Aspectos oceanográficos durante los experimentos de calibraciones hidroacusticas con anchovetas vivas. Crucero BIC Humboldt 9711 de Huacho a Pacasmayo

El crucero se desarrolló del 7 al 19 de noviembre de 1997, dividiéndose en dos etapas: La etapa I de calibración de equipos tuvo lugar en dos puntos muy próximos frente a Huacho, entre el 8 y el 13 de noviembre. La etapa II, de rastreo de pesca, se efectuó del 13 al 19 del mismo mes. La temperatura superficial en los puntos de calibración fluctuó de 18,8° C a 19,9° C con mínimos valores en horas de la noche y madrugada y las máximas después de medio día. Las salinidades de origen subtropical variaron de 35,12 a 35,22%. Durante el rastreo y pesca entre Huacho y Pacasmayo los valores de temperatura, salinidad y oxígeno variaron de 19,1 a 24,4° C, 35,14 a 35,37% y 3,3 a 6,9 mL/L, respectivamente. Se registraron anomalías térmicas positivas de +2,6 a +6,4° C, valores ascendentes de sur a norte y presencia de aguas subtropicales superficiales en toda la columna de agua.

Sinopsis biológico-pesquera de la marucha Donax obesulus Reeve, 1854 en el litoral de Áncash (bahía Samanco), 2001-2009

Se analizó información biológica y pesquera de Donax obesulus procedente de bahía Samanco, Región Áncash obtenida entre el 2001 y 2009. Se procesaron muestras de capturas de la pesca comercial, prospecciones y evaluaciones poblacionales; se estimaron parámetros de crecimiento y poblacionales. La talla en las capturas comerciales varió de 6 a 34 mm en prospecciones y evaluaciones de 2 a 34 mm. Los parámetros de crecimiento estacional estimados en el 2009 fueron L∞ = 35,7 K = 1,00 y t0 = -0,30; registrando elevada tasa instantánea de mortalidad Z = 3,20 y tasa de renovación anual P/B = 3,22. El peso anual varió de 2,5 a 3,1 g; las densidades variaron de 111 a 3728 ind./ m2. El reclutamiento es anual con mayor intensidad en abril y mayo. La temperatura anual fue >19,0 °C, el oxígeno fue >4,81 mL/L, la salinidad varió de 35,061 a 35,198 ups.

Carbon stock and its compartments in a subtropical oxisol under long-term tillage and crop rotation systems

Soil organic matter (SOM) plays a crucial role in soil quality and can act as an atmospheric C-CO2 sink under conservationist management systems. This study aimed to evaluate the long-term effects (19 years) of tillage (CT-conventional tillage and NT-no tillage) and crop rotations (R0-monoculture system, R1-winter crop rotation, and R2- intensive crop rotation) on total, particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon (C) stocks of an originally degraded Red Oxisol in Cruz Alta, RS, Southern Brazil. The climate is humid subtropical Cfa 2a (Köppen classification), the mean annual precipitation 1,774 mm and mean annual temperature 19.2 ºC. The plots were divided into four segments, of which each was sampled in the layers 0-0.05, 0.05-0.10, 0.10-0.20, and 0.20-0.30 m. Sampling was performed manually by opening small trenches. The SOM pools were determined by physical fractionation. Soil C stocks had a linear relationship with annual crop C inputs, regardless of the tillage systems. Thus, soil disturbance had a minor effect on SOM turnover. In the 0-0.30 m layer, soil C sequestration ranged from 0 to 0.51 Mg ha-1 yr-1, using the CT R0 treatment as base-line; crop rotation systems had more influence on soil stock C than tillage systems. The mean C sequestration rate of the cropping systems was 0.13 Mg ha-1 yr-1 higher in NT than CT. This result was associated to the higher C input by crops due to the improvement in soil quality under long-term no-tillage. The particulate C fraction was a sensitive indicator of soil management quality, while mineral-associated organic C was the main pool of atmospheric C fixed in this clayey Oxisol. The C retention in this stable SOM fraction accounts for 81 and 89 % of total C sequestration in the treatments NT R1 and NT R2, respectively, in relation to the same cropping systems under CT. The highest C management index was observed in NT R2, confirming the capacity of this soil management practice to improve the soil C stock qualitatively in relation to CT R0. The results highlighted the diversification of crop rotation with cover crops as a crucial strategy for atmospheric C-CO2 sequestration and SOM quality improvement in highly weathered subtropical Oxisols.

Efeitos de genótipos, ambientes e de tratamentos hidrotérmicos na concentra��ão de isoflavonas agliconas em grãos de soja

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar os efeitos de tratamentos hidrotérmicos, da variabilidade genética e de ambientes no teor de isoflavonas agliconas em grãos de soja [Glycine max (L.) Merrill]. O estudo foi realizado com as cultivares de soja BR 36, FEPAGRO RS-10 e BRS 155, cultivadas em Londrina, em Capanema e em Palmas, PR, na safra 1999/2000, mediante tratamentos hidrotérmicos de 40, 50 e 60°C por 12 e 18 horas. As maiores concentra��ões de isoflavonas totais (280 mg/100 g) foram observadas nos grãos colhidos em Palmas, onde a temperatura média durante o enchimento de vagens foi mais baixa (19ºC). Em Londrina (23ºC), houve menor concentra��ão de isoflavonas (140 mg/100 g). A cultivar BRS 155 apresentou o maior teor de isoflavonas totais em Palmas e em Londrina. Grãos não-tratados da BRS 155 apresentaram em média 4,0 mg/100 g de agliconas, as quais aumentaram para 52 mg/100 g, após os tratamentos hidrotérmicos. O tratamento a 50ºC por 12 horas foi mais efetivo no desenvolvimento de isoflavonas agliconas. A 60°C, houve redução das agliconas, decorrente da inativa��ão das b-glicosidases. As formas malonil, que são termicamente instáveis, também foram reduzidas nas temperaturas mais altas.

The Use of Fly Ash in Highway Construction, HR-1031, 1990

In 1982 the Iowa DOT allowed a successful bidder the option of submitting materials and proportions using fly ash to produce a portland cement concrete (PCC) paving mixture to meet a specified compressive strength. The contractor, Irving F. Jensen, received approval for the use of a concrete mixture utilizing 500 lbs. of portland cement and 88 lbs. of fly ash as a replacement of 88 lbs. of portland cement. The PCC mixture was utilized on the Muscatine County US 61 relocation bypass paved as project F-61-4(32)--20-70. A Class "C" fly ash obtained from the Chillicothe electric generating plant approximately 100 miles away was used in the project. This use of fly ash in lieu of portland cement resulted in a cost savings of $64,500 and an energy savings of approximately 16 billion BTU. The compressive strength of this PCC mixture option was very comparable to concrete mixtures produced without the use of fly ash. The pavement has been performing very well. The substitution of fly ash for 15% of the cement has been allowed as a contractor's option since 1984. Due to the cost savings, it has been used in almost all Iowa PCC paving since that time.

The Use of Fly Ash in Highway Construction, HR-1031, Progress Report, 1986

In 1982 the Iowa DOT allowed a successful bidder the option of submitting materials and proportions using fly ash to produce a portland cement concrete (PCC) paving mixture to meet a specified compressive strength. The contractor, Irving F. Jensen, received approval for the use of a concrete mixture utilizing 500 lbs. of portland cement and 88 lbs. of fly ash as a replacement of 88 lbs. of portland cement. The PCC mixture was utilized on the Muscatine County US 61 relocation bypass paved as project F-61-4(32)--20-70. A Class "C" fly ash obtained from the Chillicothe electric generating plant approximately 100 miles away was used in the project. This use of fly ash in lieu of portland cement resulted in a cost savings of $64,500 and an energy savings of approximately 16 billion BTU. The compressive strength of this PCC mixture option was very comparable to concrete mixtures produced without the use of fly ash. The pavement has been performing very well. The substitution of fly ash for 15% of the cement has been allowed as a contractor's option since 1984. Due to the cost savings, it has been used in almost all Iowa PCC paving since that time.

Cooperativas versus sociedades mercantiles. El sector frutero en Lleida

En este trabajo, se comparan, para el sector frutero de Lleida, si existen diferencias substanciales entre las cooperativas y las sociedades mercantiles. Los aspectos que se analizan son los referidos a las estructuras financieras y los resultados obtenidos por ambos tipos de entidades.

Areas de evaluación en el peritaje judicial psicológico en derecho penal: aportaciones de interés

Se hace referencia a la labor de evaluación del psic��logo forense en base a instrumentos psicométricos de uso clínico y a técnicas espec��ficas para la medida de las habilidades cognitivas y personalidad. Al contrario de la gran cantidad de instrumentos de evaluación encontrados en la bibliografía anglosajona, en nuestro ámbito no existen apenas técnicas de evaluación psicológica válidas y fiables para ser aplicadas por el psic��logo forense, al margen de las habituales utilizadas en psicología clínica. Se ofrecen datos de varios cuestionarios para la evaluación de la personalidad desinhibida y antisocial obtenidos en muestras espa��olas de delincuentes y no delincuentes; los cuales pueden servir de referencia, en base a las teorías que los suscentan, para la valoración de delincuentes con fines de peritaje forense.

Evaluación clínica y psicométrica del Trastorno Antisocial de la Personalidad

Este trabajo se diseñó para evaluar el Trastorno Antisocial de la Personalidad del DSM-III en presos, mediante una entrevista semiestructurada y una escala auto-informada, construida a partir de los criterios del trastorno. El elevado coeficiente de acuerdo interevaluadores (0,80) muestra que los criterios son muy fiables y operativos a efectos del diagnóstico. La escala auto-informada es aceptablemente sensible (88,23%) y espec��fica (89,06%) respecto al trastorno antisocial de la personalidad. La consistencia interna alfa también se reveló muy elevada (0,92) y la escala tiene un alto valor discriminante frente a variables sociodemográficas y de índole penitenciaria.

Sant Llorenç del Montsec (La Noguera): un despoblat medieval

The medieval deserted village of St. Lloreng, a fortified place in the west lands of Catalonia, in Lleida, near Aragon, is studied from its origins in 11th. century unti1 14th.C. The growth and evolution of population during this time is shown by the houses, placed between the castle and the church, some so simply with only one room, some wider. The authors don't know why the village became deserted, but they indicate the possible move of the population into the limits of the Ager valley.

Fama y verdad en la épica quinientista espa��ola. El virgilianismo político y la tradición castellana del siglo xv

Fame and truth in Spanish XVth century epic. !e political vergilianism and the castilian tradition of the XVth century. The starting premise of this essay is that the Spanish Golden Age epic must be read from a historical perspective that takes into account the Hispanic literary tradition ofthe XVth century. In particular, it argues that epic should be approached from a theoretical perspective that explores its relationship with history in order to illuminate the diferences between Italian and Spanish epic theory and practice in the XVth century. The relationship between the discourses of epic and history can be explained through the imitation of the Vergilian model, specifically the Aeneid´s ideological representation of empire. However, it is also necessary to consider theoretical aspects in the light of the diferent uses of classical literature by Italian humanists and Castilian writers of the XV th century. Thus, its primary thesis is that although XVI th century Spanish epic shares the general principles of the Western Epic tradition, it should be approached from a specifically perspective Hispanic, in the light of the «political vergilianism» already enshrined in authors like Enrique de Villena and Juan de Mena, which is essential to appreciate how epic genre serves as memory for the present

Tempo de vida útil de propelentes base-simples

The purpose of this work was to determine the safe shelf life of single-base propellants. The kinetic parameters relative to the consumption of the stabilizer diphenylamine (DPA) added to the propellant were determined as a function of the storage and ageing time. High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) with spectrophotometric detection was used to determine the DPA percentage before and after the artificial ageing at 60, 70 and 80 ºC. The experimental data were very well adjusted to a pseudo-first order kinetic model and the respective kinetic constants are 8.0-10-3 day-1 (60 ºC); 1.9-10-2 day-1 (70 ºC); 1.2-10-1 day-1 (80 ºC). The activation energy was calculated as 130 kJ mol-1 and the half-time for depletion of the DPA at the hypothetical temperature of 40 ºC of storage was estimated as being 6 years.

Adesivos à base de taninos das cascas de duas espécies de eucalipto para produção de chapas de flocos

Os taninos foram extra��dos das cascas de Eucalyptus grandisW. Hill ex Maiden e Eucalyptus pellita F. Muell. com água quente e a adição de 4,5% de sulfito de sódio, durante três horas, nas temperaturas de 70 e 100 ºC, respectivamente. Para a produção dos adesivos, os taninos reagiram com ácido acético e sulfito de sódio, para a redução da viscosidade. Técnicas de DSC (calorimetria diferencial exploratória) foram utilizadas para determinar os parâmetros cinéticos dos adesivos. Foram produzidas, em laboratório, chapas de flocos de Eucalyptus grandis e Pinus elliottii, utilizando-se 8 e 10% de adesivo de tanino sulfitado e 8% de adesivo comercial de uréia-formaldeído. As propriedades das chapas foram determinadas segundo a norma ASTM D-1037 de 1993. As propriedades das chapas fabricadas apenas com adesivo à base de taninos foram superiores ao mínimo exigido pela norma comercial ANSI/A 208.1-93, com exceção daquelas relacionadas com umidade. As chapas produzidas com adesivos de taninos da casca de Eucalyptus grandis foram superiores àquelas fabricadas com adesivos de taninos da casca de Eucalyptus pellita.

Propriedades de chapas de flocos fabricadas com adesivo de uréia-formaldeído e de taninos da casca de Eucalyptus grandis W. Hill ex Maiden ou de Eucalyptus pellita F. Muell.

Os taninos foram extra��dos da casca de Eucalyptus grandis e Eucalyptus pellita, com água quente, à qual se adicionaram 4,5% de sulfito de sódio, durante três horas. As temperaturas da solução foram iguais a 70 e 100 ºC para Eucalyptus grandis e Eucalyptus pellita, respectivamente. Para a produção dos adesivos e com o intuito de reduzir a sua viscosidade, os taninos foram sulfitados com sulfito de sódio e ácido acético. Formula��ões adesivas foram preparadas adicionando-se 0, 25, 50, 75 ou 100% de adesivos tânicos ao adesivo comercial de uréia-formaldeído. Foram fabricadas chapas de flocos de Pinus elliottii Engelm. e Eucalyptus grandis, utilizando-se 8% da formula��ão adesiva. As propriedades das chapas foram determinadas segundo a norma ASTM D-1037, de 1993. Observou-se que as propriedades das chapas foram superiores ao mínimo estabelecido pela norma ANSI/A 280.1-93, exceto no caso da resistência à umidade. Verificou-se, ainda, que o emprego de uma formula��ão adesiva contendo resina à base de uréia-formaldeído e tanino-formaldeído pode melhorar algumas propriedades.