Christinaty, neutrality and public schooling : the origins of the dutch educational system, 1801-1920

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Evaluation of NRC, UC Davis and ADAS approaches to estimate the metabolizable energy values of feeds at maintenance energy intake from equations utilizing chemical assays and in vitro determinations

Feed samples received by commercial analytical laboratories are often undefined or mixed varieties of forages, originate from various agronomic or geographical areas of the world, are mixtures (e.g., total mixed rations) and are often described incompletely or not at all. Six unified single equation approaches to predict the metabolizable energy (ME) value of feeds determined in sheep fed at maintenance ME intake were evaluated utilizing 78 individual feeds representing 17 different forages, grains, protein meals and by-product feedstuffs. The predictive approaches evaluated were two each from National Research Council [National Research Council (NRC), Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle, seventh revised ed. National Academy Press, Washington, DC, USA, 2001], University of California at Davis (UC Davis) and ADAS (Stratford, UK). Slopes and intercepts for the two ADAS approaches that utilized in vitro digestibility of organic matter and either measured gross energy (GE), or a prediction of GE from component assays, and one UC Davis approach, based upon in vitro gas production and some component assays, differed from both unity and zero, respectively, while this was not the case for the two NRC and one UC Davis approach. However, within these latter three approaches, the goodness of fit (r(2)) increased from the NRC approach utilizing lignin (0.61) to the NRC approach utilizing 48 h in vitro digestion of neutral detergent fibre (NDF:0.72) and to the UC Davis approach utilizing a 30 h in vitro digestion of NDF (0.84). The reason for the difference between the precision of the NRC procedures was the failure of assayed lignin values to accurately predict 48 h in vitro digestion of NDF. However, differences among the six predictive approaches in the number of supporting assays, and their costs, as well as that the NRC approach is actually three related equations requiring categorical description of feeds (making them unsuitable for mixed feeds) while the ADAS and UC Davis approaches are single equations, suggests that the procedure of choice will vary dependent Upon local conditions, specific objectives and the feedstuffs to be evaluated. In contrast to the evaluation of the procedures among feedstuffs, no procedure was able to consistently discriminate the ME values of individual feeds within feedstuffs determined in vivo, suggesting that the quest for an accurate and precise ME predictive approach among and within feeds, may remain to be identified. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Reconstruction of geomagnetic activity and near-Earth interplanetary conditions over the past 167 yr – Part 1: A new geomagnetic data composite

We present a new composite of geomagnetic activity which is designed to be as homogeneous in its construction as possible. This is done by only combining data that, by virtue of the locations of the source observatories used, have similar responses to solar wind and IMF (interplanetary magnetic field) variations. This will enable us (in Part 2, Lockwood et al., 2013a) to use the new index to reconstruct the interplanetary magnetic field, B, back to 1846 with a full analysis of errors. Allowance is made for the effects of secular change in the geomagnetic field. The composite uses interdiurnal variation data from Helsinki for 1845–1890 (inclusive) and 1893–1896 and from Eskdalemuir from 1911 to the present. The gaps are filled using data from the Potsdam (1891–1892 and 1897–1907) and the nearby Seddin observatories (1908–1910) and intercalibration achieved using the Potsdam–Seddin sequence. The new index is termed IDV(1d) because it employs many of the principles of the IDV index derived by Svalgaard and Cliver (2010), inspired by the u index of Bartels (1932); however, we revert to using one-day (1d) means, as employed by Bartels, because the use of near-midnight values in IDV introduces contamination by the substorm current wedge auroral electrojet, giving noise and a dependence on solar wind speed that varies with latitude. The composite is compared with independent, early data from European-sector stations, Greenwich, St Petersburg, Parc St Maur, and Ekaterinburg, as well as the composite u index, compiled from 2–6 stations by Bartels, and the IDV index of Svalgaard and Cliver. Agreement is found to be extremely good in all cases, except two. Firstly, the Greenwich data are shown to have gradually degraded in quality until new instrumentation was installed in 1915. Secondly, we infer that the Bartels u index is increasingly unreliable before about 1886 and overestimates the solar cycle amplitude between 1872 and 1883 and this is amplified in the proxy data used before 1872. This is therefore also true of the IDV index which makes direct use of the u index values.

Alex E. Davis, Graduate of the New York Trade School

Alexander Davis, Jr., a graduate of the Carpentry program of the New York Trade School in 1955 is shown working. Original caption reads, "Carpenter Contractor, Alex E. Davis Builder, Easton, Pa. Alexander Davis, Jr. - Carpentry 1955. The remodeling of old and building of new houses etc., offers many opportunities for success. Mr. Davis is shown hanging a new door on a building." Black and white photograph with caption glued to reverse.

Abordagem histórica e perspectivas atuais do ensino superior agrícola no Brasil : uma investigação na UFRGS e na UC Davis

Este estudo analisa o Ensino Superior Agrícola Brasileiro – ESAB, como “campo” (Bourdieu, 1983a), diante do cenário do mundo cambiante em que vivemos, com os seguintes objetivos: (i) resgatar parte da história, destacando dois momentos de inflexão vividos pelo ESAB: o primeiro a partir da década de 1960, quando, dentro do projeto urbano-industrialista, foram lançadas as bases do conhecimento e das estruturas acadêmicas (ainda hegemônicos) para a “modernização da agricultura”. O segundo na virada do Século XX, quando existe uma multiplicidade de propostas e não há mais um modelo a ser copiado; (ii) sugerir alguns dos caminhos possíveis e suas implicações para as instituições do ESAB, que pretendam encontrar novo sentido social no seu trabalho; (iii) analisar a influência das Universidades Norte-americanas no ESAB, tendo em vista sua importância no período de 60 e como essa influência se manifesta no segundo momento. Um “college” norte-americano (College of Agricultural and Environmental Science da University of California – Davis) e uma faculdade brasileira (Faculdade de Agronomia da UFRGS) foram escolhidos, como centros de formação e de pesquisa importantes e com participação destacada nos intercâmbios bilaterais. Essas instituições servem como testemunhas exemplares da dinâmica geral. Em ambas foram realizadas investigações e foram ouvidos atores destacados (professores-pesquisadores), através de questionários e entrevistas ao vivo Nas duas universidades os professores mostraram-se conscientes sobre as mudanças em curso, mas na UFRGS parece que o debate está menos desenvolvido. Diante das tendências que se apresentam, a Agricultura Sustentável e a Biotecnologia foram eleitas como pólos aglutinadores de diferentes projetos em disputa no início do Milênio. O estudo conclui que ou as escolas de agronomia se modificam ou não se justificam e também que, as mudanças podem ou não se vincular à busca de uma ruptura paradigmática (Santos, 1997). Conclui ainda, que seria importante cada instituição explicitar sua proposta, mesmo que esta seja de convivência entre os diferentes projetos. Finalmente opina que, Agricultura Sustentável parece ser estrategicamente mais interessante; tendo em vista ser mais adequada à realidade social e ambiental do Brasil.

Seasonal testicular changes in Dendropsophus minutus Peters, 1872 (Anura, Hylidae)

The reproductive cycle in anurans may be either continuous or discontinuous. These differences may be connected to seasonal climate changes and/or to anthropic activity. Forty adult male individuals of the Dendropsophus minutus species were collected during one year, in the municipality of Chapada dos Guimaraes (Mato Grosso, Brazil). The testicles were studied under light and transmission electron microscopy. No variations were observed when the diameter of the seminiferous tubules and the thickness of the interstitial tissue were studied. However, changes in spermatogenesis were conspicuous and indicated that the reproductive cycle of D. minutus in Chapada dos Guimaraes is discontinuous and seems related to variations in air temperature and rainfall.

El comercio intralatinoamericano en los años noventa y su base analítica

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