PORTELA um modelo na difusão da periferia: estudo do desenvolvimento da urbanização da Portela da autoria do arquitecto Fernando Silva

A Urbanização da Portela (1960-1979) da autoria do arquitecto Fernando Silva (1914- 1983) tornou-se um paradigma no contexto da criação urbanística das periferias dos anos 60, do século XX, em Portugal. A carência habitacional que existia na época proporcionou a dinamização de um plano apoiado na interpretação da Carta de Atenas (1933) e numa Cultura Arquitectónica Moderna. Possibilitou através de uma resposta rápida e eficaz dar solução às urgências habitacionais existentes devido ao êxodo rural - sinal do progresso de uma expansão industrial - ao fim da Guerra Colonial (1961-1974) e à chegada das comunidades que viviam nas ex-colónias. O modelo adoptado na Portela, com base essencialmente racionalista, tomou como base a criação de uma zona central definida por um parque urbano e uma zona comercial e de serviços. Os edifícios destinados a habitação foram colocados segundo as directrizes da Carta de Atenas, seguindo também o paradigma de reprodução socialista, como se praticava nos países da Europa Oriental. A unidade do conjunto foi sempre um princípio fundamental para a concretização do projecto e levou o arquitecto a seguir o seu desenvolvimento com enorme cuidado. Foi criado um Regulamento da Urbanização que pretendia garantir que os diversos construtores seguissem as qualidades funcionais, técnicas e estéticas do conjunto, garantindo assim a continuidade de uma linguagem arquitectónica.

Melanin-based colouration predicts natal dispersal in the barn owl, Tyto alba

Searching for a suitable breeding site is an important decision in the life of most animals. The decisions where to settle and how far to travel before doing so depend on many factors. Individual differences in dispersal distance could result from different strategies (e.g. specialists versus generalists), which might result in similar reproductive success in different habitats, or different competitive abilities to acquire a territory close to the natal site. The barn owl is polymorphic in melanic coloration, which is associated with many physiological and behavioural traits such as habitat choice, stress response and docility, raising the possibility that the coloration is also related to dispersal. We studied natal dispersal (from rearing site to site of first breeding attempt) and breeding dispersal (from one breeding site to the next) in barn owls using a long-term data set. Darker reddish individuals moved further than paler individuals during natal dispersal, but not during breeding dispersal. A cross-fostering experiment showed that the colour of the biological and foster parents had no influence on dispersal distance. The distance dispersed by parents and same-sex offspring was correlated, whereas natal and breeding dispersal were not repeatable within individuals, indicating that they are two different processes. Given that the distance travelled in natal dispersal appears to be heritable, the underlying genes might be coupled to those related to coloration. We discuss hypotheses to explain the potential adaptive function of the link between coloration and natal dispersal.

Dipterofauna do arquipélago de Fernando de Noronha (Pernambuco, Brasil)

Este trabalho registra alguns dípteros da ilha de Fernando de Noronha (Pernambuco, Brasil), apresentando a riqueza das espécies e sua abundância. O material examinado foi coletado em julho de 1973. Oito famílias de Diptera, em um total de 11.515 indivíduos foram estudadas. Entre as famílias encontradas as sete seguintes são novos registros: Calliphoridae, Muscidae, Fanniidae, Stratiomyidae, Sepsidae, Otitidae e Tabanidae. As três primeiras e os Sarcophagidae (previamente registrada) foram identificadas até o nível de espécie. As famílias mais abundantes foram Sepsidae e Calliphoridae com mais de 80% do total coletado, tendo Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabricius, 1775) como espécie dominante.

Fernando Pessoa: um diálogo com a Lusofonia

Reflexão sobre a “Lusofonia”. Nesse sentido se opera sobre matrizes operatórias configuradas por termos e conceitos diversos: “língua”, “discurso identitário” “unidade” e “diversidade”. Para isso, esta reflexão apoia-se pensamento de Fernando Pessoa acerca da “língua portuguesa”, das “línguas universais”, do “Quinto império” e do “imperialismo cultural”, no sentido de consolidar uma noção: a que fundamenta o princípio de existência de uma ampla Comunidade linguística traçada pelo diapasão da unidade.

Isolation and characterization of 21 microsatellite markers in the barn owl (Tyto alba).

We report 21 new polymorphic microsatellite markers in the European barn owl (Tyto alba). The polymorphism of the reported markers was evaluated in a population situated in western Switzerland and in another from Tenerife, Canary Islands. The number of alleles per locus varies between two and 31, and expected heterozygosity per population ranges from 0.16 to 0.95. All loci are in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and no linkage disequilibrium was detected. Two loci exhibit a null allele in the Tenerife population.

O uso da Internet como auxílio na Prática Pedagógica: O caso da Escola Técnica Grão Duque Henri

Com o presente estudo pretende-se fazer uma reflexão sobre o uso da Internet, principalmente por parte do professor para auxiliar-lhe na sua prática pedagógica, tendo como objectivo analisar a sua importância na prática pedagógica. Estamos numa sociedade, onde as Tecnologias de Informação são consideradas como base fulcral, permitindo aos indivíduos aceder de uma forma fácil uma grande variedade de informações e estar actualizado constantemente, a poder comunicar com os outros a qualquer momento, a trabalhar mesmo fora do local de trabalho, permitindo ao indivíduo estudar a qualquer hora do dia. Sendo assim, a educação tem de adoptar esta ferramenta de forma a proporcionar aos alunos uma interacção com esta máquina a fim de ajudar-lhes com as mais variadas informações disponíveis. A Internet é uma ferramenta que possibilita aos indivíduos todas as vantagens referidas acima, ela constitui um dos melhores recursos educativos. Deste modo, utilizando-a na educação o professor pode tirar o melhor proveito, pois permite-lhe preparar a sua aula tornando-a mais interessante, motivante e colaborativa, buscando melhores e maiores documentos, que ajudalhe na elaboração dos testes, das actividades a serem desenvolvidas na sala de aula. Relativamente ao estudo de caso, este baseou-se na aplicação de questionário aos professores da Escola Técnica Grão Duque Henri. Foi escolhida uma amostra de 25% dos 45 professores do 11º ano da referida escola, na qual foram aplicados questionário para a obtenção de dados relativamente ao uso da Internet pelos mesmos.

Effects of hatching asynchrony on sibling negotiation, begging, jostling for position and within-brood food allocation in the barn owl Tyto alba

When siblings differ markedly in their need for food, they may benefit from signalling to each other their willingness to contest the next indivisible food item delivered by the parents. This sib-sib communication system, referred to as 'sibling negotiation', may allow them to adjust optimally to investment in begging. Using barn owl (Two alba) broods. I assessed the role of within-brood age hierarchy on sibling negotiation, and in turn on jostling for position where parents predictably deliver food (i.e. nest-box entrance), begging and within-brood food allocation. More specifically, I examined three predictions derived from a game-theoretical model of sibling negotiation where a senior and a junior sibling compete for food resources (Roulin, 2002a, Johnstone and Roulin, 2003): (1) begging effort invested by the senior sibling should be less sensitive to the junior sibling's negotiation than vice versa; (2) the junior should invest less effort in sibling negotiation than its senior sibling but a similar amount of effort in begging; and (3) within-brood food allocation should be directly related to begging but only indirectly to sibling negotiation. Two-chick broods were created and vocalization in the absence (negotiation signals directed to siblings) and presence (begging signals directed to parents) of parents was recorded. In support of the first prediction, juniors begged at a low cadence after their senior sibling negotiated intensely, probably because negotiation reflects prospective investment in begging and hence willingness to compete. In contrast, the begging of senior siblings was not sensitive to their junior sibling's negotiation. In contrast to the second prediction, juniors negotiated and begged more intensely than their senior sibling apparently because they were hungrier rather than younger. In line with the third prediction, juniors monopolized food delivered by their parents when their senior sibling begged at a low level. The begging cadence of both the junior and senior sibling, the junior's negotiation cadence, the difference in age between the two nest-mates and jostling for position were not associated with the likelihood of monopolizing food. In conclusion, sibling negotiation appears to influence begging behaviour, which, in turn, affects within-brood food allocation. Juniors may negotiate to challenge their senior siblings, and thereby determine whether seniors are less hungry before deciding to beg for food. In contrast, seniors may negotiate to deter juniors from begging.

Tawny Owl Strix aluco as a bioindicator of Barn Owl Tyto alba breeding and the effect of winter severity on Barn Owl reproduction

In the temperate zone, food availability and winter weather place serious constraints on European Barn Owl Tyto alba populations. Using data collected over 22years in a Swiss population, we analysed the influence of early pre-breeding food conditions and winter severity on between-year variations in population size and reproductive performance. To estimate pre-breeding food conditions, we attempted a novel approach based on an index that combines Tawny Owl Strix aluco reproductive parameters and the occurrence of wood mice Apodemus sp. in their diet. Tawny Owls breed earlier in the season than Barn Owls and are strongly dependent on the abundance of wood mice for breeding. This index was strongly positively associated with the number of breeding pairs and early breeding in the Barn Owl. Winter severity, measured by snow cover and low temperatures, had a pronounced negative influence on the size of the breeding population and clutch size. Food conditions early in the breeding season and winter severity differentially affect the Barn Owl life cycle. We were able to use aspects of the ecology and demography of the Tawny Owl as an indicator of the quality of the environment for a related species of similar ecology, in this case the Barn Owl.

Multiple Paternity in Polyandrous Barn Owls (Tyto alba).

In polyandrous species females produce successive clutches with several males. Female barn owls (Tyto alba) often desert their offspring and mate to produce a 2(nd) annual brood with a second male. We tested whether copulating during chick rearing at the 1(st) annual brood increases the male's likelihood to obtain paternity at the 2(nd) annual breeding attempt of his female mate in case she deserts their brood to produce a second brood with a different male. Using molecular paternity analyses we found that 2 out of 26 (8%) second annual broods of deserting females contained in total 6 extra-pair young out of 15 nestlings. These young were all sired by the male with whom the female had produced the 1(st) annual brood. In contrast, none of the 49 1(st) annual breeding attempts (219 offspring) and of the 20 2(nd) annual breeding attempts (93 offspring) of non-deserting females contained extra-pair young. We suggest that female desertion can select male counter-strategies to increase paternity and hence individual fitness. Alternatively, females may copulate with the 1(st) male to derive genetic benefits, since he is usually of higher quality than the 2(nd) male which is commonly a yearling individual.

Department of Human Services Toledo, FY 2007

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Ancient kings of Peru : the reliability of the Chronicle of Fernando de Montesinos

Doctoral dissertation, University of Turku

Estudi i primera fase per la implementació del FOFB al Sincrotró ALBA

Aquest treball és la culminació de les pràctiques realitzades al sincrotró ALBA. Situat a Cerdanyola del Vallès, ALBA és un accelerador de 3a generació que permet emmagatzemar un feix d'electrons confinat de fins a 400 mA a 3GeV d'energia, amb l'objectiu d'obtenir llum a partir dels girs provocats al feix. Els sincrotrons moderns com el d'ALBA, el que pretenen és aconseguir un major control i estabilitat de la llum. Per aconseguir-ho, cal que el feix d'electrons que creen la llum estigui controlat al màxim i la seva òrbita sigui estable. Amb aquest objectiu els sincrotrons estant implementant sistemes de Fast Orbit FeedBack (FOFB) o sistemes realimentats de correcció ràpida de l'òrbita, per realitzar correccions d'almenys 100Hz que estabilitzin el feix d'electrons amb menys d'un 10% de l'amplada del feix (5-10μm). El treball exposa el desenvolupament d'una part del sistema de correcció ràpida de l'òrbita dels electrons (FOFB) que s'està duent a terme al sincrotró ALBA. Concretament, s’han revisat els estudis previs realitzats durant la fase de disseny del sincrotró, s’han recalculat funcions de transferència i retards de tots els elements involucrats al sistema. També s’han realitzat simulacions per confirmar la viabilitat del sistema amb les noves dades i finalment s’ha desenvolupat part de la unitat de control determinant el Hardware i s'ha adquirit dades que permetran analitzar el soroll de l'òrbita que en futurs treballs determinaran millor l'algorisme de la unitat de control.