espacial das distintas áreas propensas à erosão na bacia, onde práticas conservacionistas são fundamentais na prevenção da perda de solo por erosão. A análise é importante para o planejamento ambiental, e pode dar subsídio ao estabelecimento de cenários que visem o desenvolvimento sustentável da bacia.

Improvements of MCOR: A Monte Carlo depletion code system for fuel assembly reference calculations

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Tippayakul, C.; Ivanov, K. [Pennsylvania State Univ., Univ. Park (United States); Misu, S. [AREVA NP GmbH, An AREVA and SIEMENS Company, Erlangen (Germany)

2006-07-01

This paper presents the improvements of MCOR, a Monte Carlo depletion code system for fuel assembly reference calculations. The improvements of MCOR were initiated by the cooperation between the Penn State Univ. and AREVA NP to enhance the original Penn State Univ. MCOR version in order to be used as a new Monte Carlo depletion analysis tool. Essentially, a new depletion module using KORIGEN is utilized to replace the existing ORIGEN-S depletion module in MCOR. Furthermore, the online burnup cross section generation by the Monte Carlo calculation is implemented in the improved version instead of using the burnup cross section library pre-generated by a transport code. Other code features have also been added to make the new MCOR version easier to use. This paper, in addition, presents the result comparisons of the original and the improved MCOR versions against CASMO-4 and OCTOPUS. It was observed in the comparisons that there were quite significant improvements of the results in terms of k{sub inf}, fission rate distributions and isotopic contents. (authors)

100 watts in a confetti; 100 watts dans un confetti

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Guezel, J.Ch.

2002-03-01

Technologies transferred from microelectronics will allow to build miniature power generators for portable applications. This short article gives an overview of some techniques under study: the free-piston engine of the Honeywell Technology Center, the micro-combustion system with Seebeck effect of South Carolina Univ., the hydrogen micro-turbine of the MIT, the Wankel gas micro-engine of Berkeley univ. (J.S.)

On the Maximum Separation of Visual Binaries M. I. Nouh1,∗ & M. A. ...

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Stars, http://www.ad.usno.navy.mil/wds/orb6/orb6.html. Kuiper, G. P. 1935, Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific., 47(15), 12. Öpik, E. 1924, Publ. Obs. Astro. Univ. Tartu., 25, 6. Press, W. H., Teukolsky, S. A., Vetterling, W. H., Flannery, B.P. 1992, Numerical Recipes. (Cambridge Univ. Press). Reed, B. C. 1984, J. R. Astron. Soc. Can.

Espécies reativas do oxigênio e as doenças respiratórias em grandes animais Reactive oxygen species and the respiratory tract diseases of large animals

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Andreza Amaral da Silva

2010-04-01

Full Text Available As espécies reativas do oxigênio (ERO são moléculas instáveis e extremamente reativas capazes de transformar outras moléculas com as quais colidem. As ERO são geradas em grande quantidade durante o estresse oxidativo, condição em que são afetadas moléculas como proteínas, carboidratos, lipídeos e ácido nucleicos. Neste trabalho, são discutidos os principais conceitos sobre os radicais livres e as ERO: principais tipos, sua formação e a forma como atuam sobre as estruturas celulares, provocando lesão tecidual significativa. Os principais sistemas de defesa antioxidantes e a influência do aumento na produção dessas ERO no trato respiratório de grandes animais também são discutidos, dando ênfase ao envolvimento das ERO em doenças como a pneumonia em ruminantes e na obstrução recorrente das vias aéreas e a hemorragia pulmonar induzida por exercício em equinos.The reactive oxygen species (ROS are unstable and highly reactive molecules capable of transforming other molecules with which they collide. The ROS are generated in large numbers during the oxidative stress, a condition in which molecules are affected such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acid. This research discussed the main concepts of the free radicals and ROS: main types, their training and how they act on the cellular structures causing significant tissue injury. The main antioxidant defense systems and the influence of the increase in the production of ROS in the respiratory tract of large animals are also discussed, with emphasis on the involvement of ROS in diseases such as pneumonia in ruminants and recurrent obstruction of the airways and pulmonary hemorrhage induced by exercise in horses.

L’échec de la magie dans le Jeu de la Feuillée

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Travieso Ganaza, Mercedes

2014-01-01

L'univers médiéval peut être envisagé, selon les analyses de Le Goff (1985), comme une structure tripartite : l'univers de l'ordinaire, habité par les hommes ; l'univers d'un au-delà bénéfique, occupé dans la tradition chrétienne par la divinité céleste ; et un au-delà maléfique, satanique, spatialisé dans l'Enfer. Les frontières entre l'ici-bas et l'au-delà étant perméables, c'est à l'intersection de ces mondes qu'il faudrait situer les fées du Jeu de la Feuillée d'Adam de la Halle ; leur ca...

The Clinical Report on the 3 Cases of Sciatica treated on Direct Moxibustion

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Jun-Hyuk Kang

2007-06-01

Full Text Available Objectives : The purpose of this report is to examine the effects of direct moxibustion on the Low back pain and Lowerlimb radiating pain. Methods : The patients were hospitalized in Daejeon Univ. Oriental Hospital and treated with acupuncture treatment, physical treatment and direct moxibustion. After treatments, we measured the Results & Conclusions : VAS(Visual Analogue Scale and PRS(Pain Rating Scale. VAS(Visual Analogue Scale and PRS(Pain Rating Scale scores were improved in 3 cases of Low back pain and Lowerlimb radiating pain treated with direct moxibustion. So it is suggested that direct moxibution have the possibility to treat on sciatica

Long-term treatment results for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: The Sahlgrenska Univ. Hospital experience

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Taheri-Kadkhoda, Zahra; Bjoerk-Eriksson, Thomas; Mercke, Claes [Dept. of Oncology, Sahlgrenska Univ. Hospital, Goeteborg (Sweden); Johansson, Karl-Axel [Dept. of Radiophysics, Sahlgrenska Univ. Hospital, Goeteborg (Sweden)

2007-08-15

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (Nc) is a rare disease in Sweden. For evaluation of the treatment outcomes in our NPC patients, 52 new cases that were referred to our department between 1991 and 2002 were retrospectively analysed. Tumor stage, according to the 1997 AJCC staging system, was I in five, II in ten, III in 12 and IV in 25 patients. Majority of the patients (87%) had World Health Organization type II-III tumors. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy was delivered in 33 patients. Thirty-two patients received hyperfractionated accelerated radiation therapy with a median dose of 64.6Gy (1.7Gy/fr bid). Conventional external irradiation with a median dose of 66Gy (2Gy/fr) was delivered to 18 patients. An intracavitary brachy-boost of 4.5-12Gy was delivered to 40 patients. Two patients were excluded from the analysis due to treatment refusal. For the patients with tumor stages I-IVB, the 5-year disease-free and overall survival rates were 61% and 55%, respectively. The 5-year local, regional, and distant relapse-free survival rates were 70%, 92% and 77%, respectively. The most frequent late side effects were xerostomia (98%), otitis (70%) and hearing deterioration (64%). Our data suggest that optimization of the treatment outcomes in NPC patients requires implementation of new therapeutic strategies.

Actitudes hacia el amor en relaciones románticas de jóvenes universitarios

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Brenda Liz Rocha Narváez

2017-01-01

Full Text Available El presente estudio muestra un análisis de identificación de las tipologías del amor más sobresalientes en las relaciones de pareja, a través de la Escala de Actitudes Amorosas (Hendrick y Hendrick, la cual explora los seis tipos de amor propuestos por Lee (1988. El estudio, se realizó con 310 estudiantes de diferentes carreras de la Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC sede Tunja, de los cuales 155 fueron mujeres y 155 hombres. Se evaluaron los estilos de Amor Eros, Ludus, Storge, Pragma, Manía y Ágape a través de análisis de frecuencias, comparativo entre géneros, correlación de variables, y la prueba de t de medias. Los estilos de amor con los que más se identifican los estudiantes de la UPTC, fueron, Eros, Storge y Ágape. En cuanto al género, las mujeres dieron mayor importancia al estilo de amor Eros y Ágape, mientras que los hombres a Eros y Storge. En conclusión se encontró correlación significativa para los mismos estilos. Las relaciones de pareja de los estudiantes universitarios se caracterizan por la pasión, el compromiso, la amistad y la intimidad emocional.

A Qualitative Evaluation of Contact Centre Dietitian Support and Electronic Motivational Messaging for eaTracker My Goals Users.

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Lieffers, Jessica R L; Haresign, Helen; Mehling, Christine; Arocha, Jose F; Hanning, Rhona M

2018-06-01

To conduct a qualitative evaluation of adjunct supports (brief motivational messaging regarding goals delivered by email/website, contact centre dietitian assistance) offered by EatRight Ontario (ERO) for users of a website-based nutrition/activity goal setting/tracking feature (eaTracker "My Goals"). One-on-one semi-structured interviews were conducted with My Goals users in Ontario (n = 18) and Alberta (n = 5) recruited via the eaTracker website and ERO contact centre dietitians (n = 5). Interview transcripts were analyzed using content analysis. Participants had mixed experiences and perspectives with ERO motivational messaging. Messages targeted towards specific goals (e.g., tips, recipes) were generally well-liked, and generic messages (e.g., eaTracker login reminders) were less useful. No interviewed users had contacted ERO dietitians regarding goals, and dietitians reported encountering few callers asking for assistance while using My Goals. Limited user knowledge was one explanation for this finding. Participants provided suggestions to enhance these supports. Electronic motivational messaging and contact centre dietitian assistance have the potential to support achievement of goals set with website-based features. When considering using electronic messaging, researchers and practitioners should consider message content and delivery tailoring. Marketing that focuses on how contact centre dietitians can assist website users with their goals is needed when services are used in naturalistic settings.

Digital Inequalities as Class Inequalities? A comparison of youth in advanced societies in-and outside Europe

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DRABOWICZ, Tomasz Piotr

2012-01-01

Defence date: 13 July 2012; Examining Board: Professor Jaap Dronkers (formerly EUI/Univ. Maastricht) (Supervisor); Professor Fabrizio Bernardi (EUI); Professor Monique Volman (Univ. Amsterdam); Professor Kim Weeden (Cornell University) This dissertation merges two streams of research hitherto rarely mixed together: class analysis and digital inequality studies. It also focuses on the comparative research of adolescents from advanced societies – a social category relatively underrepresented...

United States Air Force Research Initiation Program for 1987. Volume 4.

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1989-04-01

University of - 7 N. Carolina A&T State Univ. - I Dillard University - 1 N. Carolina-Greensboro, Univ - I Drury College - 1 Northwestern University - 1...Specialty: Educational Psychology Specialty: Management Science Dr. Michael Matthews Dr. Charles Lance (1986) Drury College University of Georgia...Molecular Biology of the Cell, pp 611-668, 918-947, Garland Publishing Company, Inc. New York, 1983. 2. Anderson, Colin , Manual for the Examination of

Erosion and redeposition at the vessel walls in fusion devices

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Naujoks, D.; Behrisch, R.

1995-01-01

The plasma induced erosion and redeposition at the vessel walls in today's fusion devices have been investigated both with the computer simulation code ERO, and in experiments. Well prepared carbon probes with implanted and evaporated markers in the surface layers have been exposed in the scrape-off layer (SOL) of several tokamaks such as JET, TEXTOR and ASDEX-Upgrade. The main plasma parameters (electron density and temperature, impurity concentration in the SOL) are simultaneously determined. After exposure to single plasma discharges, erosion and redeposition of the marker material were measured by surface layer analysis with MeV ion beam techniques. The experimental results were compared with the results from the ERO code. The measured erosion/redeposition could be described with ERO, which takes into account the impurity concentration in the SOL, the dynamical change of the surface composition (causing a modification of the sputtering yield during the exposure) and ExB drift effects. ((orig.))

Relative importance of moisture migration and amylopectin retrogradation for pound cake crumb firming.

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Luyts, A; Wilderjans, E; Van Haesendonck, I; Brijs, K; Courtin, C M; Delcour, J A

2013-12-15

Moisture migration largely impacts cake crumb firmness during storage at ambient temperature. To study the importance of phenomena other than crumb to crust moisture migration and to exclude moisture and temperature gradients during baking, crustless cakes were baked using an electrical resistance oven (ERO). Cake crumb firming was evaluated by texture analysis. First, ERO cakes with properties similar to those baked conventionally were produced. Cake batter moisture content (MC) was adjusted to ensure complete starch gelatinisation in the baking process. In cakes baked conventionally, most of the increase in crumb firmness during storage was caused by moisture migration. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance ((1)H NMR) showed that the population containing protons of crystalline starch grew during cake storage. These and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) data pointed to only limited amylopectin retrogradation. The limited increase in amylopectin retrogradation during cake storage cannot solely account for the significant firming of ERO cakes and, hence, other phenomena are involved in cake firming. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Electronic control system for irradiation probes

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Gluza, E.; Neumann, J.; Zahalka, F.

1980-01-01

The EROS-78 system for the supply and power control of six heating sections of the irradiation probe of the CHOUCA type placed in the reactor vessel is described. The system allows temperature control at the location of the heat sensor with an accuracy of +-1% of the rated value within the region of 100 to 1000 degC. The equipment is provided with its own quartz controlled clock. The temperature is picked up by a chromel-alumel jacket thermocouple. The power input of the heating elements is thyristor controlled. (J.B.)

European Scientific Notes. Volume 36, Number 11.

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1982-11-30

and polyisocyanides appear to by S. Piccarolo (Univ. of Palermo , Italy) of the be unique in their behavior in solution, thermal expansion of...of solvent down polyethylenes was investigated by D. Curto an activity gradient coupled with time- (Univ. of Palermo , Italy). When the rheo- dependent...ambitious in Paris. Projects are projected to start in program for a number of reasons, which were 1983 in Pakistan, India, Colombia , and Saudi discussed

Recent Naval Postgraduate School Publications.

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1985-09-30

Univ. of Texas - Arlington. 1983. Evered, R The Falklands War: Intercultural and transcultural issues Int. Soc. of Political Psychol. Conf., Oxford Univ...OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (cont’d) Valenta, J Empire strikes back: Falkland Islands crisis Atlantic Allies and Discord...H; Darius R G Responding to crisis in Southwest Asia: the RDJTF and its alternatives IN R. H. Magnus and J. W. Amos: Regional reaction to the RDJTF

Workshop on Compound Semiconductor Devices and Integrated Circuits held in Europe (24th) on May 29 - Jun 2, 2000 in Aegean Sea, Greece

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2000-06-02

XI WOCSDICE 2000 Aegean Sea. Greece May 29 - June 02. 2000 Prof. Elias Muiioz Universita Politecnica de Madrid ETSI Telecomunicacion , IEL...Beaumont", and P. Gibart" ’lEL, ETSl Telecomunicacion , Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040-Madrid, Spain 2CNRS-CRHEA, Pare Sophia...Gibart2 ’IEL, ETS1 Telecomunicacion , Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040-Madrid, Spain 2CNRS-CRHEA, Pare Sophia Antipolis

Modelo geoespacial automatizado para la regionalización operativa en planeación de redes de servicios de salud Automated geospatial model for health services strategic planning

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Juan Eugenio Hernández-Ávila

2010-10-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Desarrollar un modelo automatizado de regionalización operativa para la planeación de las redes de servicios de salud propuestas en el Modelo Integrador de Atención a la Salud (MIDAS. Material y métodos. Con información disponible para México en 2005 y 2007 se realizó un modelo geoespacial para estimar el área potencial de influencia alrededor de cada unidad de atención médica, con base en el menor tiempo de viaje. Los resultados se compararon con un Estudio de Regionalización Operativa (ERO para Oaxaca llevado a cabo en 2005. Resultados. Comparado con el modelo geoespacial, el ERO asignó 48% de las localidades a centros de salud más lejanos y 23% de los centros de salud a hospitales más lejanos. Conclusiones. El modelo calculado en este estudio generó una regionalización más eficiente que el ERO de Oaxaca, minimizando el tiempo de viaje para el acceso a los servicios de salud. Este modelo ha sido adoptado por la Dirección General de Planeación y Desarrollo en Salud para la instrumentación del Plan Maestro Sectorial de Recursos para la Atención de la Salud.Objective. To develop an automated model for the operational regionalization needed in the planning of the health service networks proposed by the new Mexican health care model (Modelo Integrador de Servicios de Salud MIDAS. Material and Methods. Using available data for México during 2005 and 2007, a geospatial model was developed to estimate potential catchment areas around health facilities based on access travel time. The results were compared with an operational regionalization (ERO study manually carried out in Oaxaca with 2005 data. Results. The ERO assigned 48% of villages to health care centers further away than those assigned by the geospatial model, and 23% of these health centers referred patients to more distant hospitals. Conclusions. The model calculated by this study generated a more efficient regionalization than the ERO model, minimizing travel

A cross-sectional study of factors underlying the risk of female nurses' suffering abuse by their partners Estudio transversal sobre factores de riesgo de sufrir violencia por compañero íntimo en la mujer enfermera Estudo transversal sobre fatores de risco de violência por parceiro íntimo entre enfermeiras

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María-Aurora Rodríguez-Borrego

2012-02-01

Full Text Available This study aimed to identify factors underlying the risk of suffering abuse by a partner. A cross-sectional study of 622 female nurses was accomplished, randomly chosen at their place of work, at a hospital and health centers. We used a self-administered validated questionnaire that covered psychological, physical and sexual abuse, complemented by a set of sociodemographic questions. The nurses at most risk of being abused by their partners were those who supported their family by their own salary (Odds Ratio: 2.41 [0.63-9.15], those who lived with dependents (Odds Ratio: 4.27 [1.43-2.78] and had a partner from social class IIIa (Odds Ratio: 2.62 [1.37-5.00]. The data appear to indicate financial independence as a risk factor for this type of abuse.Se tuvo por objetivo investigar los factores de riesgo relacionados al maltrato por compañero íntimo. Se trata de un estudio transversal realizado en 622 enfermeras, elegidas por aleatorización de sus lugares de trabajo, Hospitales y Centros de Salud. Se utilizó un cuestionario autoadministrado sobre maltratos psicológico, físico y sexual, complementado con preguntas de carácter sociodemográfico. Las mujeres enfermeras con mayor probabilidad de sufrir violencia del compañero íntimo fueron las que mantienen la familia con su salario (Odds Ratio: 2,41 [0,63-9,15], las que conviven con hijos (Odds Ratio: 4,27 [1,43-2,78] y las con pareja de clase social IIIa (Odds Ratio: 2.62 [1.37-5.00]. Se concluye que los datos parecen indicar que la independencia constituye un riesgo de maltrato.O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar os fatores de risco de abuso por parceiro íntimo entre enfermeiras. Trata-se de estudo transversal, realizado com 622 enfermeiras, selecionadas aleatoriamente nos seus locais de trabalho (hospitais e centros de saúde. Utilizou-se um questionário autoadministrado sobre maus-tratos psicológico, físico e sexual, complementado com perguntas de caráter sociodemográfico. As

La vie dans l'Univers

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2001-01-01

The Universe is indescribably huge. Can it be possible that humanity is the only form of intelligent life that exists in all this immensity? Are we really alone ? Throughout history there have been reported sightings of creatures from elsewhere. Science fiction novels and films with flying saucers and bizarre looking aliens are part of our general culture. Perhaps the Earth is really only an experiment designed by mice and soon we will all be destroyed to make way for a new interstellar highway!

L'origine de l'univers

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Duplat, Guy

2005-01-01

Sixty about the most brilliant physicists in cosmology meet in Bruxelles. They want to reconcile Einstein's theory and quantic mechanic, and upset our vision of the world since the Big Bang to the borders of the universe

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Jul 27, 2014 ... investment in infrastructure the world over, close to 3 billion people, or about 40% of the world s population ... water supply, sanitation and sewerage; and public works such ... (2006) stated that one of the benchmarks used in ...

Corrosion Control through a Better Understanding of the Metallic Substrate/Organic Coating/Interface.

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1980-12-01

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Program and Abstracts of the National Meeting of the Society for Leukocyte Biology (25th) Held in Washington, DC on October 27-30, 1988. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. Volume 44, Number 4

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1988-10-01

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Mammalian complex I: A regulable and vulnerable pacemaker in mitochlondrial respiratory function

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Papa, S.; De Rasmo, D.; Scacco, S.; Signorile, A.; Dobrová, Zuzana; Palmisano, G.; Sardanelli, A. M.; Papa, F.; Panelli, D.; Scaringi, R.; Santeramo, A.

2008-01-01

Roč. 1777, 7-8 (2008), s. 719-728 ISSN 0005-2728 Grant - others:IT(IT) National Project on "Molecular Mechanisms, Physiology and Pathology of Membrane Bioenergetics System" 2005-Ministero dell Istruzione, Univ. Ricerca, Italy, Res. grant Univ. Bari, Research Foundation cassa di Risparmio di Puglia Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z50200510 Keywords : complex I * proton pump * mitochondrial import Subject RIV: EE - Microbiology, Virology Impact factor: 4.447, year: 2008

Kompetensi Kewirausahaan Pribadi dan Semangat Kewirausahaan Mahasiswa di Jember

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Hidayah, Tamriatin; Sulaksono, Hary

2015-01-01

Entrepreneurship education will be integrated into the education system has the potential to support economic growth. Sector of entrepreneur should start to grow, not only for the general public, but also among the students. On the other side, there were many differences in the Personal Entrepreneurial Competency (PEC) among students between state univer-sities and private universities. Target of research was description potency and intention of student in private university and state univers...

Gamma noise in CCDs

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Autio, G.W.; Bafico, M.A.

1975-01-01

The overall results indicated that charge coupled devices (CCD) used to read out detector signals or as signal processing electronics in future space sensors can operate real time in a high ionising radiation environment. Future work should be directed towards hardening the CCDs during the fabrication processes in order that they may survive total radiation doses up to 1 x 10 6 Rad (Si) and toward investigating ionising radiation effects in CCDs that are coupled with i.r. detectors. CCD devices employed to read out detector signals can be made capable of handling radiation induced excess noise and high false alarm rates generated in the detector elements. Ionising radiation effects induced in the detectors are expected to dominate those generated directly in the CCD readout structure; how much depends on the relative size of the detector. The low frequency γ induced excess noise measured in the CCD/MOSFET structure could cause problems for space sensors required to operate in real time only at the very high γ flux levels. Discrimination and circumvention techniques at the CCD ERO output are possible. γ pulses measured at the CCD ERO output were distributed in amplitude and exhibited variable pulse widths (some were many times a clock period). (author)

The X-ray view of EROs

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Brusa, M.; Comastri, A.; Daddi, E.; Cimatti, A.; Vignali, C.

(1) Dip. Astronomia Bologna University, via Ranzani 1, I-40127 Bologna ITALY (2) INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, via Ranzani 1, I-40127 Bologna ITALY (3) ESO - European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, D-85748 Garching bei Muenchen Germany (4) INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, I-55025 Firenze, Italy (5) Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Pennsylvania State University, 525 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802, USA

A Johnny, compañero indispensable

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Ocampo, Ángel

2013-01-01

Se trata de presentar al ser, al humano, al hombre-profesor universitario caracterizado por la puesta en práctica de sus valores: actuar con sencillez, humildad, preocuparse por el otro, el humilde avasallado; ser honestoy actuar con dignidad y tesón según lo dicten la conciencia y los valores que se abrigan, a pesar de toda circunstancia, denunciando la injusticia

Dynamic control of low-Z material deposition and tungsten erosion by strike point sweeping on DIII-D

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J. Guterl

2017-08-01

Full Text Available Carbon deposition on tungsten between ELMs was investigated in DIII-D in semi-attached/detached H-mode plasma conditions using fixed outer strike point (OSP positions. Carbon deposition during plasma exposure of tungsten was monitored in-situ by measuring the reflectivity of the tungsten sample surface. No significant carbon deposition, i.e., without strong variations of the reflectivity, was observed during these experiments including discharges at high densities. In contrast, ERO modeling predicts a significant carbon deposition on the tungsten surface for those high density plasma conditions. The surface reflectivity decreases with methane injection, consistent with increased carbon coverage, as expected. The sweeping of OSP leads to a pronounced increase of the surface reflectivity, suggesting that the strike point sweeping may provide an effective means to remove carbon coating from tungsten surface. The ERO modeling however predicts again a regime of carbon deposition for these experiments. The discrepancies between carbon deposition regime predicted by the ERO model and the experimental observations suggest that carbon erosion during ELMs may significantly affect carbon deposition on tungsten.

Aux frontières de l'astrophysique et de la philosophie entre infiniment grand et infiniment petit

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2014-01-01

« L’Univers est en changement. Nous ne sommes pas des étrangers dans l’Univers : les récentes découvertes en astrophysique apportent la preuve de notre lien étroit avec tout ce qui brille dans le ciel ». par Hubert Reeves Conférence en français – Traduction simultanée en anglais À vos agendas ! Hubert Reeves, astrophysicien, philosophe et grand communicateur, est de retour au Globe de la science et de l’innovation, deux ans après la découverte du boson de Higgs au CERN, pour parler des frontières de la physique, de l’astronomie et de la philosophie. Si vous vous êtes déjà demandé dans quelle mesure cette découverte a changé notre connaissance de l’Univers et renforcé le lien entre le monde infinime...

Academic Training: Physics technologies in medicine

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Françoise Benz

2005-01-01

24, 25, 26, 27 January 2004-2005 ACADEMIC TRAINING PROGRAMME LECTURE SERIES from 11.00 to 12.00 hrs - Main Auditorium, bldg. 500 Physics technologies in medicine M. GILARDI / Univ. of Milano, I. - U. AMALDI / Univ. of Milano Bicocca and TERA Foundation - M. SCHOLZ / GSI, Darmstadt, D. - O. JÄKEL / Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, D Monday 24 January The frontiers of medical imaging M. GILARDI / Univ. of Milano, I. The lecture will deal with the evolution of diagnostic imaging techniques, focussing on tomographic methods (x rays Computerized Tomography, CT, Magnetic Resonance Imaging. MRI, Positron Emission Tomography, PET). The physical parameters characterizing the performance of current generation scanners and their potential future improvement will be discussed. The clinical diagnostic value of multi modal imaging and the relevance of image fusion to image guided radiotherapy will be also presented. Tuesday 25 January From the discovery of X-rays to CT/PET diagnostics and co...

Perdas de fósforo e potássio por erosão hídrica em um inceptisol sob chuva natural Phosphorus and potassium losses by water erosion in an inceptisol under natural rainfall

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I. Bertol

2004-06-01

Full Text Available Sistemas inadequados de manejo do solo favorecem a erosão hídrica, perdas de nutrientes e poluição das águas superficiais, acelerando a degradação ambiental. As perdas de P e K por erosão hídrica foram avaliadas entre 1999 e 2001, em um Cambissolo Húmico alumínico léptico com 0,102 m m-1 de declividade, em Lages (SC, sob condições de chuva natural, em diferentes sistemas de manejo do solo. Os tratamentos de preparo do solo foram: semeadura direta em seis anos (SDI6, semeadura direta em nove anos (SDI9, escarificação + gradagem em nove anos (E + G9 e aração + duas gradagens em nove anos (A + 2G9, cada um com duas parcelas experimentais, sendo uma parcela submetida à rotação das culturas de feijão, ervilhaca, milho e aveia e a outra, à sucessão de soja, trigo, soja e trigo, além de um tratamento-testemunha, constituído por aração + duas gradagens sem cultivo, em nove anos (SSC9. O P e o K foram determinados tanto na água quanto nos sedimentos da enxurrada. As concentrações dos dois elementos foram maiores nos sedimentos do que na água da enxurrada. Tanto na água quanto nos sedimentos da enxurrada, os preparos de solo conservacionistas proporcionaram maiores concentrações de P e K do que os preparos de solo convencionais. As perdas totais de K foram maiores na água do que nos sedimentos da enxurrada, com exceção do manejo SSC9. Com relação às perdas de P, apenas nos manejos SDI6 e SDI9 elas foram maiores na água do que nos sedimentos. No caso da água da enxurrada, as perdas totais de P foram maiores nos manejos SDI6 e SDI9, enquanto as de K variaram com os preparos conservacionistas e convencionais, sem apresentarem tendência clara. No caso do sedimento da enxurrada, as perdas totais de K foram menores nos preparos conservacionistas, mas as de P foram menores apenas nos manejos SDI6 e SDI9.Inadequate soil management systems can lead to water erosion, nutrient losses and superficial water pollution

ALEITAMENTO MATERNO EXCLUSIVO E AUTOEFICÁCIA MATERNA ENTRE MULHERES EM SITUAÇÃO DE VIOLÊNCIA POR PARCEIRO ÍNTIMO

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Full Text Available Este estúdio tiene como evaluar la práctica de la lactancia materna entre mujeres em situación de violência del compañero íntimo durante elembarazo actual para la duración de lan lactancia materna exclusiva, el nivel de autoeficacia de amamantar y factores relacionados a la iniciación, el establecimiento de la lactancia y el destete precoz. Estudio transversal. 63 mujeres participaron em situación de violência del compañero íntimo em el embarazo actual, identificado por encuesta em el servicio prenatal. La recolección de datos se realizo em el prenatal y postparto. Se utilizo um cuestionario de identificación de violência del compañero íntimo, Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale y información de los registros médicos. El promedio de días de lactancia materna exclusiva fue 19,08. No hubo asociacióne stadísticamente significativa entre la duración de la lactancia materna exclusiva a los 30 y 70 días después del parto y tipos de violência del compañero, asi como prácticas de cuidado con nível de autoeficacia de amamentar. Se encontro asociación entre el tipo de lactancia materna a los 30 y 70 días después del parto y mejores condiciones vitales de lo recien nacido con el nível de autoeficacia de amamentar.

Love Styles in the Context of Life History Theory

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Marzec Magdalena

2017-06-01

Full Text Available The evolutionary function of love is to create a strong bond between the partners with reproduction in view. In order to achieve this goal, humans use various sexual/reproductive strategies, which have evolved due to specific reproductive benefits. The use of particular strategies depends on many factors but one of the most important is early childhood experiences, on which life history theory (LHT focuses. John Lee (1973 identified 6 basic love styles: eros, ludus, storge, pragma, agape, and mania. Our goal was to check whether love styles may be treated as sexual/reproductive strategies in the context of LHT - slow or fast strategy. In our study (N = 177 we found that people who prefer the slow reproductive strategy are inclined to show passionate, pragmatic and friendly love, and those who prefer the fast strategy, treated love as a game. A low level of environmental stress in childhood results in preferring eros, storge and agape love styles, belonging to the slow strategy, and a high one results in preferring ludus, which belongs to the fast strategy. People representing eros, storge or pragma styles have restricted sociosexual orientation so they prefer long-term relationships, whereas those with the ludus style are people with unrestricted orientation, preferring short-term relationships. Besides, storge, agape and pragma seem to determine preferring qualities connected with parental effort in one’s partner, mania - with mating effort, and eros - with both kinds of effort. No correlation was found between the love style and the number of children.

El impacto de la desigualdad de género en la violencia del compañero íntimo en España The impact of gender inequality on intimate partner iolence in Spain

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Carmen Vives-Cases

2007-06-01

Full Text Available Objetivo: Explorar la distribución geográfica de la mortalidad y las denuncias por violencia del compañero íntimo (VCI según el índice de desarrollo de género (IDG de las provincias españolas. Métodos: Estudio ecológico basado en el IDG por provincias y muertes y denuncias de mujeres por VCI de 1997 a 2004. Fuentes: Informe sobre Capital Humano y Desarrollo Humano en España, Anuario Estadístico del Ministerio del Interior, y página web de la Federación de Mujeres Separadas y Divorciadas. Se agruparon las provincias según su situación por encima o por debajo de la media española de IDG (0,895. Se calcularon las tasas de mortalidad ajustadas por edad y las tasas brutas de denuncias para los 2 grupos de provincias (las de IDG alto y bajo. Se calcularon los riesgos relativos (RR y los intervalos de confianza (IC para analizar el riesgo de morir y denunciar VCI en provincias con un IDG bajo en comparación con las de un IDG alto. Resultados: El riesgo de morir por VCI de las mujeres que viven en provincias con un IDG bajo es mayor respecto a las mujeres que viven en provincias con un IDG alto (RR = 1,328; IC del 95%, 1,253-1,406. Asimismo, el riesgo de denunciar VCI en las provincias con un IDG bajo es mayor en comparación con las que presentan un IDG alto (RR = 1,468; IC del 95%, 1,462-1,474. Conclusiones: Aunque hay una cierta tendencia a desarrollar respuestas en torno a la VCI centradas en las causas individuales, los resultados obtenidos sugieren que la reducción del problema requiere estrategias de promoción de la igualdad de género en España.Objective: To explore the geographical distribution of mortality due to intimate partner violence (IPV and reports of IPV according to the gender development index (GDI of Spanish provinces. Methods: We performed an ecological study, based on GDI by provinces, of deaths from IPV and official complaints of IPV made by women between 1997 and 2004. The sources were the "Report on Human

Y a-t-il eu un instant zéro ?

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Klein, Etienne

2015-01-01

D'où vient l'univers ? Et d'où vient même qu'il y ait un univers ? Aura-t-il une fin ? Pourquoi les humains y sont-ils apparus ? Si ces questions nous obsèdent depuis toujours, celle de l'origine demeure la plus mystérieuse, la plus vertigineuse, d'où la profusion de discours — mythologiques, religieux ou philosophiques — qui tentent d'y répondre. C'est grâce à la science, aux découvertes de Newton, Galilée, Edwin Hubble, Alexandre Friedmann et Georges Lemaître, qu'on peut retracer le grand récit de l'univers, remonter son histoire à 13,7 milliards d'années, jusqu'à cette phase très dense et très chaude qu'on a appelée le big bang. Mais celui-ci n'est pas pour autant, comme on l'a imaginé, cette explosion originelle qui aurait créé tout ce qui existe. Cet instant zéro, peut-on le décrire, le penser, raconter d'où il peut bien provenir ? Et d'où serait venu l'univers d'avant le big bang ? Mystère ! Qu'il y ait eu origine ou pas, on ne part donc jamais de zéro. En parler, c'est p...

Isotopic composition of nitrate in the central Arabian Sea and eastern tropical North Pacific: A tracer for mixing and nitrogen cycles

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Adaptive Incentive Controls for Stackelberg Games with Unknown Cost Functionals.

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1984-01-01

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The Type Ia Supernova Rate at z~0.5 from the Supernova Legacy Survey

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Neill, J. D.; Sullivan, M.; Balam, D.; Pritchet, C. J.; Howell, D. A.; Perrett, K.; Astier, P.; Aubourg, E.; Basa, S.; Carlberg, R. G.; Conley, A.; Fabbro, S.; Fouchez, D.; Guy, J.; Hook, I.; Pain, R.; Palanque-Delabrouille, N.; Regnault, N.; Rich, J.; Taillet, R.; Aldering, G.; Antilogus, P.; Arsenijevic, V.; Balland, C.; Baumont, S.; Bronder, J.; Ellis, R. S.; Filiol, M.; Gonçalves, A. C.; Hardin, D.; Kowalski, M.; Lidman, C.; Lusset, V.; Mouchet, M.; Mourao, A.; Perlmutter, S.; Ripoche, P.; Schlegel, D.; Tao, C.

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We present a measurement of the distant Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) rate derived from the first 2 yr of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Supernova Legacy Survey. We observed four 1deg×1deg fields with a typical temporal frequency of ~4 observer-frame days over time spans of 158-211 days per season for each field, with breaks during the full Moon. We used 8-10 m class telescopes for spectroscopic follow-up to confirm our candidates and determine their redshifts. Our starting sample consists of 73 spectroscopically verified SNe Ia in the redshift range 0.2=0.47)=[0.42+0.13-0.09(syst.)+/-0.06(stat.)×10-4 yr-1 Mpc3, assuming h=0.7, Ωm=0.3, and a flat cosmology. Using recently published galaxy luminosity functions derived in our redshift range, we derive a SN Ia rate per unit luminosity of rL(=0.47)=0.154+0.048-0.033(syst.)+0.039-0.031(stat.) SN units. Using our rate alone, we place an upper limit on the component of SN Ia production that tracks the cosmic star formation history of 1 SN Ia per 103 Msolar of stars formed. Our rate and other rates from surveys using spectroscopic sample confirmation display only a modest evolution out to z=0.55. Based on observations obtained with MegaPrime/MegaCam, a joint project of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) and CEA/DAPNIA, at CFHT, which is operated by the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada, the Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) of France, and the University of Hawaii. This work is based in part on data products produced at the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre as part of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey, a collaborative project of NRC and CNRS. This work is also based on observations obtained at the European Southern Observatory using the Very Large Telescope on the Cerro Paranal (ESO Large Program 171.A-0486), and on observations (programs GN-2004A-Q-19, GS-2004A-Q-11, GN-2003B-Q-9, and GS-2003B-Q-8) obtained at the Gemini

Assesment of soil erosion by 137Cs technique in native forests in Londrina City, Parana, Brazil

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2007-11-01

Full Text Available The aim of this work was to assess the soil erosion process in native forest by the 137Cs methodology. The mass balance model was applied to assess the rates of soil loss in three native forests around of Londrina city, Paraná, Brazil. 137Cs distribution depth was of exponential type for the three forests and 137Cs inventory was 241 Bq m-2 for Mata 1, 338 Bq m-2 for Mata 2 and 325 Bq m-2 for Mata UEL. The soil loss value calculated for three native forests was: 6,684 kg ha-1 yr-1 for Mata 1, 1,788 kg ha-1 yr-1 for Mata 2 and 4,524 kg ha-1 yr-1 for Mata UEL.O processo de erosão de solo em floresta nativa tem sido pouco investigado. Como a metodologia do césio-137 dá resultados tanto de taxas de erosão de solo como a bioturbação no perfil de solo, ele tem sido usado para avaliar o processo de erosão de solo nestes ecossistemas. O modelo de balanço de massa foi aplicado para avaliar as taxas de perdas de solo em três florestas nativas na região de Londrina, Paraná, Brasil. A distribuição em profundidade do césio-137 para as três florestas é do tipo exponencial. O inventário de césio-137 foi de 241 Bq m-2 para Mata 1, 338 Bq m-2 para Mata 2 e 325 Bq m-2 para Mata UEL.O valor de perda de solo calculado para Mata 1 foi 6,684 kg ha-1 yr-1, 1,788 kg ha-1 yr-1 para Mata 2 e 4,524 kg ha-1 yr-1 para Mata UEL.

MAPEAMENTO DAS ÁREAS SUSCETÍVEIS À EROSÃO HÍDRICA NOS MUNICÍPIOS DE CALDAS NOVAS, NOVA AMÉRICA E RIO QUENTE (GO MAPPING THE EROSION SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS OF CALDAS NOVAS, NOVA AMÉRICA AND RIO QUENTE, GOIÁS - BRASIL

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A importância de mapear as áreas suscetíveis à erosão hídrica nos municípios de Caldas Novas, Nova América e Rio Quente deve-se ao fato de que eles apresentaram os maiores índices de precipitação pluviométrica e pelo potencial que os mesmos representam para o estado de Goiás, principalmente o turístico. Na elaboração desses mapas, estabeleceram-se preliminarmente os planos de informação referentes às classes de solo, à declividade e ao uso do solo através de digitalização, empregando o software SGI/INPE, e a espacialização da intensidade de precipitação com duração de 30 minutos sobre a base cartográfica dos municípios, obtendo assim os mapas temáticos. Através do cruzamento dos mapas temáticos, foram classificadas e mapeadas as áreas suscetíveis à erosão hídrica. A metodologia empregada mostrou-se satisfatória, permitindo gerar os mapas temáticos das áreas suscetíveis à erosão hídrica nos municípios estudados que servirão de orientação para os trabalhos de campo.

PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Erosão; sistema de informação geográfica; conservação do solo.

The importance of mapping the erosion susceptible areas of Caldas Novas, Nova América and Rio Quente is that these municipalities present high rainfall rates and the potential they represent for the Goiás state, mostly for tourism. As a preliminary to elaborate these maps the soil type, slope and use of classes information were planned through digitalization using the SGI/INPE software, and a spatialization of the 30 minutes rainfall intensity over the municipalities cartographic base, obtaining the thematic maps. Through thematic maps crossing, the erosion susceptible areas were classified and mapped. The methodology used was considered satisfactory and generated the thematic

ROUND-ROBIN ATOM-PROBE EXPERIMENT : PRELIMINARY RESULTS IN JAPAN

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A round-robin experiment were to be carried out by 6 laboratories in Japan (Nishikawa ; Tokyo Inst. Tech., Sakurai and Igata ; Univ. of Tokyo, Ishikawa ; Hitachi, Tanino ; Nippon Steel Corp. and Nakamura ; Osaka Univ.) under the normal operating condition (T < l00 °K,. pulse fraction ~ 15% ~, P < 10-9 torr). Fe-Cr-Al and W-25%Re alloys, which are divided from a single wire were chosen as the specimen materials. A preliminary analysis of the W-Re alloy of the laboratory concerned show the good...

Due South special research 2002; Plein sud special recherche 2002

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This document gives a general overview of the research works carried out in the different laboratories belonging to Paris Sud University which cover a wide range of disciplines like pharmacy (Chatenay-Malabry univ.), astrophysics, sport science, neuro-biology, theoretical and particle physics, molecular catalysis, physical chemistry, mathematics, electronics, computer science (Orsay univ.), medicine and surgery (Kremlin-Bicetre), public law and economics (Sceaux). One article deals with the BaBar collaboration and the first results obtained on CP violation at the linear accelerator laboratory of Orsay. (J.S.)

Monitoring of internet forums to evaluate reactions to the introduction of reformulated OxyContin to deter abuse.

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McNaughton, Emily C; Coplan, Paul M; Black, Ryan A; Weber, Sarah E; Chilcoat, Howard D; Butler, Stephen F

2014-05-02

Reformulating opioid analgesics to deter abuse is one approach toward improving their benefit-risk balance. To assess sentiment and attempts to defeat these products among difficult-to-reach populations of prescription drug abusers, evaluation of posts on Internet forums regarding reformulated products may be useful. A reformulated version of OxyContin (extended-release oxycodone) with physicochemical properties to deter abuse presented an opportunity to evaluate posts about the reformulation in online discussions. The objective of this study was to use messages on Internet forums to evaluate reactions to the introduction of reformulated OxyContin and to identify methods aimed to defeat the abuse-deterrent properties of the product. Posts collected from 7 forums between January 1, 2008 and September 30, 2013 were evaluated before and after the introduction of reformulated OxyContin on August 9, 2010. A quantitative evaluation of discussion levels across the study period and a qualitative coding of post content for OxyContin and 2 comparators for the 26 month period before and after OxyContin reformulation were conducted. Product endorsement was estimated for each product before and after reformulation as the ratio of endorsing-to-discouraging posts (ERo). Post-to-preintroduction period changes in ERos (ie, ratio of ERos) for each product were also calculated. Additionally, post content related to recipes for defeating reformulated OxyContin were evaluated from August 9, 2010 through September 2013. Over the study period, 45,936 posts related to OxyContin, 18,685 to Vicodin (hydrocodone), and 23,863 to Dilaudid (hydromorphone) were identified. The proportion of OxyContin-related posts fluctuated between 6.35 and 8.25 posts per 1000 posts before the reformulation, increased to 10.76 in Q3 2010 when reformulated OxyContin was introduced, and decreased from 9.14 in Q4 2010 to 3.46 in Q3 2013 in the period following the reformulation. The sentiment profile for Oxy

Práticas agrícolas no cultivo da mandioca e suas relações com o escoamento superficial, perdas de solo e água

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Full Text Available RESUMOObjetivou-se com esta pesquisa avaliar as características hidráulicas do escoamento superficial e o desempenho de práticas agrícolas sob a cultura da mandioca, no controle da erosão hídrica em Latossolo Amarelo álico coeso de textura franco argilo-arenosa. O experimento foi conduzido em uma área de 240 m2 e declividade de 0,07 m m-1, na Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brasil. O arranjo experimental foi em delineamento inteiramente casualizado, com quatro tratamentos e três repetições, em parcelas de erosão com área de 3 m2, sob três intensidades de chuva simulada: 62 mm h-1, 90 mm h-1 (intensidade constante e 40 e 90 mm h-1 (intensidade variável e condições de cobertura. Foram adotados os seguintes tratamentos: Mandioca morro abaixo (MMA, mandioca morro abaixo com cobertura morta (MMA+CM, mandioca em nível consorciada com feijão-caupi (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp. e cobertura morta (MN+F+CM e mandioca em nível consorciada com feijão-caupi (MN+F. A classificação do regime de escoamento superficial como laminar lento permitiu indicar a ocorrência de erosão entressulcos nos tratamentos MMA e MN+F. O tratamento MMA mostrou-se uma prática susceptível à erosão hídrica, proporcionando perda total de solo de 3.912 kg ha-1 e 21,5% de água, sendo 8,1 e 9,3 vezes maior em relação ao tratamento MN+F, enquanto nos tratamentos com cobertura morta não ocorreu erosão hídrica. A aplicação de cobertura morta e consórcio de culturas reduziram significativamente as perdas de solo e água, podendo ser utilizada pelos agricultores como técnica de conservação do solo e água.

The project scientist's role in scientific spacecraft project management. M.S. Thesis - George Washington Univ.

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Eller, E. L.

1976-01-01

The project scientists is in a position which rates very high in terms of behavioral study recommendations. His influence over objectives is generally considered to be important. He is highly autonomous in a moderately coordinated environment. He has diverse managerial and technical functions and the performance of these functions require him to grow beyond his role as an experimenter. However, the position within the line organization for those interviewed is also very stimulating, rating almost as high by the same criteria. The role of project scientist may not be the dominant means of professional growth for the experienced scientific investigators. The influence which the project scientist exerts on the project and the stimulation of that position for him are determined largely by his position outside the defined project scientist role. The role of the project scientist is changing because the environment of those who become project scientists is changing.

Asteroids: up close and personal

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Chapman, Clark R. [Southwest Research Institute (United States)

2001-06-01

Think of our solar system. The Sun, the Moon and the nine planets come to mind first, followed by the moons of other planets and other small bodies like asteroids. In 1991, almost 30 years after planetary exploration began, an asteroid was visited by a passing spacecraft for the first time. Nearly another decade elapsed before the first dedicated asteroid mission went into orbit around Eros, a city-sized object some 34 km long. And earlier this year, the NEAR, Shoemaker spacecraft daringly descended to the surface of Eros and landed safely. Asteroids have been pushed to the tail-end of the itinerary of solar-system exploration because of their diminutive sizes. Indeed, the wealth of low-gravity phenomena associated with asteroids has captured the imagination of both researchers and the public alike. In the June issue of Physics World Clark R Chapman of the Southwest Research Institute, US, explains how the landing of a spacecraft on the asteroid Eros earlier this year has given space scientists the best view yet of small planetary bodies and has opened a new window on the solar system. (U.K.)

Different redox sensitivity of endoplasmic reticulum associated degradation clients suggests a novel role for disulphide bonds in secretory proteins.

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Medraño-Fernandez, Iria; Fagioli, Claudio; Mezghrani, Alexandre; Otsu, Mieko; Sitia, Roberto

2014-04-01

To maintain proteostasis in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), terminally misfolded secretory proteins must be recognized, partially unfolded, and dislocated to the cytosol for proteasomal destruction, in a complex process called ER-associated degradation (ERAD). Dislocation implies reduction of inter-chain disulphide bonds. When in its reduced form, protein disulphide isomerase (PDI) can act not only as a reductase but also as an unfoldase, preparing substrates for dislocation. PDI oxidation by Ero1 favours substrate release and transport across the ER membrane. Here we addressed the redox dependency of ERAD and found that DTT stimulates the dislocation of proteins with DTT-resistant disulphide bonds (i.e., orphan Ig-μ chains) but stabilizes a ribophorin mutant (Ri332) devoid of them. DTT promotes the association of Ri332, but not of Ig-µ, with PDI. This discrepancy may suggest that disulphide bonds in cargo proteins can be utilized to oxidize PDI, hence facilitating substrate detachment and degradation also in the absence of Ero1. Accordingly, Ero1 silencing retards Ri332 degradation, but has little if any effect on Ig-µ. Thus, some disulphides can increase the stability and simultaneously favour quality control of secretory proteins.

ANÁLISIS DE LOS ENFOQUES DE APRENDIZAJE EN ESTUDIANTES DE JORNADA NOCTURNA EN RELACIÓN CON ACTIVIDADES LÚDICAS Y RECREATIVAS BASADAS EN EL JUEGO

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Full Text Available Se reportan resultados de una experiencia a partir de un trabajo lúdico y recreativo, basado en el juego, dirigido por estudiantes del ciclo 302 de la jornada nocturna de una institución educativa, orientados por los docentes investigadores, e impartido a los compañeros de los demás ciclos. Estos conducen a concluir que los estudiantes del ciclo 302, impulsados por una motivación intrínseca, han guiado su aprendizaje bajo un enfoque profundo. Los estudiantes de los otros ciclos, al verse orientados por sus compañeros, han mostrado una actitud de convivencia y de competencia que es necesario seguir cultivando.

Aplicação da Equação Universal de Perda do Solo (USLE) em Softwares Livres e Gratuitos

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Amanda Fernandes Barbosa; Everton Falcão de Oliveira; Camila Leonardo Mioto; Antonio Conceição Paranhos Filho

2015-01-01

A erosão é uma das formas mais prejudiciais de degradação do solo. Além de reduzir o potencial produtivo das culturas, pode causar sérios danos ambientais, como poluição dos meios híbridos, com a consequente alteração dos ecossistemas aquáticos e assoreamento dos cursos de água. A Equação Universal de Perda do Solo (USLE), que permite estimar a erosão, sob variadas condições de uso e cobertura do solo, declividade, comprimento de rampa, tipos de solo e chuva, por meio da elaboraçã...

Body composition, metabolism, sleep, psychological and eating patterns of overtraining syndrome: Results of the EROS study (EROS-PROFILE).

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Cadegiani, Flavio A; Kater, Claudio E

2018-08-01

Overtraining syndrome (OTS) is caused by an imbalance between training, nutrition and resting, and leads to decreased performance and fatigue; however, the precise underlying triggers of OTS remain unclear. This study investigated the body composition, metabolism, eating, sleeping patterns and mood states among participants with OTS. Selected participants were divided into OTS-affected athletes (OTS, n = 14), healthy athletes (ATL, n = 25), and healthy non-physically active controls (NCS, n = 12). Compared to ATL, OTS showed decreased sleep quality (p = 0.004); increased duration of work or study (p sleep, and increased cognitive activity are likely OTS triggers. OTS appears to induce dehydration, increase body fat, decrease libido, and worsen mood.

Den sproglige leg er super fly

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2013-01-01

Man kan rappe om alt. I hvert fald hvis man er Marvelous Mosell. I spændingsfeltet mellem fiktion og virkelighed skaber Mosell sin persona i et forjættende 80' er-univers der på en og samme tid er vildt overdrevet og helt autentisk.......Man kan rappe om alt. I hvert fald hvis man er Marvelous Mosell. I spændingsfeltet mellem fiktion og virkelighed skaber Mosell sin persona i et forjættende 80' er-univers der på en og samme tid er vildt overdrevet og helt autentisk....

Validation of remotely-sensed evapotranspiration and NDWI using ground measurements at Riverlands, South Africa

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2014-03-01

Full Text Available .P 5000, Argentina 3EHCPA, Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Av. Armada Argentina 3555, Campus Córdoba, C.P 5017, Argentina 4Estadística y Biometría, Facultad Ciencias Agropecuarias, Av Valparaiso S/N, Campus Univ. Nacional de Córdoba, C.P 5000, Argentina 5...CETA, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas Exactas y Naturales, Av Filloy S/N, Campus Univ. Nacional de Córdoba, C.P 5000, Argentina ABSTRACT Quantification of the water cycle components is key to managing water resources. Remote sensing techniques and products...

Violencia física contra la mujer en Santa Fe de Bogotá: prevalencia y factores asociados

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2001-01-01

Full Text Available Objetivos. Estimar la magnitud del problema de la violencia conyugal que afecta a las mujeres que acuden a los servicios de salud pública en Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia, e identificar los factores asociados con el riesgo de ser agredidas físicamente. Métodos. Se analizaron los datos recolectados desde septiembre de 1998 hasta septiembre de 1999 mediante entrevistas de las 3 971 mujeres con niños menores de 6 meses de edad, que solicitaron consulta por diversas causas pediátricas (control del niño sano, vacunación o morbilidad del menor o fueron atendidas por parto en la red de servicios de salud pública en la localidad de Suba, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia. De la muestra indicada, 10 mujeres rehusaron participar y 804 no tenían compañero, por lo cual se excluyeron de los análisis. Resultados. De las 3 157 participantes que convivían con un compañero íntimo, 26,5% informaron que habían sido abofeteadas o empujadas por su compañero actual y 13,3% que habían sido agredidas gravemente por medio de golpes con el puño cerrado, patadas, golpes con algún objeto, "golpizas" y amenazas con un cuchillo o arma de fuego. Además de lo anterior, 26,2% de ellas indicaron que su compañero les imponía alguna prohibición. En los análisis bivariados, la violencia se asoció significativamente con menos escolaridad y menores ingresos (P < 0,001, mayor número de hijos (P < 0,001, mayor tiempo de unión con el compañero actual (P < 0,001, mayor frecuencia de conflicto con la pareja (P < 0,001, ausencia de otros familiares en el hogar (P < 0,01, historia de maltrato en la familia de origen (P < 0,001 y prohibiciones por parte del compañero (P < 0,001. La frecuencia del conflicto con la pareja y las prohibiciones fueron los factores más fuertemente asociados con la violencia, según el análisis multivariado. Conclusiones. Los servicios de salud pública son un buen lugar para detectar a las víctimas de la violencia intrafamiliar. Deben

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Les plus grans spécialistes français sont réunis dans ce quatrième volume. Ils éclairent les grandes questions que pose la cosmologie, le Système solaire, les étoiles et les galaxies, la Terre, les océans et le climat, la matière et son organisation, l'évolution des mathématiques, la complexité, les transformations chimiques.

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Ceramic superconductivity research at Alfred Univ

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1990-01-01

A survey of the science and technology advances made by the research groups at Alfred will be presented. These ranges on the technology side from the first melt-textured and glass ceramic superconductors to recently demonstrating that 123 thin films can be deposited below the superconducting transition at atmospheric pressure using an aerosol plasma deposition technique. On the science side advances in understanding have come from looking at the crystal structures, high and low temperature reactions, phase equilibria, effects of doping and XRD standards. Recent advances will be summarized

Operationalization of Prediction, Hindcast, and Evaluation Systems using the Freie Univ Evaluation System Framework (Freva) incl. a Showcase in Decadal Climate Prediction

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Kadow, Christopher; Illing, Sebastian; Schartner, Thomas; Ulbrich, Uwe; Cubasch, Ulrich

2017-04-01

Operationalization processes are important for Weather and Climate Services. Complex data and work flows need to be combined fast to fulfill the needs of service centers. Standards in data and software formats help in automatic solutions. In this study we show a software solution in between hindcasts, forecasts, and validation to be operationalized. Freva (see below) structures data and evaluation procedures and can easily be monitored. Especially in the development process of operationalized services, Freva supports scientists and project partners. The showcase of the decadal climate prediction project MiKlip (fona-miklip.de) shows such a complex development process. Different predictions, scientists input, tasks, and time evolving adjustments need to be combined to host precise climate informations in a web environment without losing track of its evolution. The Freie Univ Evaluation System Framework (Freva - freva.met.fu-berlin.de) is a software infrastructure for standardized data and tool solutions in Earth system science. Freva runs on high performance computers to handle customizable evaluation systems of research projects, institutes or universities. It combines different software technologies into one common hybrid infrastructure, including all features present in the shell and web environment. The database interface satisfies the international standards provided by the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF). Freva indexes different data projects into one common search environment by storing the meta data information of the self-describing model, reanalysis and observational data sets in a database. This implemented meta data system with its advanced but easy-to-handle search tool supports users, developers and their plugins to retrieve the required information. A generic application programming interface (API) allows scientific developers to connect their analysis tools with the evaluation system independently of the programming language used. Users of the

Academic Training - LHC luminosity upgrade: detector challenges

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2006-01-01

ACADEMIC TRAINING LECTURE SERIES 13, 14, 15, March, from 11:00 to 12:00 - 16 March from 10:00 to 12:00 Main Auditorium, bldg. 500 on 14, 15 March, Council Room on 13, 16 March LHC luminosity upgrade: detector challenges A. De Roeck / CERN-PH, D. Bortoletto / Purdue Univ. USA, R. Wigmans / Texas, Tech Univ. USA, W. Riegler / CERN-PH, W. Smith / Wisconsin Univ. USA The upgrade of the LHC machine towards higher luminosity (1035 cm-2s-1) has been studied over the last few years. These studies have investigated scenarios to achieve the increase in peak luminosity by an order of magnitude, as well as the physics potential of such an upgrade and the impact of a machine upgrade on the LHC DETECTORS. This series of lectures will cover the following topics: Physics motivation and machine scenarios for an order of magnitude increase in the LHC peak luminosity (lecture 1) Detector challenges including overview of ideas for R&D programs by the LHC experiments: tracking and calorimetry, other new detector ...

An example of environmental applications of PTR-MS: characterization of pollution outflow from India and Arabia - biomass burning and fossil fuel combustion

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Wisthaler, A.; Hansel, A.; Stehr, J.W.; Dickerson, R.R.; Guazzotti, S.A.; Prather, K.A.

2002-01-01

Full text: One objective of the Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX 1999) was to characterize the chemical composition of pollution outflow from South Asia. Real-time single particle analysis (ATOFMS, Univ. of California- Riverside), CO analysis (Nondispersive Infrared Gas Filter Correlation Photometer, Univ. of Maryland) and fast-response VOC measurements (PTR-MS, Univ. of Innsbruck) measurements were performed onboard the NOAA R/V Ronald H. Brown. Gas phase and aerosol chemical composition of encountered air parcels changed according to their geographic origin traced by backtrajectory analysis (continental air from Arabia and India; maritime air). The relative strength of combustion related pollution sources (biomass burning (BB) vs. fossil fuel (FF) combustion) was determined from the relative abundance of different tracers: acetonitrile (BB), CO (BB and FF), submicron particles containing carbon but no potassium (FF), submicron particles containing carbon and potassium (BB and coal combustion), submicron particles containing carbon, potassium and lithium (coal combustion). Arabian air clearly reflected the signature of fossil fuel combustion, while air from the Indian subcontinent was strongly influenced by biomass burning. (author)

Suplementações nutricionais e estresse oxidativo: implicações na atividade física e no esporte

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2013-12-01

Full Text Available Exercícios físicos associados a uma dieta balanceada são importantes fatores para a promoção da saúde. Contudo, a realização de exercícios físicos intensos e prolongados ou de caráter exaustivo pode promover inflamação crônica, overtraining e maior susceptibilidade a infecções. Sendo causa ou consequência, um dos fatores que contribuem para estes efeitos é o aumento exacerbado da síntese de compostos pró-oxidantes, conhecidos como espécies reativas do oxigênio (ERO e nitrogênio (ERN. O aumento de ERO e ERN pode reduzir a capacidade antioxidante corporal, situação conhecida como estresse oxidativo. O estresse oxidativo tem sido relacionado como promotor de lesões a diversos constituintes celulares, principalmente sobre as membranas, efeito denominado como peroxidação lipídica. Para neutralizar os efeitos das ERO e ERN, o organismo dispõe do sistema de defesa antioxidante, localizado em diferentes compartimentos celulares e com funções diversas. Estudos têm, cada vez mais, demonstrado que o sistema antioxidante pode ser influenciado por intervenções nutricionais específicas, dentre as quais se incluem vitaminas, minerais, flavonóides e aminoácidos. Considerando o fato de muitas pessoas iniciarem a prática de exercícios físicos a cada dia, e que muitas destas ultrapassam seus limites, esta revisão visa abordar os principais sítios de síntese de ERO e ERN durante exercícios físicos, bem como possíveis estratégias nutricionais e seus mecanismos de ação sobre o sistema de defesa antioxidante.

Indicadores ambientais para o estudo da contribuição da bioengenharia na sucessão ecológica da Mata Ciliar na margem direita do Rio São Francisco - ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS FOR THE STUDY OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF BIOENGINEERING IN ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF FOREST IN CILIARY MARGIN RIGHT OF SÃO FRANCISCO RIVER

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Luisa Ferreira Ribeiro

2010-11-01

Full Text Available O maior problema ambiental que se destaca no rio São Francisco é a erosão, tais conseqüências ambientais são fornecidas entre elas o aumento da turbidez nos corpos hídricos, perda da área produtiva e assoreamento do rio devido à devastação das matas ciliares, o que acarreta a diminuição da biodiversidade na região. No processo de contenção da erosão, é necessário ser feito um estudo da mata ciliar, uma vez que a mesma pode auxiliar na contenção da erosão, preservando a integridade do solo contra os efeitos danosos da erosão. A utilização de indicadores para o estudo da sucessão ecológica de espécies de mata ciliar na margem direita do rio São Francisco oferece uma melhor compreensão e dimensão do problema que atinge a área. O presente trabalho tem por objetivo a construção de indicadores ambientais como ferramenta para uma melhor compreensão da contribuição da bioengenharia na sucessão ecológica na margem direita do Rio São Francisco. A identificação de indicadores ambientais para o estudo do sistema “contribuição da bioengenharia na sucessão ecológica da mata ciliar no Baixo São Francisco”, mostrou-se como uma ferramenta de grande importância para uma melhor compreensão do sistema, permitindo práticas de recuperação mais viáveis.

Los compañeros de don quijote

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Carrión, Alejandro

2010-01-01

1. El mundo contiguo; 2. La caballería, el caballero y sus potencias; 3. La caballería carolingia, semilla de las caballerías; 4. La nueva y misteriosa "materia de Bretaña"; 5. Los libros españoles de caballerías; 5. Proceso de los libros de caballerías; 6. Final.

TESIS - The TNG EROs Spectroscopic Identification Survey

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Saracco, P.; Longhetti, M.; Severgnini, P.; della Ceca, R.; Mannucci, F.; Ghinassi, F.; Drory, N.; Feulner, G.; Bender, R.; Maraston, C.; Hopp, U.

2003-06-01

The epoch at which massive galaxies (M [star] > 10^11M[ scriptstyle sun ]) have assembled provides crucial constraints on the current galaxy formation and evolution models. The LCDM hierarchical merging model predicts that massive galaxies are assembled through mergers of pre-existing disk galaxies at z 3 in a single episode of star formation and follow a pure luminosity evolution (PLE).

Representations of Eros: From Modernismo to Posmodernismo

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Alicia Rita Rueda-Acedo

2014-12-01

Full Text Available In this paper I explore eroticism as a key element in the evolution from modernismo to posmodernismo. If eroticism is a crucial component to understand the binary concept of the world and the universe present in modernist poetry, postmodernist poets distance themselves from this outlook towards a “critic system”. In order to explore this shift, I analyze the works of postmodernist poets such as Baldomero Fernández Moreno, Ramón López Velarde and Regino E. Boti, and vanguardist poet Nicanor Parra, comparing their writing to Rubén Darío’s. I emphasize the evolution from Darío’s conception of the universe where women play an integral role to Parra’s conception of the woman as a viper and how this change is related to a substantial change of the conception of poetry. I also study eroticism in the work of Alfonsina Storni, Delmira Agustini and Gabriela Mistral as an instrument to critic and review the patriarchal cannon imposed by modernism. These poets eliminate the connection between eroticism and beauty, and they claim eroticism as a differentiating tool in their feminist writing and agenda. Sex and eroticism are elements that define and differentiate modernism from postmodernism, and can be considered as a crucial turning point for this shift.

Lo que contienen los abrazos. El sentido ontológico, cronológico y cósmico-religioso del amor a partir del pensamiento de Bernhard Welte

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Ángel E. Garrido-Maturano

2012-11-01

Full Text Available On the basis of Bernhard Welte’s Dialectic of Love, the article develops a hermeneutic-phenomenological analysis of the ontological, chronological, and cosmic-religious meaning of eros. The article has three purposes. First, it attempts to show how the acknowledged cognitive capacity of love, which enables to see the particularity of the loved thou in a way that is inaccessible to objective knowledge, leads to an ontological con-creative event. Second, an elucidation of synchrony as the temporality essential to eros as an event is advanced. Finally, the article shows the degree in which erotic love is the sign-event of a cosmic-religious type of harmony that links lovers with all things.

Estimativa do potencial de degradação do solo antes e depois de um grande incêndio florestal numa bacia elementar de Alfândega da Fé

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Costa, Rui; Figueiredo, Tomás de; Fonseca, Felícia

2016-01-01

Os grandes incêndios florestais expõem o solo, em extensas áreas e por largo tempo, à degradação por erosão hídrica. O local de estudo, uma pequena bacia elementar em Alfândega da Fé, NE Portugal, apresenta ainda marcas do grande incêndio de Picões (Julho de 2013), que afetou cerca de 14000 ha. Este trabalho propos-se, através da avaliação das caraterísticas biofísicas e morfológicas da bacia e aplicando o modelo de erosão USLE (Equação Universal de Perda de Solo), estimar o risco potencial d...

Mineralogy of Interplanetary Dust Particles from the Comet Giacobini-Zinner Dust Stream Collections

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Nakamura-Messenger, K.; Messenger, S.; Westphal, A. J.; Palma, R. L.

2015-01-01

The Draconoid meteor shower, originating from comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, is a low-velocity Earth-crossing dust stream that had a peak anticipated flux on Oct. 8, 2012. In response to this prediction, NASA performed dedicated stratospheric dust collections to target interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) from this comet stream on Oct 15-17, 2012 [3]. Twelve dust particles from this targeted collection were allocated to our coordinated analysis team for studies of noble gas (Univ. Minnesota, Minnesota State Univ.), SXRF and Fe-XANES (SSL Berkeley) and mineralogy/isotopes (JSC). Here we report a mineralogical study of 3 IDPs from the Draconoid collection..

Recent advances in analysis and prediction of Rock Falls, Rock Slides, and Rock Avalanches using 3D point clouds

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Abellan, A.; Carrea, D.; Jaboyedoff, M.; Riquelme, A.; Tomas, R.; Royan, M. J.; Vilaplana, J. M.; Gauvin, N.

2014-12-01

The acquisition of dense terrain information using well-established 3D techniques (e.g. LiDAR, photogrammetry) and the use of new mobile platforms (e.g. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) together with the increasingly efficient post-processing workflows for image treatment (e.g. Structure From Motion) are opening up new possibilities for analysing, modeling and predicting rock slope failures. Examples of applications at different scales ranging from the monitoring of small changes at unprecedented level of detail (e.g. sub millimeter-scale deformation under lab-scale conditions) to the detection of slope deformation at regional scale. In this communication we will show the main accomplishments of the Swiss National Foundation project "Characterizing and analysing 3D temporal slope evolution" carried out at Risk Analysis group (Univ. of Lausanne) in close collaboration with the RISKNAT and INTERES groups (Univ. of Barcelona and Univ. of Alicante, respectively). We have recently developed a series of innovative approaches for rock slope analysis using 3D point clouds, some examples include: the development of semi-automatic methodologies for the identification and extraction of rock-slope features such as discontinuities, type of material, rockfalls occurrence and deformation. Moreover, we have been improving our knowledge in progressive rupture characterization thanks to several algorithms, some examples include the computing of 3D deformation, the use of filtering techniques on permanently based TLS, the use of rock slope failure analogies at different scales (laboratory simulations, monitoring at glacier's front, etc.), the modelling of the influence of external forces such as precipitation on the acceleration of the deformation rate, etc. We have also been interested on the analysis of rock slope deformation prior to the occurrence of fragmental rockfalls and the interaction of this deformation with the spatial location of future events. In spite of these recent advances

Workers exposure to 0-300 GHz electromagnetic fields - The New European Directive 2013/35/UE

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2013-01-01

The non-ionizing radiations section of the French Society for Radiation Protection (SFRP) has organized this conference with the aim to present the new European Directive 2013/35/UE about the occupational exposure to electric, magnetic and electromagnetic fields. The topics approached have permitted to better understand its content, background and practical impact for labour physicians, safety engineers and any other people involved in labour risks monitoring. The document brings together 15 presentations (slides) and their corresponding abstract. Content is as follows: Session 1 - electromagnetic fields and health: What is an electromagnetic field? (Alain Azoulay (Consultant)); What are the health impacts of fields? (Isabelle Lagroye (IMS Bordeaux univ.)); Who are the most concerned workers? (Martine Souques (EDF)); Session 2 - Presentation of the directive, from its foundation to its transposition (Isabelle Magne (EDF)): ICNIRP's (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) guidelines (Bernard Veyret (IMS Bordeaux univ.)); The New European Directive 2013/35/UE (Patrick Moureaux (INRS)); transposition works of the directive into French law (Peggy Mathieu (DGT)); Session 3 - Evaluation of electromagnetic fields exposure levels (Allal Ouberehil (TDF)): how to measure and electromagnetic field and to estimate its measurement uncertainty? (Emmanuel Nicolas (Bureau Veritas)); ELF - how to calculate the electric field induced in the human body and with which uncertainty? (Noel Burais (Ampere Univ. Lyon)); how to calculate the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) in the human body and with which uncertainty? (Joe Wiart (Orange Labs)); Session 4 - Occupational exposures - overview and experience feedbacks (Martine SOUQUES (EDF)): overview of occupational exposures (Patrick Moureaux (INRS)); Implementation of the 2004/40/CE directive at TDF and perspectives of the 2013/35/UE directive (Allal Ouberehil (TDF)); Implementation of the 2004/40/CE directive at RTE

Natural gas cost for evaluating energy resource opportunities at Fort Stewart

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Stucky, D.J.; Shankle, S.A.

1993-01-01

Ft. Stewart, a United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) installation located near Hinesville, Georgia, is currently undergoing an evaluation of its energy usage, which is being performed by Pacific Northwest Laboratory. In order to examine the energy resource opportunities (EROs) at Ft. Stewart, marginal fuel costs must be calculated. The marginal, or avoided, cost of gas service is used in conjunction with the estimated energy savings of an ERO to calculate the dollar value of those savings. In the case of natural gas, the costing becomes more complicated due to the installation of a propane-air mixing station. The propane-air station is being built under a shared energy savings (SES) contract. The building of a propane-air station allows Ft. Stewart to purchase natural gas from their local utility at an interruptible rate, which is lower than the rate for contracting natural gas on a firm basis. The propane-air station will also provide Ft. Stewart with fuel in the event that the natural gas supply is curtailed. While the propane-air station does not affect the actual cost of natural gas, it does affect the cost of services provided by gas. Because the propane-air station and the SES contract affect the cost of gas service, they must be included in the analysis. Our analysis indicates a marginal cost of gas service of 30.0 cents per therm, assuming a total propane usage by the mixing station of 42,278 gallons (38,600 therms) annually. Because the amount of propane that may be required in the event of a curtailment is small relative to the total service requirement, variations in the actual amount should not significantly affect the cost per therm.

Natural gas cost for evaluating energy resource opportunities at Fort Stewart

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Stucky, D.J.; Shankle, S.A.

1993-01-01

Ft. Stewart, a United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) installation located near Hinesville, Georgia, is currently undergoing an evaluation of its energy usage, which is being performed by Pacific Northwest Laboratory. In order to examine the energy resource opportunities (EROs) at Ft. Stewart, marginal fuel costs must be calculated. The marginal, or avoided, cost of gas service is used in conjunction with the estimated energy savings of an ERO to calculate the dollar value of those savings. In the case of natural gas, the costing becomes more complicated due to the installation of a propane-air mixing station. The propane-air station is being built under a shared energy savings (SES) contract. The building of a propane-air station allows Ft. Stewart to purchase natural gas from their local utility at an interruptible rate, which is lower than the rate for contracting natural gas on a firm basis. The propane-air station will also provide Ft. Stewart with fuel in the event that the natural gas supply is curtailed. While the propane-air station does not affect the actual cost of natural gas, it does affect the cost of services provided by gas. Because the propane-air station and the SES contract affect the cost of gas service, they must be included in the analysis. Our analysis indicates a marginal cost of gas service of 30.0 cents per therm, assuming a total propane usage by the mixing station of 42,278 gallons (38,600 therms) annually. Because the amount of propane that may be required in the event of a curtailment is small relative to the total service requirement, variations in the actual amount should not significantly affect the cost per therm

Erosão hídrica influenciada por condições físicas de superfície e subsuperfície do solo resultantes do seu manejo, na ausência de cobertura vegetal Water erosion influenced by surface and subsurface soil physical conditions resulting from its management, in the absence of vegetal cover

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L. B. S. Volk

2004-08-01

Full Text Available Práticas diferenciadas de manejo resultam em condições físicas de superfície e subsuperfície do solo distintas, as quais, por sua vez, resultam em níveis de erosão hídrica variados. Com isto em mente, realizou-se um estudo a campo com o objetivo de avaliar o efeito de formas de preparo e cultivo do solo e de manejo dos resíduos culturais em algumas de suas condições físicas de superfície e subsuperfície, em relação à erosão hídrica, durante 5,5 anos. Para tal, utilizou-se chuva simulada sobre um Argissolo Vermelho distrófico típico, bastante degradado pelo manejo anterior, com declividade de 0,08 m m-1. Os tratamentos consistiram dos cultivos de milho e aveia preta, em semeadura direta e em preparo convencional de solo (este com incorporação e com remoção dos resíduos culturais, e do sem cultivo, em preparo convencional de solo (testemunha. Tais tratamentos encontravam-se na condição de solo recém-mobilizado, ou consolidado, e desprovido de cobertura vegetal por ocasião dos testes de erosão com chuva simulada. Estes, em número de dez, foram realizados com o simulador de chuva de braços rotativos, na intensidade de 64 mm h-1 e duração de 90 min, logo após a colheita de uma cultura e o preparo do solo, ou não, para o estabelecimento da cultura seguinte. A incorporação sistemática dos resíduos culturais ao solo recuperou sua estrutura e diminuiu a perda de solo praticamente em 3/4, comparada a sua remoção, resultando também na menor perda de solo no estudo. Devido à recém-criada rugosidade superficial do solo, os tratamentos com preparo convencional apresentaram as maiores capacidades de retenção e infiltração de água, resultando em retardamento da enxurrada e, logo, baixa perda de água, comparados à semeadura direta, independentemente do cultivo e da incorporação ou remoção dos resíduos culturais. O preparo convencional sem cultivo, apesar de apresentar rugosidade superficial similar ao

The Seismotectonic Map of Africa

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Meghraoui, Mustapha

2015-04-01

. Paulina Amponsah (AECG, Accra), Abdelhakim Ayadi (CRAAG, Algiers), Atalay Ayele (Univ. Addis Ababa), Ateba Bekoa (Bueah Univ. Yaounde), Abdunnur Bensuleman (Tripoli Univ.), Damien Delvaux (MRAC-Tervuren); Mohamed El Gabry (NRIAG, Cairo), Rui-Manuel Fernandes (Beira Univ.) ; Vunganai Midzi & Magda Roos (CGS, Pretoria), Youssef Timoulali (Univ. Mohamed V, Rabat). Website: http://eost.u-strasbg.fr/igcp601/index.html

Comparative performance of direct injection diesel engine operating on ethanol, petrol and rapeseed oil blends

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Labeckas, Gvidonas; Slavinskas, Stasys

2009-01-01

This article presents the bench testing results of a four stroke, four cylinder, direct injection, unmodified, diesel engine operating on pure rapeseed oil (RO) and its 2.5 vol%, 5 vol%, 7.5 vol% and 10 vol% blends with ethanol (ERO), petrol (PRO) and both improving agents applied in equal proportions as 50:50 vol% (EPRO). The purpose of the research is to examine the effect of ethanol and petrol addition into RO on the biofuel kinematical viscosity, brake mean effective pressure (bmep), brake specific fuel consumption (bsfc) of a diesel engine and its brake thermal efficiency (bte). Addition into RO from 2.5 to 7.5 vol% of ethanol and petrol its viscosity at ambient temperature of 20 deg. C diminishes by 9.2-28.3% and 14.1-31.7%, respectively. Heating up to the temperature of 60 deg. C the viscosity of pure RO, blends ERO2.5-7.5 and PRO2.5-10 further diminishes 4.2, 3.9-3.8 and 3.9-3.6 times. At 1800 min -1 speed, the maximum brake mean effective pressure (bmep) higher up to 1.6% comparing with that of pure RO (0.77 MPa) ensure three agent blends EPRO5-7.5, whereas at rated 2200 min -1 speed, the bmep higher by 5.6% can be obtained when fuelling the engine with blend PRO2.5. Brake specific fuel consumption (bsfc) at maximum torque (240.2 g/kWh) and rated power (234.0 g/kWh) is correspondingly lower by 3.4% and 5.5% in comparison with pure RO when biofuel blends EPRO5 and PRO2.5 are used. The biggest brake thermal efficiency at maximum torque (0.40-0.41) and rated power (0.42-0.43) relative to that of RO (0.39) suggest blends PRO2.5 and EPRO5-7.5, respectively

[STEM on Station Education

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Lundebjerg, Kristen

2016-01-01

The STEM on Station team is part of Education which is part of the External Relations organization (ERO). ERO has traditional goals based around BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal). The BHAG model is simplified to a saying: Everything we do stimulates actions by others to advance human space exploration. The STEM on Station education initiate is a project focused on bringing off the earth research and learning into classrooms. Educational resources such as lesson plans, activities to connect with the space station and STEM related contests are available and hosted by the STEM on Station team along with their partners such as Texas Instruments. These educational activities engage teachers and students in the current happenings aboard the international space station, inspiring the next generation of space explorers.

Socially desirable responding and impression management in the endorsement of love styles.

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Davies, M F

2001-09-01

In 2 experiments, the researcher investigated the social desirability of different love styles (Eros, Ludus, Storge, Pragma, Mania, and Agape). In Experiment 1, the Marlowe-Crowne measure of social desirability (D. P. Crowne & D. Marlowe, 1960) was correlated negatively with possessive, dependent (Mania) love styles in both men and women. In men, social desirability was correlated positively with romantic, passionate love (Eros) and game-playing love (Ludus), but negatively with all-giving, selfless love (Agape). In women, social desirability was correlated positively with Agape, but negatively with Ludus. In Experiment 2, the researcher replicated these findings using an impression management manipulation (good, bad, and honest responding). The gender differences in social desirability of different love styles are explained in terms of traditional and nontraditional gender role socialization.

O factor de coberto vegetal, para árvores e Arbustos, em modelos de erosão hídrica The vegetation cover factor, for tree and bush canopies, in models of water erosion

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Carla Rolo Antunes

2011-07-01

Full Text Available O objectivo primordial do presente trabalho consiste na análise do comportamento de cobertos arbóreos e arbustivos, em termos do processo de intercepção da precipitação, designadamente, retenção e gotejo, e no estabelecimento de uma componente a incluir em modelos de erosão, que permita quantificar o factor de coberto vegetal em caso de ocupação do solo por estes cobertos, associados a culturas arvenses, em subcoberto, particularmente, na Equação Universal da Perda de Solo Revista (RUSLE. O trabalho experimental utilizou um simulador de chuva, tendo-se obtido valores do diâmetro das gotas (gotejo das folhas de espécies características dos sistemas de uso do solo mais comuns no Sul de Portugal, nomeadamente sobreiro (Quercus suber L., azinheira (Quercus ilex L. ssp. rotundifolia Lam e carrasco (Quercus coccifera L., e quantificado valores de retenção nas folhas. A partir dos resultados obtidos estimou-se a energia cinética para diferentes alturas de queda e, consequentemente, valores correctivos a aplicar aos valores de C tradicionalmente considerados, relativos às culturas agrícolas.The main objective of this work consists on the analyzes of tree and bush canopies behavior, in terms of the rainfall interception process, namely, leave retention, and dripping, and the establishment of a erosion model component to include in to quantify the cover factor (C of the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE for mixed land covered systems with arable crops, in association with trees and bushes. In the experimental work a rainfall simulator was used and the characteristic values for the diameter of the dripping drops and retention of the leaves from characteristic species of the more common mixed land-use systems in Southern of Portugal, particularly with Cork oak (Quercus suber L., Holm or evergreen oak (Quercus ilex L. ssp. rotundifolia Lam and Kermes or wild oak (Quercus coccifera L., were obtained. From the obtained results

Topics in Astrophysical X-Ray and Gamma Ray Spectroscopy. Ph.D. Thesis - Maryland Univ.

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Bussard, R. W.

1978-01-01

A number of topics relating to astrophysical observations that have already been made or are currently planned of spectral features, mostly emission lines, in the X-ray and gamma ray region of the electromagnetic spectrum are investigated. These topics include: the production of characteristic X-ray and gamma ray lines by nonthermal ions, spectral features induced by processes occurring in strong magnetic fields, and the positron annihilation line at 0.5 MeV. The rate of X-ray production at 6.8 keV by the 2p to 1s transition in fast hydrogen- and helium-like iron ions, following both electron capture to excited levels and collisional excitation is calculated. The cross section for electron-ion Coulomb collisions in strong fields is also calculated.

Pulmonary Edema and Plasma Volume Changes in Dysbarism. M.S. Thesis - Texas Univ.

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Joki, J. A.

1972-01-01

Two groups of anesthetized, fasted pigs were utilized. One group of 13 animals (8.5 to 16.6 kilograms) was exposed to a high-pressure environment, and the other group of eight animals (6.9 to 20.0 kilograms) constituted the control group. The experimental group was subjected to an atmosphere of 90 percent nitrogen and 10 percent oxygen at a pressure of 50 psig for 30 minutes and then decompressed at a rate 10 psi/min. Plasma volumes, using both iodine-125-tagged-albumin and chromium-51-tagged-cell dilution techniques, were measured before, immediately after, and at 30 and 60 minutes after decompression. Aortic and right-ventricular systolic pressures were also recorded. At 60 minutes after decompression, blood samples were taken, the animals were sacrificed, and the water content of the lungs, kidneys, livers, and spleens was estimated by measuring tissue wet weight and dry weight. Protein extravasation and tissue blood volumes were determined by measuring the iodine-125-tagged-albumin and chromium-51-tagged-cell spaces in homo-genates of the organs under investigation.

20. Vous avez dit Big Bang ?

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Uzan, Jean-Philippe

2017-01-01

La cosmologie est la discipline scientifique qui vise à construire une description cohérente de notre Univers. Pour cela, nous devons formuler un modèle cosmologique, c’est-à-dire une représentation idéalisée de l’univers qui se fonde sur nos connaissances des lois de la nature et les observations du ciel. Le modèle cosmologique contemporain est connu sous le nom très médiatique de Big Bang. Ce terme a été forgé lors d’une émission de la BBC le 28 mars 1949 par l’astronome Fred Hoyle, farouch...

GUIA METODOLOGICA PARA UN MANEJO INTEGRAL COSTERO APLICADO A PEHUEN CO (ARGENTINA

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María Luján Bustos

2017-03-01

Os planos de gestão costeira integrada (GCI na Argentina são quase inexistentes. No Sul da província de Buenos Aires (Argentina, o planejamento por causa da intensidade da erosão costeira, que afeta especialmente as áreas urbanizadas, é necessário. É fundamental ainda traçar estratégias de GCI que possam ser aplicadas em toda a área de forma sustentável. Neste processo, a participação e o compromisso dos atores sociais são fundamentais. Por esta razão, um guia metodológico foi construído para uma GCI com participação social e aplica-se à localidade de Pehuen Co. Obteve-se como resultado que a erosão costeira e a sazonalidade do turismo são os pilares tanto para a visão científica quanto para a social. Sobre isso, foram delineadas ações e estratégias a curto, médio e longo prazos e indicadores de acompanhamento. Concluiu-se que é necessário o compromisso das autoridades locais, trabalhando em conjunto com as partes interessadas, para o bom funcionamento do GCI. Palavras-chave: Gestão Integrada Costeira; Indicadores Ambientais; Erosão; Sazonalidade do Turismo; Pehuen Co (Argentina.

Development of an automatic validation system for simulation codes of the fusion research; Entwicklung eines automatischen Validierungssystems fuer Simulationscodes der Fusionsforschung

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Galonska, Andreas

2010-03-15

In the present master thesis the development oa an automatic validation system for the simulation code ERO is documented. This 3D Monte-carlo code models the transport of impurities as well as plasma-wall interaction processes and has great importance for the fusion research. The validation system is based on JuBE (Julich Benchmarking Environment), the flexibility of which allows a slight extension of the system to other codes, for instance such, which are operated in the framework of the EU Task Force ITM (Integrated Tokamak Modelling). The chosen solution - JuBE and a special program for the ''intellectual'' comparison of actual and reference-edition data of ERO is described and founded. The use of this program and the configuration of JuBE are detailedly described. Simulations to different plasma experiments, which serve as reference cases for the automatic validation, are explained. The working of the system is illustrated by the description of a test case. This treats the failure localization and improvement in the parallelization of an important ERO module (tracking of physically eroded particle). It is demonstrated, how the system reacts in an erroneous validation and the subsequently performed error correction leads to a positive result. Finally a speed-up curve of the parallelization is established by means of the output data of JuBE.

VIOLÊNCIA CONTRA GESTANTES EM DELEGACIAS ESPECIALIZADAS NO ATENDIMENTO À MULHER DE TERESINA-PI

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Ariane Gomes dos Santos

2010-01-01

Full Text Available La violencia contra la mujer es definida como cualquier acción o conducta basada en violencia de género, que cause muerte, daño o sufrimiento físico, sexual o psicológico. El objetivo fue medir el fenómeno de la violencia doméstica contra las mujeres embarazadas mediante la denuncia de maltrato en Comisarías Especializadas en Atención a la Mujer, en Teresina- -PI. Investigación cuantitativa del tipo análisis documental, retrospectivo. Para recolectar datos se utilizó un formulario semiestructurado. La muestra estuvo conformada por 71 notificaciones policiales de mujeres embarazadas violadas en 2008 en dos Comisarías de la Mujer de Teresina-PI. Se observó que 42,3% de las embarazadas era ama de casa; 31,0% tenía entre 22 y 26 años de edad; los principales responsables por la violencia fueron sus compañeros (38,0%, maridos (18,3% y ex- -compañeros (18,3%; se destacaron los tipos de violencia física (32,5%, psicológica (31,7% y moral (30%. Se concluyó que la población de embarazadas que denunció a su pareja no fue significativa, probablemente por tornarse más manejables ante las promesas del compañero de no volver a agredirla.

Plaadid / Mari Peegel

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2005-01-01

Uutest heliplaatidest Goldfrapp "Supernature", Sinead O'Connor "Throw Down Your Arms", Nickelback "All The Right Reasons", Rakes "Capture/Release", Kashmir "No Balance Palace", Deep Purple "Rapture Of The Deep", Eros Ramazzotti "Calma Apparente"

Predicting Agency Rating Migrations with Spread Implied Ratings

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Jianming Kou; Dr Simone Varotto

2005-01-01

Investors traditionally rely on credit ratings to price debt instruments. However, rating agencies are known to be prudent in their approach to rating revisions, which results in delayed ratings adjustments to mutating credit conditions. For a large set of eurobonds we derive credit spread implied ratings and compare them with the ratings issued by rating agencies. Our results indicate that spread implied ratings often anticipate future movement of agency ratings and hence could help track cr...

Estructuras espaciales desmontables y desplegables

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Puertas del Río, Lina

1990-10-01

Full Text Available This paper corresponds to the research theme developed in my Doctoral thesis. It starts with the Architect Emilio Pérez Piñero's work: information is prepared which allows his work to be transmitted and it generalizes the behaviour study related to unfoldable structures. This is a type of structure which requires definition as well as mobility and structural behavior. The unfoldable structures studied are characterized by using bars placed in the shape of an "X" in the structure's thickness in both flat and curved surfaces. In both cases, mobility in the mechanism stage is analyzed using Piñero's Solutions and complementary solutions mentioned. The geometric relations which must be fufilled so that the bar movement is possible and which determine its constructive definition are studied. Several types of structures which are possible starting from flat deployable mechanisms are mentioned and this procedure can be extrapolated for curved surfaces.

Este artículo corresponde al tema de investigación desarrollado en mi tesis doctoral. El punto de partida es la obra del arquitecto Emilio Pérez Piñero: se elabora la documentación que hace transmisible su trabajo y se generaliza el estudio del comportamiento en la parcela de las estructuras desplegables. Este es un tipo de estructuras en las que hay que resolver tanto su definición como su movilidad y comportamiento estructural. Las estructuras desplegables investigadas se caracterizan por el empleo de barras dispuestas en "x" en el espesor de la estructura, con generación de superficies tanto planas como curvas. En ambos casos se analiza la movilidad en fase de mecanismo, tanto a las soluciones de Piñero como a las complementarias que se exponen. Se estudian las relaciones geométricas que deben de cumplirse para que sea posible el movimiento de las barras, y que determinan su definición constructiva. Se exponen diversos tipos de estructuras posibles a partir de mecanismos

Arquitectura y fragmento. Análisis de El Fulgor de José Ángel Valente

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Peinado Elliot, Carlos

2003-12-01

Full Text Available El Fulgor constitutes a unique poem built fragmentarily. Its unity comes from the allegorical structure: travel without ending in search of the loved object, daimonic character possessed by eros, cosmic structure of the matter in different orders, isolated moments of sudden revelation and backward, recurrent symbols that form a ritual process. The fragmentary writing, that corresponds well with its allegorical shape, shows a fracture at its beginning and at its end. Each fragment is constituted as a whole which owns a strongly woven phonetic, syntactic and symbolic structure. The poem is ellaborated in an extreme tension towards the absence, matching up then the overflowing and the profusion together with the ellipsis and the oblique nomination; in this way it aims to a trascendence that cannot be reached. The book is shown as the incarnation of the infinite «eros».El Fulgor constituye un poema único construido fragmentariamente. Su unidad procede de la estructura alegórica: viaje sin término en busca del objeto amado, agente «daimónico» poseído por eros, estructuración «cósmica» de la materia en diferentes órdenes, momentos aislados de súbita revelación y retroceso, símbolos recurrentes que configuran un proceso ritual. La escritura fragmentaria, que corresponde bien con su configuración alegórica, muestra una fractura en su origen y en su fin. Cada fragmento se constituye como un todo que posee una estructura fonética, sintáctica y simbólica fuertemente trabada. El poema se elabora en una tensión extrema hacia la ausencia, coincidiendo así el desbordamiento y la profusión junto con la elipsis y la nominación oblicua; de este modo apunta a una trascendencia que no se puede alcanzar. El libro se muestra así como la encarnación de la infinitud del «eros».

Simulation of erosion and deposition processes of many-component surface layers in fusion devices; Simulation von Erosion- und Depositionsprozessen mehrkomponentiger Oberflaechenschichten in Fusionsanlagen

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Droste, S.

2007-02-15

The present choice of first wall materials in ITER will unavoidably lead to the formation of mixed carbon, tungsten and beryllium layers. Predictive modelling of erosion processes, impurity transport and deposition processes is important. For this the 3D Monte-Carlo code ERO can be used. In this thesis ERO has been coupled to the existing Monte-Carlo code SDTrimSP to describe material mixing processes in wall components correctly. SDTrimSP describes the surface by calculating the transport of ions in solids. It keeps track of the depth dependent material concentration caused by the implantation of projectiles in the solid. The calculation of movements of the recoil atoms within the solid gives reflection coefficients and sputtering yields. Since SDTrimSP does not consider chemical processes a new method has been developed to implement chemical erosion of carbon by the impact of hydrogen projectiles. The new code ERO-SDTrimSP was compared to TEXTOR experiments which were carried out to study the formation of mixed surface layers. In these experiments methane CH4 was injected through drillings in graphite and tungsten spherical limiters into the plasma. A pronounced substrate dependence was observed. The deposition efficiency, i.e. the ratio of the locally deposited to the injected amount of carbon, was 4% for graphite and 0.3% for tungsten. The deposition-dominated area on the graphite limiter covers a five times larger area than on the tungsten limiter. Modelling of this experiment with ERO-SDTrimSP also showed a clear substrate dependence with 2% deposition efficiency for graphite and less than 0.5% for tungsten. An important result of the comparison between experiment and simulation was that the effective sticking of hydrocarbon radicals hitting the surface must be negligible. Furthermore, it was shown that local re-deposited carbon layers are 10 times more effectively eroded than ordinary graphite. Simulation of the impurity transport in the plasma was checked

A Prospective, Multicenter Study to Compare a Disposable, High-fluid Capacity Underpad to Nonpermeable, Disposable, Reusable Containment Products on Incontinence-associated Dermatitis Rates Among Skilled Nursing Facility Residents.

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Motta, Glenda; Milne, Catherine T

2017-12-01

Due to the high prevalence of incontinence among skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents, incontinence-associated derma- titis (IAD) is a common occurrence. In addition, facility staff may mistakenly identify IAD as a pressure injury. A prospective, descriptive, multicenter study was conducted in 3 Connecticut facilities to evaluate the effect of substituting a disposable, high- uid capacity underpad for nonpermeable disposable and reusable containment products on the rate of IADs. Residents with and without IAD but with high IAD risk scores who were bed- or chairbound or ambulatory and used disposable nonpermeable briefs and underpads or reusable, laundered containment products when in bed longer than 2 hours were randomly enrolled and observed for a 4-week period. Facility staff were trained on the importance of differentiating between IAD and pressure injury; they substituted the study product (a disposable, high- uid capacity underpad) for all previously used containment products. Patient risk for IAD and skin condition were assessed using the Perineal Assessment Tool (PAT) and the Skin Condition Assessment Tool (SAT), respectively, at 5 time points: baseline, week 1, week 2, week 3, and week 4. The PAT is a 4-item instrument based conceptually on the 4 determinants in perineal skin breakdown; subscales are rated from 1 (least risk) to 3 (most risk), with a total score range of 4 to 12. The SAT is used to evaluate IAD speci cally, generating a cumulative severity score ranging from 0 to 3 on area of skin affected, degree of redness, and depth of ero- sion. Final data analysis was conducted on 40 residents: 25 had IAD present at enrollment and 15 were deemed high risk for developing IAD. Mean SAT scores in the 25 participants with IAD decreased with signi cance at week 1 (P = .0016), week 2 (P = .0023), week 3 (P = .0005), and week 4 (P disposable, high- uid capacity underpad improved SAT scores over time. IAD rates increased in each facility, but pressure

Chancen und Gefahren von Global-Marketing-Konzepten

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Berndt, Ulrike

1990-01-01

Chancen und Gefahren von Global-Marketing-Konzepten. - Augsburg : Förderges. Marketing, 1990. - 57, XII S. - Zugl: Augsburg, Univ., Diplomarb. - (Arbeitspapiere zur Schriftenreihe Schwerpunkt Marketing ; 29)

Decision tree approach for classification of remotely sensed satellite ...

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sensed satellite data using open source support. Richa Sharma .... Decision tree classification techniques have been .... the USGS Earth Resource Observation Systems. (EROS) ... for shallow water, 11% were for sparse and dense built-up ...

Language, Evolution and Mind

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A collection of essays offered to Anne Reboul on the occasion of her 60th birthday. Contributions by Deirdre Wilson, Kevin Mulligan, Eros Corazza, Ira Noveck, Cedric Boeckx, Luigi Rizzi, Frederick Newmeyer (among others)...

Digital Raster Graphics (DRG) 24k Polygons, US EPA Region 9, 2006, USGS

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The 4th Seto congress : Värska, Estonia, 9th of October 1996

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1996-01-01

IV Seto kongress, 9. okt. 1996, Värska kongressi deklaratsioon; resolutsioon Eesti-Vene piirist; resolutsioon piiri ületamisest (vabast liikumisest), resolutsioon Eesti Vabariigi kodanikest Petseri regioonis, resolutsioon ühinemine kohta Esindamata Rahvaste Organisatsiooniga (ERO)

Producción de primicia en invernadero de híbridos masculinos de espárrago (Asparagus officinalis y procesado IV Gama para optimización del posicionamiento en el mercado

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Sofía Barreto

2012-12-01

Full Text Available El espárrago es una hortaliza muy valorada por sus propiedades, que ha experimentado un notable incremento durante los últimos años a nivel global, contando con una creciente demanda por parte de mercados muy exigentes respecto a su presentación y cada vez mas enfocados a adquirir productos listos para consumir. Con el objetivo de estudiar la productividad total (PBT y neta (PFN (kg/ha de espárrago verde bajo cubierta, el periodo de poscosecha (PPC y la pérdida de peso fresco diaria (PPFD promedio de turiones acondicionados en bandejas con film (B y atados sin film (A, se realizó un ensayo para comparar la producción de primicia en invernadero, de cuatro híbridos masculinos de espárrago verde, en la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias de la UCA, en Buenos Aires, Argentina. La mayor producción neta (PFN se obtuvo con el híbrido Italo: 8.925,00 kg/ha, seguido por Zeno: 5.558,68; UC-157: 5.267,02; Eros: 4.937,75 y Ercole: 3.099,02 kg/ha (p < 0,05. En general se observó una mayor precocidad en los híbridos de origen italiano respecto del UC-157, único de origen americano. El peso fresco de los turiones de espárrago verde, acondicionados en bandejas, se conservarían por más tiempo sin alterar su peso inicial significativamente respecto del uso de atados. Con el empleo de bandejas, el PPC resultó 22 días mayor (A: 13 y B: 35. La PPFD promedio para ambas presentaciones, fue inferior en Italo y Zeno (1,35 y 1,50 % diaria, respecto de Ercole y Eros (1,99 y 2,04 %, respectivamente. La conservación del peso fresco (CPP para los distintos híbridos, mediante A, a lo largo de los 13 días de poscosecha fue: Italo: 76,91 %; Zeno: 69,34 %; Ercole: 64,71 %; Eros: 61,51 %. En el caso de B, a lo largo de los 35 días fue de: Zeno: 77,63 %; Italo: 67,95 %; Eros: 61,15 %; Ercole: 55,38 %. Estos resultados demuestran la mayor productividad de primicia mediante el empleo de Italo, Zeno, UC-157, Eros y Ercole, y; en poscosecha, la conveniencia del

Producción de primicia en invernadero de híbridos masculinos de espárrago (Asparagus officinalis y procesado IV Gama para optimización del posicionamiento en el mercado

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Sofía Barreto

2012-01-01

Full Text Available El espárrago es una hortaliza muy valorada por sus propiedades, que ha experimentado un notable incremento durante los últimos años a nivel global, contando con una creciente demanda por parte de mercados muy exigentes respecto a su presentación y cada vez mas enfocados a adquirir productos listos para consumir. Con el objetivo de estudiar la productividad total (PBT y neta (PFN (kg/ha de espárrago verde bajo cubierta, el periodo de poscosecha (PPC y la pérdida de peso fresco diaria (PPFD promedio de turiones acondicionados en bandejas con film (B y atados sin film (A, se realizó un ensayo para comparar la producción de primicia en invernadero, de cuatro híbridos masculinos de espárrago verde, en la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias de la UCA, en Buenos Aires, Argentina. La mayor producción neta (PFN se obtuvo con el híbrido Italo: 8.925,00 kg/ha, seguido por Zeno: 5.558,68; UC-157: 5.267,02; Eros: 4.937,75 y Ercole: 3.099,02 kg/ha (p < 0,05. En general se observó una mayor precocidad en los híbridos de origen italiano respecto del UC-157, único de origen americano. El peso fresco de los turiones de espárrago verde, acondicionados en bandejas, se conservarían por más tiempo sin alterar su peso inicial significativamente respecto del uso de atados. Con el empleo de bandejas, el PPC resultó 22 días mayor (A: 13 y B: 35. La PPFD promedio para ambas presentaciones, fue inferior en Italo y Zeno (1,35 y 1,50 % diaria, respecto de Ercole y Eros (1,99 y 2,04 %, respectivamente. La conservación del peso fresco (CPP para los distintos híbridos, mediante A, a lo largo de los 13 días de poscosecha fue: Italo: 76,91 %; Zeno: 69,34 %; Ercole: 64,71 %; Eros: 61,51 %. En el caso de B, a lo largo de los 35 días fue de: Zeno: 77,63 %; Italo: 67,95 %; Eros: 61,15 %; Ercole: 55,38 %. Estos resultados demuestran la mayor productividad de primicia mediante el empleo de Italo, Zeno, UC-157, Eros y Ercole, y; en poscosecha, la conveniencia del

The TOPOMOD-ITN project: unravel the origin of Earth's topography from modelling deep-surface processes

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Faccenna, C.; Funiciello, F.

2012-04-01

EC-Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (ITN) projects aim to improve the career perspectives of young generations of researchers. Institutions from both academic and industry sectors form a collaborative network to recruit research fellows and provide them with opportunities to undertake research in the context of a joint research training program. In this frame, TOPOMOD - one of the training activities of EPOS, the new-born European Research Infrastructure for Geosciences - is a funded ITN project designed to investigate and model how surface processes interact with crustal tectonics and mantle convection to originate and develop topography of the continents over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. The multi-disciplinary approach combines geophysics, geochemistry, tectonics and structural geology with advanced geodynamic numerical/analog modelling. TOPOMOD involves 8 European research teams internationally recognized for their excellence in complementary fields of Earth Sciences (Roma TRE, Utrecht, GFZ, ETH, Cambridge, Durham, Rennes, Barcelona), to which are associated 5 research institutions (CNR-Italy, Univ. Parma, Univ. Lausanne, Univ. Montpellier, Univ. Mainz) , 3 high-technology enterprises (Malvern Instruments, TNO, G.O. Logical Consulting) and 1 large multinational oil and gas company (ENI). This unique network places emphasis in experience-based training increasing the impact and international visibility of European research in modeling. Long-term collaboration and synergy are established among the overmentioned research teams through 15 cross-disciplinary research projects that combine case studies in well-chosen target areas from the Mediterranean, the Middle and Far East, west Africa, and South America, with new developments in structural geology, geomorphology, seismology, geochemistry, InSAR, laboratory and numerical modelling of geological processes from the deep mantle to the surface. These multidisciplinary projects altogether aim to

Características da chuva e perdas por erosão sob diferentes práticas de manejo do solo Rainfall characteristics and erosion losses for different soil management practices

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Daniel F. de Carvalho

2009-02-01

Full Text Available Objetivou-se com este trabalho, avaliar as relações entre a erosividade da chuva e os padrões da precipitação com as perdas por erosão, para diferentes tipos de preparo do solo em um Argissolo Vermelho-Amarelo. O experimento foi conduzido utilizando-se parcelas experimentais de perda de solo com dimensões de 3,5 x 22,0 m, com os seguintes tratamentos: preparo convencional do solo em nível e semeadura de Mucuna Cinza (Mucuna pruriens, Crotalária (Crotalaria juncea, e Milho (Zea mays L.; preparo convencional do solo no sentido do declive e semeadura de milho no mesmo sentido e preparo convencional do solo no sentido do declive, mantido sem qualquer tipo de cobertura. Foi possível evidenciar que as perdas de solo foram mais influenciadas pelos diferentes tratamentos que as perdas de água; os tratamentos Crotalária e Milho morro abaixo, foram aqueles que apresentaram, respectivamente, as menores e maiores perdas de solo e água e, em média, os eventos de precipitação caracterizados como avançado, intermediário e atrasado, foram responsáveis por 62,6, 11,8 e 25,6% das perdas de água e por 35,1, 6,6 e 58,3% das perdas de solo, respectivamente.This study was carried out in order to evaluate the relation between erosivity index and the rainfall pattern associated with different kinds of soil preparation and cover with erosion losses in a Red Yellow Argisol. The experiment was conducted in five soil loss experimental plots of 3.5 x 22.0 m, with the following treatments: conventional tillage (plowing plus disking in contour lines and sowing the velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens, sun hemp (Crotalaria juncea and corn (Zea mays L.; conventional tillage (plowing plus disking in slope line and sowing of corn, conventional tillage (plowing plus disking in slope line and without soil cover. The results showed that soil loss was more affected by different treatments than water loss; the treatments sun hemp and corn sowed in slope line were those

Possible lava tube system in a hummocky lava flow at Daund ...

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R. Narasimhan (Krishtel eMaging) 1461 1996 Oct 15 13:05:22

The presence of a branching and meandering lava tube system in the Daund flow, which represents the ..... is entirely related to the process of differential ero- sion and exhumation. Thus ... illuminating and thought provoking. References.

Cosmologie L'Univers avant le Big Bang

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Rouat, Sylvie

2003-01-01

Tout n'a pas commencé par une explosion. L'histoire du cosmos avait débuté bien avant le Big Bang, si l'on suit la théorie défendue par les partisans d'une nouvelle cosmologie issue de la mystérieuse théorie des cordes

Department of Zoological Sciences, Addis Ababa Univer

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2016-12-02

Dec 2, 2016 ... unprecedented negative effects thereby exasperating natural disasters which ultimately will cause a negative .... such farms there is substantial activity in animal husbandry. .... capensis, Prunus africana, Cordia africana, and ...

Multivers mondes possibles de l'astrophysique, de la philosophie et de l'imaginaire

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Barrau, Aurélien; Kistler, Max; Uzan, Jean-Philippe

2010-01-01

Et si notre Univers n'était qu un parmi d'autres ? Cette idée d'univers multiples, qui est envisagée depuis l'Antiquité, n'est entrée que récemment - et avec fracas - dans le champ de la science. Si l'hypothèse fascine, elle n'en est pas moins dérangeante : comment se formeraient ces mondes invisibles ? Auraient-ils les mêmes lois physiques ? Peut-on tester et réfuter leur existence ? Une telle hypothèse est-elle vraiment scientifique ? Faut-il en rester aux critères de scientificité traditionnels ou ouvrir la porte aux mondes possibles de l'astrophysique, de la philosophie et de l'imaginaire ? Un cosmologiste, un physicien théoricien, un philosophe et un historien de la science-fiction nous invitent à nous immerger au coeur de la physique théorique, à révolutionner la manière de concevoir ce qu'est une théorie physique signifiante, à extrapoler les lois de la nature pour décrire d'autres univers. Ils nous montrent qu'il y a une multiplicité de «manières de faire des mondes» et que n...

La physique des infinis

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Bernardeau, Francis; Laplace, Sandrine; Spiro, Michel

2013-01-01

Écrire l'histoire de l'Univers, tel est l'objectif commun des physiciens des particules et des astrophysiciens. Pour y parvenir, deux approches s'épaulent : la voie de l'infiniment petit, que l'on emprunte via de gigantesques accélérateurs de particules, et celle de l'infiniment grand, dont le laboratoire est l'Univers. Un Univers qui est bien loin d'avoir livré tous ses secrets. On connaît à peine 4,8 % de la matière qui le constitue, le reste étant composé de matière noire (25,8 %) et d'énergie noire (69,4 %), toutes deux de nature inconnue. Et si la récente découverte du boson de Higgs valide le Modèle standard de la physique des particules, celui-ci est toujours incomplet et doit être étendu à ou dépassé. Est-on arrivé au bout du jeu de poupées russes de la matière ? Quelles sont les particules manquantes ? Faut-il revoir les lois fondamentales ? Quels instruments faut-il mettre en œuvre pour accéder à cette « nouvelle physique » ? Comment parler de Super Big Science aux citoye...

Fellowship | Indian Academy of Sciences

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Memory, place, and ecology in the contemporary American novel

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Schliephake, Christopher

2012-01-01

Memory, place, and ecology in the contemporary American novel. - In: Literature, ecology, ethics / Timo Müller ... (eds.). - Heidelberg : Univ.-Verl. Winter, 2012. - S. 95-112. - (Anglistische Forschungen ; 432)

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2013-08-27

... low systemic toxicity. Potential Commercial Applications: Pharmaceutical compositions to selectively... (NCI), Rui Sousa (Univ. Texas Health Science Ctr) Publications: 1. Guajardo R, Sousa R. A model for the...

The undefined function differs from the pointwise undefined function

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Dosch, Walter (Prof.)

1993-01-01

The undefined function differs from the pointwise undefined function. - In: Joint Conference on Declarative Programming : Proceedings / Maria I. Sessa ... (eds.). - Salerno : Univ. degli Studi, 1995. - S. 257-268

Rating Movies and Rating the Raters Who Rate Them.

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Zhou, Hua; Lange, Kenneth

2009-11-01

The movie distribution company Netflix has generated considerable buzz in the statistics community by offering a million dollar prize for improvements to its movie rating system. Among the statisticians and computer scientists who have disclosed their techniques, the emphasis has been on machine learning approaches. This article has the modest goal of discussing a simple model for movie rating and other forms of democratic rating. Because the model involves a large number of parameters, it is nontrivial to carry out maximum likelihood estimation. Here we derive a straightforward EM algorithm from the perspective of the more general MM algorithm. The algorithm is capable of finding the global maximum on a likelihood landscape littered with inferior modes. We apply two variants of the model to a dataset from the MovieLens archive and compare their results. Our model identifies quirky raters, redefines the raw rankings, and permits imputation of missing ratings. The model is intended to stimulate discussion and development of better theory rather than to win the prize. It has the added benefit of introducing readers to some of the issues connected with analyzing high-dimensional data.

An upper limit to interstellar Pu-224 abundance as deduced from radiochemical search in deep-sea sediment

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Paul, M.; Valenta, A.; Ahman, I.

2005-01-01

Short-lived radionuclides with halflives of a few 10 7 years, now-extinct in the solar system, are expected to be present in the interstellar medium (ISM) as freshly synthesized matter in supermovae. Grains of ISM origin recently discovered in the inner solar system and at Earth orbit may accrete onto Earth after ablation in the atmosphere. As pointed out by one of the authors (K.S.) in 1974, a favorable matrix of detection of such extraterrestrial material is deep-sea sediments with very low sedimentation rates of ∼1 mm.ky -1 . We report here a search for the 'live' Pu-244 in a 1 kg-deep-sea dry sediment collected in 1992 in the North Pacific. After a 546 day a-counting of a Pu fraction chemically separated from the alkaline-fused sediment sample at Kanazawa Univ. AMS analysis was performed at Hebrew Univ. and Weizmann Institute. Only one count of Pu-244 with no background ions was detected, indicating no excess over the expected stratospheric man-made fallout. A limit of 0.2 Pu-244 atoms cm -2 .y -1 for extra terrestrial deposition was set under reasonable assumptions and it was then concluded from this result and the available data on ISM that the abundance of Pu-244 in the ISM is less than 2 X 10 -11 g-Pu-244 (g ISM) -1 . Implications of the present result will be discussed.

Valoração econômica dos efeitos internos da erosão: impactos da produção de soja no cerrado piauiense

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Kerle Pereira Dantas

2010-12-01

Full Text Available Objetivou-se mensurar economicamente os custos internos da área de produção de soja no cerrado piauiense, sob os sistemas de plantio direto e convencional, causados pelo processo de erosão, nas safras de 2000/2001 e de 2007/2008. O procedimento metodológico centrou-se no levantamento bibliográfico e estatístico de dados secundários e na aplicação do método do custo de reposição de nutrientes, no intuito de verificar qual o impacto econômico da degradação do solo na região. Por meio da pesquisa constatou-se que, em ambos os períodos de safras e sistemas de plantios analisados, os custos de reposição foram expressivos, representando, em média, 2,9% do valor total da produção de soja. Na safra 2000/2001, os custos por hectare foram de R$ 22,96 e R$ 21,93 para os plantios convencional e direto, respectivamente. Para a safra 2007/2008, os custos foram de R$ 22,40 e R$ 21,20, respectivamente. Portanto, esta configuração explicitou a relativa estabilidade do valor da perda de solo no período de análise, haja vista apresentar reduzido decréscimo na safra 2007/2008. Logo, inferiu-se que o uso do sistema de plantio direto no cultivo de soja no cerrado piauiense não somente proporcionou vantagens econômicas, mas, sobretudo, contribuiu para a sustentabilidade do agroecossistema.The present article aimed to measure the economic costs of the domestic production soybean area in the cerrado (one type of vegetation in Brazil of Piauí, in the systems of conventional and tillage, caused by the process of erosion in the 2000/2001 and 2007/2008 seasons. It analyzes the historical process of international integration of the Brazilian economy through the primary-exporting model, emphasizing the intensive use of natural resources as factor of competitiveness, characterized by the occupation and use of Brazilian cerrado and based on the soybean production and examined the consequences and risks to the biome arising from that process. The

Phenomenon of transforming love in the works of F.М. Dostoyevsky

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A. M. Shatalovich

2013-12-01

Full Text Available The article revealed contents of the phenomenon of transforming love in the work of Dostoevsky on the materials of the novel «The Idiot». Many philosophic studies were devoted to the problem of analysis of the phenomenon of love in the works of F.M. Dostoyevsky. Most researchers emphasize the sacrificial (agapic love, or focuses on erotic nature of love. This approach significantly constricts the phenomenon of love described by the writer in the form of Prince Myshkin. The study of love of Prince was carried out using four concepts covering the four key aspects of love: eros, agape, philia and storge. Thus, there are main features of love­eros of Prince Myshkin, such as: drive for beauty and its admiration, ardor and impetuosity, recklessness and frenzy, which are positive, i.e. they are the evidence that his love­eros was hierarchically focused on more exalted goods. Love­agape is in the center of the phenomenon of transforming love with its pity, compassion, sacrifice, care and forgiveness. Love­philia is demonstrated in Prince Myshkin by similarity of views, common ground, mutual understanding, trust and love­storge – by affection causing peace of mind or depression. Thus, the study proved that Prince Myshkin is an ideologist of transforming love, combining all four aspects of it. Creativity, the ability to change spiritually not only the love medium but also the people around is the evidence of his transforming love.

Medea’s Four Reasons

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Marco Gemin

2014-11-01

Full Text Available The same motivations (eros, logos, bia, theos are attributed by Gorgias to Helen and by Euripides to Medea, which suggests the writers’ common intellectual ground, though the motivations are alternative in Gorgias, simultaneous in Euripides.

Norma Maja astub kindlalt tulevikku / Ain Alvela

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Alvela, Ain, 1967-

2000-01-01

AS Norma Maja saavutas kõrged kasumi ja kasumi kasvu näitajad töötajate koondamisega. Tabel: Norma Maja valdused, AS Norma Maja areng, AS ETK Majad areng. Arvamused: Ero Toom, Ivar Lahi ja Rein Loo

Flight-management strategies for escape from microburst encounters. M.S. Thesis - George Washington Univ.

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Hinton, David A.

1988-01-01

An effort is underway by NASA, FAA, and industry to reduce the threat of convective microburst wind shear phenomena to aircraft. The goal is to develop and test a candidate set of strategies for recovery from inadvertent microburst encounters during takeoff. Candidate strategies were developed and evaluated using a fast-time simulation consisting of a simple point-mass performance model of a transport-category airplane and an analytical microburst model. The results indicate that the recovery strategy characteristics that best utilize available airplane energy include an initial reduction in pitch attitude to reduce the climb rate, followed by an increase in pitch up to the stick shaker angle of attack. The stick shaker angle of attack should be reached just as the airplane is exiting the microburst. The shallowest angle of climb necessary for obstacle clearance should be used. If the altitude is higher than necessary, an intentional descent to reduce the airspeed deceleration should be used. Of the strategies tested, two flight-path-angle based strategies had the highest recovery altitudes and the least sensitivity to variations in the encounter scenarios.

Remote planetary geochemical exploration with the NEAR X-ray/gamma-ray spectrometer

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Trombka, J.I.; Boynton, W.V.; Brueckner, J.; Squyres, S.; Clark, P.E.; Starr, R.; Evans, L.G.; Floyd, S.R.; McClanahan, T.P.; Goldsten, J.; Mcnutt, R.; Schweitzer, J.S.

1999-01-01

The X-ray/gamma-ray spectrometer (XGRS) instrument onboard the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will map asteroid 433 Eros in the 0.2 keV to 10 MeV energy region. Measurements of the discrete line X-ray and gamma-ray emissions in this energy domain can be used to obtain both qualitative and quantitative elemental composition maps of the asteroid surface. The NEAR X-ray/gamma-ray spectrometer (XGRS) was turned on for the first time during the week of 7 April 1996. Rendezvous with Eros 433 is expected during December 1998. Observations of solar X-ray spectra during both quiescent and active periods have been made. A gamma-ray transient detection system has been implemented and about three gamma-ray transient events a week have been observed which are associated with either gamma-ray bursts or solar flares

Shaping asteroid models using genetic evolution (SAGE)

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Bartczak, P.; Dudziński, G.

2018-02-01

In this work, we present SAGE (shaping asteroid models using genetic evolution), an asteroid modelling algorithm based solely on photometric lightcurve data. It produces non-convex shapes, orientations of the rotation axes and rotational periods of asteroids. The main concept behind a genetic evolution algorithm is to produce random populations of shapes and spin-axis orientations by mutating a seed shape and iterating the process until it converges to a stable global minimum. We tested SAGE on five artificial shapes. We also modelled asteroids 433 Eros and 9 Metis, since ground truth observations for them exist, allowing us to validate the models. We compared the derived shape of Eros with the NEAR Shoemaker model and that of Metis with adaptive optics and stellar occultation observations since other models from various inversion methods were available for Metis.

Samples of Asteroid Surface Ponded Deposits in Chondritic Meteorites

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Zolensky, M. E.; Lee, R.; Le, L.

2004-01-01

One of the many unexpected observations of asteroid 433 Eros by the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission was the many ponds of fine-grained materials [1-3]. The ponds have smooth surfaces, and define equipotential surfaces up to 10's of meters in diameter [4]. The ponds have a uniformly sub-cm grain size and appear to be cohesive or indurated to some degree, as revealed by slumping. The ponds appear to be concentrated within 30 degrees of the equator of Eros, where gravity is lowest. There is some insight into the mineralogy and composition of the ponds surfaces from NEAR spectroscopy [2,4,5,6]. Compared to the bulk asteroid, ponds: (1) are distinctly bluer (high 550/760 nm ratio), (2) have a deeper 1um mafic band, (3) have reflectance elevated by 5%.

Estimating diversification rates for higher taxa: BAMM can give problematic estimates of rates and rate shifts.

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Meyer, Andreas L S; Wiens, John J

2018-01-01

Estimates of diversification rates are invaluable for many macroevolutionary studies. Recently, an approach called BAMM (Bayesian Analysis of Macro-evolutionary Mixtures) has become widely used for estimating diversification rates and rate shifts. At the same time, several articles have concluded that estimates of net diversification rates from the method-of-moments (MS) estimators are inaccurate. Yet, no studies have compared the ability of these two methods to accurately estimate clade diversification rates. Here, we use simulations to compare their performance. We found that BAMM yielded relatively weak relationships between true and estimated diversification rates. This occurred because BAMM underestimated the number of rates shifts across each tree, and assigned high rates to small clades with low rates. Errors in both speciation and extinction rates contributed to these errors, showing that using BAMM to estimate only speciation rates is also problematic. In contrast, the MS estimators (particularly using stem group ages), yielded stronger relationships between true and estimated diversification rates, by roughly twofold. Furthermore, the MS approach remained relatively accurate when diversification rates were heterogeneous within clades, despite the widespread assumption that it requires constant rates within clades. Overall, we caution that BAMM may be problematic for estimating diversification rates and rate shifts. © 2017 The Author(s). Evolution © 2017 The Society for the Study of Evolution.

75 FR 35021 - Reliability Standards Development and NERC and Regional Entity Enforcement; Notice of Technical...

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2010-06-21

... Standards Development and NERC and Regional Entity Enforcement; Notice of Technical Conference June 15, 2010... Technical Conference to address industry perspectives on certain issues pertaining to the development and... Electric Reliability Organization's (ERO) standards development process; communication and interactions...

Assessment and mapping of flood potential in the Sl˘anic catchment ...

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2National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management, Sos. Bucuresti-Ploiesti 97, .... the HEC-RAS open source software (Devon 2003;. Brazdil et al. 2006 ...... in the universal soil loss equation, In: Assessment of Ero- sion (eds) De Boodt ...

Goal Driven Software Project Risk Management: Design eines COSO II-ERM-basierten Domain Models

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Schiessl, Christoph

2016-01-01

von Christoph Schiessl Arbeit an der Bibliothek noch nicht eingelangt - Daten nicht geprueft Abweichender Titel nach Übersetzung der Verfasserin/des Verfassers Technische Universität Wien, Univ., Diplomarbeit, 2016

Wolframcarbid/Silber-Kontaktwerkstoffe durch Gasdruckinfiltration

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Stadler, Thomas

2017-01-01

von Thomas Stadler Arbeit an der Bibliothek noch nicht eingelangt - Daten nicht geprueft Abweichender Titel nach Übersetzung der Verfasserin/des Verfassers Technische Universität Wien, Univ., Diplomarbeit, 2017

The practice of teaching mathematics

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Hefendehl-Hebeker, Lisa

1998-01-01

The practice of teaching mathematics : experimental conditions of change. - In: The culture of the mathematics classroom / ed. by Falk Seeger .... - Cambridge u.a. : Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998. - S. 104-124

How Blockchain technology and other innovations change(d) the future of banking

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Semenchenko, Mariia

2016-01-01

von Mariia Semenchenko Arbeit an der Bibliothek noch nicht eingelangt - Daten nicht geprueft Abweichender Titel nach Übersetzung der Verfasserin/des Verfassers Technische Universität Wien, Univ., Masterarbeit, 2016

The Role of Trust in Participatory Processes

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Dobrova, Anna

2017-01-01

von Anna Dobrova Arbeit an der Bibliothek noch nicht eingelangt - Daten nicht geprueft Abweichender Titel nach Übersetzung der Verfasserin/des Verfassers Technische Universität Wien, Univ., Diplomarbeit, 2017

Ab-initio Rechnungen für Th dotiertes Kalziumfluorid (CaF2)

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Dessovic, Philipp

2016-01-01

von Philipp Dessovic Arbeit an der Bibliothek noch nicht eingelangt - Daten nicht geprueft Abweichender Titel nach Übersetzung der Verfasserin/des Verfassers Technische Universität Wien, Univ., Diplomarbeit, 2016

Ontology matchmaking of product ramp-up knowledge in manufacturing industries - How to transfer a cake-baking recipe between bakeries

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Willmann, Roland

2016-01-01

von Roland Willmann Arbeit an der Bibliothek noch nicht eingelangt - Daten nicht geprueft Abweichender Titel nach Übersetzung der Verfasserin/des Verfassers Technische Universität Wien, Univ., Dissertation, 2016

Der Einsatz von Online-Datenbanken für Objektinnovationen im Systemgeschäft

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Noch, Rainer

1990-01-01

Der Einsatz von Online-Datenbanken für Objektinnovationen im Systemgeschäft. - Augsburg : FGM-Verl., 1990. - 62, LVII S. - Zugl.: Augsburg, Univ., Diplomarb. - (Arbeitspapiere zur Schriftenreihe Schwerpunkt Marketing ; 31)

Du vide et de l'éternité

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Cassé, Michel

2014-01-01

Gravité quantique, supersymétrie, univers multiples : la cosmologie et la physique quantique nous donnent aujourd hui de l'univers une image stupéfiante, à même de défier l'imagination la plus délirante. Conjuguant la puissance de la science et le souffle de la poésie, Michel Cassé parvient à nous rendre intelligibles les concepts les plus abstraits et les théories les plus ardues. Quand le vide quantique, sous sa plume, fleurit en particules élémentaires puis, en un clin d oeil cosmique (l « inflation »), se déploie en stupéfiants « plurivers », la physique et la cosmologie s éclairent du bonheur de l écriture.

Content and ratings of mature-rated video games.

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Thompson, Kimberly M; Tepichin, Karen; Haninger, Kevin

2006-04-01

To quantify the depiction of violence, blood, sexual themes, profanity, substances, and gambling in video games rated M (for "mature") and to measure agreement between the content observed and the rating information provided to consumers on the game box by the Entertainment Software Rating Board. We created a database of M-rated video game titles, selected a random sample, recorded at least 1 hour of game play, quantitatively assessed the content, performed statistical analyses to describe the content, and compared our observations with the Entertainment Software Rating Board content descriptors and results of our prior studies. Harvard University, Boston, Mass. Authors and 1 hired game player. M-rated video games. Percentages of game play depicting violence, blood, sexual themes, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs; use of profanity in dialogue, song lyrics, or gestures. Although the Entertainment Software Rating Board content descriptors for violence and blood provide a good indication of such content in the game, we identified 45 observations of content that could warrant a content descriptor in 29 games (81%) that lacked these content descriptors. M-rated video games are significantly more likely to contain blood, profanity, and substances; depict more severe injuries to human and nonhuman characters; and have a higher rate of human deaths than video games rated T (for "teen"). Parents and physicians should recognize that popular M-rated video games contain a wide range of unlabeled content and may expose children and adolescents to messages that may negatively influence their perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors.

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The nature of parallax microlensing events towards the Galactic bulge

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Smith, MC; Belokurov, [No Value; Evans, NW; Mao, SD; An, JH

2005-01-01

Perhaps as many as 30 parallax microlensing events are known, thanks to the efforts of the Massive Compact Halo Object (MACHO), Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE), Experience pour la Recherche d'Objets Sombres (EROS) and Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics (MOA) experiments

GLCF: Data & Products

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Global Land Cover Facility About GLCF Research Publications Data & Products Gallery Library using the Earth Science Data Interface. Users are also asked to consider GLCF data policies, especially Guides * Data Policies * Restricted Access Quick Links * EROS Data Center * Global Change Master

Sexualidade e pulsão: conceitos indissociáveis em psicanálise? Sexualidad y pulsión: conceptos inseparables en psicoanálisis? Sexuality and drive: inseparable concepts in psychoanalysis?

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Ney Klier Padilha Netto

2012-09-01

Full Text Available A Psicanálise tem como um de seus operadores centrais uma compreensão inovadora da sexualidade humana. O conceito de pulsão e, em particular, o de pulsão sexual possui lugar de destaque. As determinações e implicações dos remanejamentos sofridos por esse conceito na obra freudiana colocam dificuldades teóricas na questão do sexual e de sua relação com a alteridade. No primeiro dualismo pulsional, a pulsão sexual é força disruptiva, oposta às de autoconservação, por seu caráter desestabilizador para o ego. Com a emergência do conceito de narcisismo, a constituição egoica assume caráter eminentemente sexual, e a oposição entre ego e sexualidade é problematizada. Na segunda teoria das pulsões, fundamentada na contraposição entre Eros e Pulsão de Morte, esta última constitui força destrutiva, cuja natureza, para Freud, não seria sexual. Baseando-nos em Jean Laplanche, discute-se como conciliar os aspectos violentos edisruptivos da sexualidade humana com a dimensão de ligação inerente a Eros.El psicoanálisis tiene como uno de sus operadores centrales una comprensión innovadora de la sexualidad humana. El concepto de pulsión y, en particular, el de pulsión sexual, posee lugar prominente. Las determinaciones e implicaciones de las reubicaciones sufridas por este concepto en la obra de Freud crean dificultades teóricas en la cuestión de lo sexual y su relación con la alteridad. En el primer dualismo pulsional, la pulsión sexual es fuerza disruptiva, opuesta a la autoconservación, debido a su carácter desestabilizador para el Yo. Con la emergencia del concepto de narcisismo, la constitución del Yo toma carácter eminentemente sexual, y la oposición entre Yo y sexualidad es problematizada. En la segunda teoría de las pulsiones, basada en la oposición entre Eros y Pulsión de Muerte, ésta constituye una fuerza destructiva, cuya naturaleza, según Freud, no sería sexual. Basándonos en Jean Laplanche

Modeled Wet Nitrate Deposition

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — Modeled data on nitrate wet deposition was obtained from Dr. Jeff Grimm at Penn State Univ. Nitrate wet depostion causes acidification and eutrophication of surface...

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"Laboratories for Biomembrane Research and Biotechnology, Biochemistry Department, College of Medicine, Univer- sity of Ibadan ... stable structures called advanced glycated end-prod- ... in a population of normal red cells is covalently.

Defending dreamer’s rock

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Beck, Günter U.

2007-01-01

Defending dreamer’s rock : Geschichte, Geschichtsbewusstsein und Geschichtskultur im Native drama der USA und Kanadas. - Trier : WVT Wiss. Verl. Trier, 2007. - 445 S. - (CDE - Studies ; 14). - Zugl.: Augsburg, Univ., Diss., 2006

Female literacy rate is a better predictor of birth rate and infant mortality rate in India

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Suman Saurabh

2013-01-01

Full Text Available Background: Educated women are known to take informed reproductive and healthcare decisions. These result in population stabilization and better infant care reflected by lower birth rates and infant mortality rates (IMRs, respectively. Materials and Methods: Our objective was to study the relationship of male and female literacy rates with crude birth rates (CBRs and IMRs of the states and union territories (UTs of India. The data were analyzed using linear regression. CBR and IMR were taken as the dependent variables; while the overall literacy rates, male, and female literacy rates were the independent variables. Results: CBRs were inversely related to literacy rates (slope parameter = -0.402, P < 0.001. On multiple linear regression with male and female literacy rates, a significant inverse relationship emerged between female literacy rate and CBR (slope = -0.363, P < 0.001, while male literacy rate was not significantly related to CBR (P = 0.674. IMR of the states were also inversely related to their literacy rates (slope = -1.254, P < 0.001. Multiple linear regression revealed a significant inverse relationship between IMR and female literacy (slope = -0.816, P = 0.031, whereas male literacy rate was not significantly related (P = 0.630. Conclusion: Female literacy is relatively highly important for both population stabilization and better infant health.

Spontaneous mutation rates and the rate-doubling dose

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Von Borstel, R.C.; Moustaccki, E.; Latarjet, R.

1978-01-01

The amount of radiation required to double the frequency of mutations or tumours over the rate of those that occur spontaneously is called the rate-doubling dose. An equivalent concept has been proposed for exposure to other environmental mutagens. The doubling dose concept is predicated on the assumption that all human populations have the same spontaneous mutation rate, and that this spontaneous mutation rate is known. It is now established for prokaryotes and lower eukaryotes that numerous genes control the spontaneous mutation rate, and it is likely that the same is true for human cells as well. Given that the accepted mode of evolution of human populatons is from small, isolated groups of individuals, it seems likely that each population would have a different spontaneous mutation rate. Given that a minimum of twenty genes control or affect the spontaneous mutation rate, and that each of these in turn is susceptible to spontaneously arising or environmentally induced mutations, it seems likely that every individual within a population (except for siblings from identical multiple births) will have a unique spontaneous mutation rate. If each individual in a population does have a different spontaneous mutation rate, the doubling dose concept, in rigorous terms, is fallacious. Therefore, as with other concepts of risk evaluation, the doubling dose concept is subject to criticism. Nevertheless, until we know individual spontaneous mutation rates with precision, and can evaluate risks based on this information, the doubling dose concept has a heuristic value and is needed for practical assessment of risks for defined populations. (author)

BAUHAUS MUSEUM DESSAU

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Malík, Andrej

2016-01-01

von Andrej Malík Arbeit an der Bibliothek noch nicht eingelangt - Daten nicht geprueft Abweichender Titel nach Übersetzung der Verfasserin/des Verfassers Technische Universität Wien, Univ., Diplomarbeit, 2016

Modeling of droplet dynamic and thermal behaviour during spray ...

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Supersonic atomization; droplets; thermal history; solid fraction; secondary dendrite arm spacing. 1. Introduction .... velocity with distance as illustrated in (1) (Eon-Sik Lee and Ahn ...... Uhlenwinkel and U Fritsching (Bremen, Germany: Univer-.

tracts of Cnestis ferruginea

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“Laboratories for Biomembrane Research and Biotechnology, Biochemistry Department, College of Medicine, Univer- sity of Ibadan ... stable structures called advanced glycated end-prod- ... in a population of normal red cells is covalently.

New Fellows and Honorary Fellow

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SV Univ.), FNASc, FNA. Date of birth: 1 July 1957. Specialization: Environmental Microbiology, Biodegradation, Bioremediation Address: Department of Animal Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500 046, A.P.

Modern processing technologies and food quality. 18th Food Technology Days '97 dedicated to prof. F. Bitenc

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Zlender, Bozidar; Gasperlin, Lea; Hocevar, Ivica; Slemenik, Barbka; Hocevar, Polona

1997-01-01

Modern processing technologies and food quality. Proceedings of thematic survey of topics in food science and technology and nutrition for postgraduate students, Ljubljana Univ. (Slovenia). Biotechnical Fac., Food Science and Technology Dept

Temperature and salinity measurements taken from the BLUE, PENOBSCOT and other Slocum glider platforms in the Coastal N Atlantic, Coastal S Atlantic and other locations from 2012 to 2014 (NCEI Accession 0123079)

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — Temperature and salinity measurements found in dataset IOOS taken from the BLUE (Slocum glider; WMO 4801504; operated by Univ. of Massachusetts Dartmouth), PENOBSCOT...

The Impact of the Lisbon Treaty on EU Competition Law: A Review of Recent Case Law of the EU Courts

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Ben Van Rompuy

2011-01-01

Since the Lisbon Treaty came into force on December 1, 2009, there has been no Treaty provision proclaiming adherence to the principle of undistorted competition. Ben Van Rompuy (Georgetown Univ. Law Center)

Extracted chlorophyll-a and phaeopigment concentrations and other data from R/V Endeavor from 1995-01-11 to 1995-06-16 (NODC Accession 9900026)

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — This accession contains "extracted chlorophyll-a and phaeopigment" concentrations collected for the GLOBEC Georges Bank project by Dr. Dian Gifford, Univ. of Rhode...

Science of Guessing Passwords

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First page Back Continue Last page Graphics. Science of Guessing Passwords. Joseph Bonneau. Ph.D. Thesis,. Univ. of Cambridge, 2012. Advisor: Ross Anderson, FRS. NSA AWARD FOR THE BEST SCIENTIFIC CYBERSECURITY PAPER.

Thermal Design for a Diffraction-Limited Doppler Spectrometer

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration — The Univ. of Notre Dame is building a new high-resolution spectrometer named “iLocater” to achieve unprecedented radial velocity (RV) precision for stellar Doppler...

MÉTODOS DE INDEXAÇÃO DE INDICADORES NA AVALIAÇÃO DA QUALIDADE DO SOLO EM RELAÇÃO À EROSÃO HÍDRICA

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Bernardo Moreira Cândido

2015-04-01

Full Text Available A avaliação da qualidade dos solos agrícolas é importante para definição e adoção de práticas de manejo que garantam a sustentabilidade socioeconômica e ambiental. Os métodos de indexação dos indicadores de qualidade denominados Índice de Qualidade Integrado (IQI e Índice de Qualidade Nemoro (IQN foram utilizados neste estudo para avaliar a qualidade de solo em áreas experimentais de plantio de eucalipto. A seleção dos indicadores foi feita a partir de nove indicadores de qualidade do solo: diâmetro médio geométrico, permeabilidade à água, matéria orgânica, macro e microporosidade, volume total de poros, densidade do solo, resistência à penetração e índice de floculação, que estão relacionados à erosão hídrica. Os tratamentos constituíram de eucalipto plantado em nível, com e sem a manutenção dos resíduos, em desnível e solo descoberto, em dois biomas distintos, cujas vegetações nativas são Cerrado e Floresta. Os índices de qualidade do solo (IQS apresentaram alta correlação com a erosão hídrica. Entre os sistemas manejados, o Eucalipto com manutenção do resíduo evidenciou valores mais elevados em ambos os índices, ressaltando-se a importância da cobertura vegetal e manutenção da matéria orgânica para conservação do solo e da água em sistemas florestais. Os IQS demonstraram alto coeficiente de correlação inversa com as perdas de solo e água. Em locais com as maiores taxas de erosão hídrica manifestaram também os menores valores de IQI e IQN. Assim, os índices testados permitiram avaliar com eficácia os efeitos dos manejos adotados sobre a qualidade do solo em relação à erosão hídrica.

Efecto del plasma seminal sobre el estado redox del semen equino criopreservado

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Edison Pizarro L.

2013-10-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Determinar el efecto del plasma seminal sobre la generación de especies reactivas de oxígeno (ERO y la peroxidación lipídica de semen equino criopreservado y su asociación con parámetros de calidad seminal. Materiales y métodos. El semen de cinco caballos de la raza criollo colombiano (dos eyaculados cada uno, fue criopreservado mediante un protocolo de congelación rápida, empleando un diluyente leche-yema de huevo, suplementado con 0%, 10% y 20% de plasma seminal equino. En muestras de semen fresco y criopreservado se evaluó la generación de ERO y la peroxidación lipídica por espectrofluorimetría, y los parámetros de calidad seminal de movilidad progresiva, vitalidad e integridad de membrana, mediante microscopia de contraste de fase. Para el análisis estadístico se ajustaron modelos mixtos y se realizaron análisis de regresión y correlación. Resultados. Se hallaron promedios post-descongelación de movilidad progresiva, vitalidad e integridad de membrana de 37.8%±20.2, 50.6% ± 14.6 y 37.8% ± 15.5, respectivamente. Para el semen fresco y criopreservado suplementado con 0%, 10% y 20% de plasma seminal, los promedios de producción de ERO (URF fueron de 13.34±10.7, 16.15 ± 13.5, 17.32 ± 16 y 22.98 ± 19.4, respectivamente; mostrando un incremento estadísticamente significativo (p≤0.05 en la producción de ERO por efecto de la criopreservación y la suplementación con plasma seminal. Los promedios de peroxidación lipídica (nmolMDA/ml para estos mismos tratamientos, fueron de 0.41 ± 0.25, 0.72±0.37, 0.51 ± 0.29 y 0.47±0.26, respectivamente; mostrando una reducción significativa (p≤0.05 de la peroxidación lipídica del semen suplementado con 10% y 20% de plasma seminal, respecto al semen no suplementado (0%. Conclusiones. El plasma seminal reduce la peroxidación lipídica del semen equino criopreservado.

29 CFR 778.112 - Day rates and job rates.

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2010-07-01

... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Day rates and job rates. 778.112 Section 778.112 Labor... Requirements Principles for Computing Overtime Pay Based on the âregular Rateâ § 778.112 Day rates and job rates. If the employee is paid a flat sum for a day's work or for doing a particular job, without regard...

Alpha decay calculations with a new formula

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Akrawy, D T; Poenaru, D N

2017-01-01

A new semi-empirical formula for calculations of α  decay half-lives is presented. It was derived from the Royer relationship by introducing new parameters which are fixed by fit to a set of experimental data. We are using three sets: set A with 130 e–e (even–even), 119 e–o (even–odd), 109 o–e, and 96 o–o, set B with 188 e–e, 147 e–o, 131 o–e and 114 o–o, and set C with 136 e–e, 84 e–o, 76 o–e and 48 o–o alpha emitters. A comparison of results obtained with the new formula (newF) and the following well known relationships: semiempirical relationship based on fission theory (semFIS), analytical superasymmetric fission (ASAF) model and universal formula (UNIV) made in terms of rms standard deviation. We also introduced a weighted mean value of this quantity, allowing us to compare the global properties of a given model. For set B the order of the four models is the following: semFIS, UNIV, newF and ASAF. Nevertheless for even–even alpha emitters, UNIV gives the second best result after semFIS, and for odd–even parents the second is newF. Despite its simplicity in comparison with semFIS, newF, presented in this article, behaves quite well, competing with the other well known relationships. (paper)

Research and development of the system for group examination of lung cancer by helical CT

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2003-03-01

For the ultimate purpose of heavy particle therapy of lung cancer at an early stage, the system in the title with low dose radiation has been investigated by cooperation of NIRS (as a leading part) and medical/industrial facilities all over the country. The project started essentially in 1984 and has been continuing at 2003. This book described Results hitherto and Materials for application to medical care at disaster (Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster in 1995) together with reference materials. Results contain all fields of nuclear medicine and of imaging involved in examination/diagnosis of lung cancer, achieved by NIRS, by Health management center and Faculty of Medicine, Chiba University and Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association in Chiba, by the 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Fac. Med., Chiba Univ., by Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, by Nippon Med. School, Arakawa-ku cancer protection center and Tokyo Metropolitan Univ. of Health Sciences, by Hitachi health management center, by Fukui Med. College, by Hitachi Medical Corp., by NTT research laboratories, and by Toyohashi Univ. of Technology. The Materials involve Process and summary of conducting the medical care activities, Improvement of the examination automobile, Supplementary equipments and measures for legal problems, System for the medical care activities, Record of the examination automobile activities, Problems in future, and Completion of the medical activities. Reference materials are related with the Materials above. (N.I.)

Pathways, Networks and Systems Medicine Conferences

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Nadeau, Joseph H. [Pacific Northwest Research Institute

2013-11-25

The 6th Pathways, Networks and Systems Medicine Conference was held at the Minoa Palace Conference Center, Chania, Crete, Greece (16-21 June 2008). The Organizing Committee was composed of Joe Nadeau (CWRU, Cleveland), Rudi Balling (German Research Centre, Brauschweig), David Galas (Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle), Lee Hood (Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle), Diane Isonaka (Seattle), Fotis Kafatos (Imperial College, London), John Lambris (Univ. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia),Harris Lewin (Univ. of Indiana, Urbana-Champaign), Edison Liu (Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore), and Shankar Subramaniam (Univ. California, San Diego). A total of 101 individuals from 21 countries participated in the conference: USA (48), Canada (5), France (5), Austria (4), Germany (3), Italy (3), UK (3), Greece (2), New Zealand (2), Singapore (2), Argentina (1), Australia (1), Cuba (1), Denmark (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1), Netherlands (1), Spain (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1). With respect to speakers, 29 were established faculty members and 13 were graduate students or postdoctoral fellows. With respect to gender representation, among speakers, 13 were female and 28 were male, and among all participants 43 were female and 58 were male. Program these included the following topics: Cancer Pathways and Networks (Day 1), Metabolic Disease Networks (Day 2), Day 3 ? Organs, Pathways and Stem Cells (Day 3), and Day 4 ? Inflammation, Immunity, Microbes and the Environment (Day 4). Proceedings of the Conference were not published.

76 FR 12070 - Incidental Taking of Marine Mammals; Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to the Explosive Removal...

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2011-03-04

... Energy's EROS operations in 2010: Marine mammals Biological impacts Company Structure Dates sighted... Taking of Marine Mammals; Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to the Explosive Removal of Offshore Structures in the Gulf of Mexico AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and...

UNITED STATES LAND USE INVENTORY FOR ESTIMATING BIOGENIC OZONE PRECURSOR EMISSIONS

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The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Earth Resources Observation System (EROS) Data Center's (EDC) 1-km classified land cover data are combined with other land use data using a Geographic Information System (GIS) to create the Biogenic Emissions Landcover Database (BELD). The land...

Awakening the Erotic in Religious Education.

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Siejk, Cate

2001-01-01

Focuses on exploring and understanding the epistemological significance of eros and the place of the erotic in contemporary religious education. Shows, through concrete examples, how a fully human epistemology makes possible an authentic religious education that promotes both personal and communal transformation. (CAJ)

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Hauser, Michael

2008-01-01

Roč. 56, č. 1 (2008), s. 65-75 ISSN 0015-1831 R&D Projects: GA AV ČR(CZ) KJB900090602 Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z90090514 Keywords : values * postmodernism * Lacan * Deleuze * Platon * Eros Subject RIV: AA - Philosophy ; Religion

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2012-01-20

... submitting the information collection FERC-725F, ``Mandatory Reliability Standards for Nuclear Plant...: Title: FERC-725F Mandatory Reliability Standards for Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination OMB Control No... Organization (ERO) to develop mandatory and enforceable Reliability Standards, which are subject to Commission...

Crab Haul Creek Tide Gauge Data, North Inlet Estuary, Georgetown, South Carolina: 2001 • Feb2008.

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Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences, Univ of South Carolina — The Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services The Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) collects, analyzes and...

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2012-01-01

Ecocriticism and ´The House of Mirth´? : imaginative literature and cultural-ecological ethics. - In: Literature, ecology, ethics / Timo Müller ... (eds.). - Heidelberg : Univ.-Verl. Winter, 2012. - S. 131-145. - (Anglistische Forschungen ; 432)

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Information Management in Malawi's PMTCT program 306. © 2017 The College of ..... system in Malawi: issues, innovations and results. Oxf Univ Press ... Role of Information and Knowledge Managers: Managers Perspectives. In Barcelona ...

Developing an Erosion Rate Map for Myanmar Using USLE, GIS and Remote Sensing

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Emtehani, Sobhan; Rutten, Martine

2017-04-01

factor; and the satellite images from Landsat 8 were used for calculation of C factor. Due to lack of spatial distributed data, the P factor was set to 1. This procedure provides a good estimate of erosion rates, but certainly field verification is required. This methodology can be used in regions where there is low density of weather stations. It can be used by policy makers to identify the areas with high risk of erosion and to mitigate the erosion effects. Htwe, T. N. (2016). Changes of traditional farming systems and their effects on land degradation and socio-economic conditions in the Inle Lake region, Myanmar, Kassel, Univ., Diss., 2015. Htwe, T. N., et al. (2015). "Spatio-temporal assessment of soil erosion risk in different agricultural zones of the Inle Lake region, southern Shan State, Myanmar." Environmental monitoring and assessment 187(10): 1-14. Mann, Z. (2013). "River Bank Erosion Forces Hundreds of Families to Relocate." from http://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/first-japanese-newspaper-becomes-available-in-rangoon.html.

Preparing Future Geoscientists at the Critical High School-to-College Junction: Project METALS and the Value of Engaging Diverse Institutions to Serve Underrepresented Students

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White, L. D.; Maygarden, D.; Serpa, L. F.

2015-12-01

Since 2010, the Minority Education Through Traveling and Learning in the Sciences (METALS) program, a collaboration among San Francisco State Univ., the Univ. of Texas at El Paso, the Univ. of New Orleans, and Purdue Univ., has created meaningful, field-based geoscience experiences for underrepresented minority high school students. METALS activities promote excitement about geoscience in field settings and foster mutual respect and trust among participants of different backgrounds and ethnicities. These gains are strengthened by the collective knowledge of the university partners and by faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, scientists, and science teachers who guide the field trips and who are committed to encouraging diversity in the geosciences. Through the student experiences it provides, METALS has helped shape and shift student attitudes and orientation toward geoscience, during and beyond their field experience, just as these students are poised at the critical juncture from high school to college. A review of the METALS findings and summative evaluation shows a distinct pattern of high to moderately high impact on most students in the various cohorts of the program. METALS, overall, was perceived by participants as a program that: (1) opens up opportunities for individuals who might not typically be able to experience science in outdoor settings; (2) offers high-interest geology content in field contexts, along with social and environmental connections; (3) promotes excitement about geology while encouraging the development of mutual respect, interdependence, and trust among individuals of different ethnicities; (4) influences the academic choices of students, in particular their choice of major and course selection in college. Summative data show that multiple aspects of this program were highly effective. Cross-university collaborations create a dynamic forum and a high-impact opportunity for students from different backgrounds to meet and develop

Rechazo y victimización al alumnado con necesidad de apoyo educativo en primero de primaria

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Mª Inés Monjas

2014-05-01

Full Text Available Este estudio pretende analizar el rechazo y victimización social que experimenta el alumnado con necesidad de apoyo educativo en comparación con sus compañeros. Participaron 1351 alumnos de primero de educación primaria de los que 253 (el 18.7% fueron etiquetados por sus profesores como alumnos con necesidad de apoyo educativo ya que presentaban dificultades que hicieron necesaria ayuda educativa especial y adicional al resto de compañeros. La información ha sido proporcionada por los iguales (tipología sociométrica, reputación social y calificación sociométrica, el profesorado (competencia social y el propio alumno (victimización y competencia percibida. Los resultados indican que los alumnos con necesidad de apoyo educativo son más rechazados, tienen peor reputación social (más agresivos, más aislados y menos prosociales y sus profesores les califican como menos competentes socialmente. Informan de que son victimizados con más frecuencia que sus compañeros y se autoperciben como menos competentes cognitivamente y menos aceptados por sus iguales. Todo ello revela una evidente caracterización de este alumnado como rechazado y excluido. Es más, los aspectos que definen el perfil del rechazo se ven intensificados cuando se trata de estos alumnos, motivos por los que se concluye con la necesidad de prestar especial atención y cuidado a este colectivo en riesgo.

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mathematics lesson periods in English at the lower primary level. Efforts to use the native language for meaningful mathematics instructions are constrained by teachers' inability to speak the ..... Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 9-33.

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Jan 15, 2018 ... Padjadjaran,. 2. Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Unive ... AL MODEL FOR DISSOLVED OXYGEN PREDICTION IN. IR, WEST JAVA ... The simulation program was created using Visual Studio 2012 C# software with ANN model.

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colonies were amplified using TempliPhi (GE Healthcare,. Buckinghamshire ... value. A ccession no. HM01. F: 5. -. T. GTTGTGCAGAGAGACTGAGG-3. (GA). 17. 161–163. 3 .... Window–based freeware for population genetic analysis. Univer-.

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PREFACE: Nanosafe2010: International Conference on Safe Production and Use of Nanomaterials

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2011-07-01

. Rochester, USA)David PUI (U. Minnesota, USA)Eric QUEMENEUR (CEA, FR)Robert SCHALLER (EPFL, CH)Carole SENTEIN (CEA, FR)Ken TAKEDA (U. Tokyo, JP)Louis TREPIED (MINEFE, FR)Jacques VENDEL (IRSN, FR)Olivier WITSCHGER (INRS, FR) List of Participants AGUY SCordouan, FR ALLEMAN LEcole des Mines de Douai, FR ALPER MUniv. California Berkeley, US ALVES O LUNICAMP, BR AMDAOUD MUniv. Joseph Fourier, FR AMODEO TINERIS, FR AMYOTTE PDalhousie Univ., CA ARAKELIAN M CFundacion Argentina de Nanotecnologia, AR ARZAMASTSEVA ETomsk Polytechnic Univ., RU ASCHBERGER KEuropean Commission-JRC, IT ASHTON AJPCS, GB ASIMAKOPOULOU ACERTH/CPER, GR AUBLANT J-MLNE, FR AUDE-GARCIA CCEA, FR AUFFAN MCEREGE, FR AUGER ACEA, FR BAEK MSeoul Woman's Univ., KR BAEZA AUniv. Paris 7 Diderot, FR BAGUET DCEA, FR BARONE FIstituto Superiore di Sanità, IT BAU SINRS, FR BELLEVILLE PCEA, FR BENAZET SSNPE-Matériaux Energétiques, FR BERGER L-MFraunhofer Institute, DE BERGES MDGUV-IFA, DE BERNARD CNIST, US BERNARD DARKEMA, FR BERNE PCEA, FR BERRET J-FUniv. Paris 7 Diderot, FR BIGORGNE ECNRS, FR BILLAT BPMS, FR BLOCH DCEA, FR BOGDANOVIC-GUILLON AFreelance journalist, FR BOIVIN DRESPIREX France, FR BOLAND SUniv. Paris 7 Diderot, FR BOMBARDIER PFAURE QEI, FR BORASCHI DInstitute of Biomedical Technologies, IT BOTTERO J-YCEREGE, FR BRADLEY JLux Research, US BREGOLI LVeneto Nanotech, IT BRIGNON J-MINERIS, FR BROCHOT CIRSN, FR BROUWER DTNO Quality of Life, NL BUDIMAN TTSE-Systems, DE CABOCHE JEcole des Mines de Douai, FR CALLET GCEA, FR CALOGINE DINERIS, FR CAPONIGRO ALoreal, FR CARRIERE MCEA, FR CASSETTE SThales Research & Technology, FR CHARPENTIER DINERIS, FR CHEN C-CTaiwan Univ., TW CHEN LHealth Canada, CA CHEVALLET MCEA, FR CHOI S-JSeoul Woman's Univ., KR CHOU C-CChung Cheng University, TW CHUNG H-ESeoul Woman's Univ., KR CIMPAN MUniv. Bergen, NO CIOBANU NTU Munich, DE CLARK KInstitute for Work and Health, CH CONJEAUD HUniv. Paris 7 Diderot, FR COSTA PEREIRA CNational Health Institute, PT CROOKS MTSI, GB CUPERTINO DC

Métodos de preparo de solo e sua influência na erosão hídrica e no acúmulo de biomassa da parte aérea de Eucaliptus Saligna em um cambissolo háplico da depressão central do Rio Grande do Sul Methods of soil tillage and its influence in water erosion and initial development of Eucalyptus Saligna on the inceptisoil of the central depression of the State of Rio Grande do Sul

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José Baptista

2010-08-01

Full Text Available Este estudo buscou identificar e quantificar o efeito de métodos de preparo de solo e manejo de resíduos da colheita sobre a erosão hídrica e o desenvolvimento inicial da floresta de Eucalyptus saligna em um Cambissolo háplico. O ensaio foi instalado em área experimental da Aracruz Celulose e Papel S. A., localizada no Município de Arroio dos Ratos, na região fisiográfica denominada Depressão Central. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi o de blocos ao acaso com três repetições. Os tratamentos testados foram: subsolagem interrompida com resíduo (SIR, subsolagem contínua com resíduo (SCR e subsolagem contínua sem resíduo (SSR, todos no sentido do declive, e coveamento mecânico (CME. A perda de solo do SSR foi 10 vezes maior que a dos demais tratamentos de subsolagem e 100 vezes maior em relação ao coveamento mecânico (CME. O escoamento superficial nos tratamentos com resíduo correspondeu a 1,6% do total precipitado e no tratamento subsolagem sem resíduo, 2,9% do total precipitado. O preparo mais intensivo do solo aumentou a erosão, porém favoreceu o crescimento inicial do eucalipto. A biomassa aérea do E. saligna 12 meses após o plantio foi maior nos tratamentos com maior volume de solo mobilizado.The study sought to identify and quantify the effect of methods of tillage soil and solid waste management of the harvest on water erosion and initial development of the forest in a Inceptisoil. The test was installed in an experimental area of Aracruz Pulp and Paper S. A., located in the municipality of Arroio dos Ratos in the physiografic region called the Depression Center. The experimental design used was random block with three repetitions. The treatments tested were interrupted ripping with residue (CRS, continuous ripping with residue (SCR, continuous without residue (SSR all in the direction of the slope and mechanical digging (CME. The loss of soil from SSR was ten times larger than the other treatment of