Mapeamento de ambientes costeiros tropicais (Golfão Maranhense, Brasil) utilizando imagens de sensores remotos orbitais

Este trabalho apresenta os resultados do reconhecimento e mapeamento dos ambientes costeiros da região do Golfão Maranhense, Brasil, utilizando uma abordagem metodológica que incluiu: (a) análise integrada com base no processamento digital de imagens, ópticas Landsat-4 TM e SPOT-2 HRV, de imagens SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) do RADARSAT-1, e dados de elevação da SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission); (b) sistema de informações geográficas; e (c) levantamentos de campo relativos à geomorfologia, topografia e sedimentologia. Os ambientes costeiros, assim mapeados foram agrupados em quatro setores: Setor 1, com pântanos salinos, pântanos de água doce, lagos intermitentes e canal estuarino; Setor 2, abrangendo tabuleiro costeiro, planície de maré lamosa, planície fluvial, planície de maré arenosa, praias de macromaré, área construída e lagos artificiais; Setor 3, com manguezal, paleodunas e planície de maré mista; e Setor 4, constituído por dunas móveis. Além disso, foram também reconhecidos lagos perenes, deltas de maré vazante e planícies de supramaré arenosas. O processamento digital e a análise visual das imagens de sensores remotos orbitais, associados ao uso de sistemas de informações geográficas, mostraram-se eficazes no mapeamento de zonas costeiras tropicais, possibilitando a geração de produtos com boa acurácia e precisão cartográfica.

Fusão de dados multisensor para a identificação e o mapeamento de ambientes flúvio-estuarinos da Amazônia

A fusão de imagens multisensor tem sido um procedimento amplamente utilizado em função da natureza complementar dos vários conjuntos de dados. Este artigo compara o desempenho de quatro métodos diferentes para fusão de imagens Landsat-7 ETM+ e RADARSAT-1 W1. A comparação foi baseada nas características espectrais das imagens, utilizando-se de análise estatística e visual dos produtos gerados. Quatro métodos foram usados para a fusão das imagens Landsat-7 ETM+ e RADARSAT-1 W1: i) fusão do SAR (radar de abertura sintética) com a tríade selecionada pelo OIF (Optimum Index Factor); ii) realce por decorrelação da tríade selecionada pelo OIF, seguida da fusão com SAR; iii) ACP (Análise por Componentes Principais) para as seis bandas ETM+ do espectro refletido (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 e 7) e posterior fusão das três primeiras componentes principais (1CP; 2CP; 3CP) com o SAR; iv) SPC-SAR (Principal Componente Seletivo - SAR). O produto SPC-SAR mostrou melhor desempenho na identificação das feições costeiras e permitiu o realce mais efetivo dos diferentes ambientes.

Comparação biológica, morfológica e molecular entre carrapatos do complexo Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Acari: Ixodidae)

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Ultrasonic non-destructive testing of plate-like structures using piezoelectric array transducers

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Instantaneous Phase Threshold for Reflector Detection in Ultrasonic Images

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Oocyte maturation in the sloth's giant tick Amblyomma varium (Acari: Ixodidae) in an ecological context

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GASTROPOD SHELLS USED BY Dardanus insignis (Decapoda, Anomura) NEAR ISLANDS IN THE UBATUBA REGION, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL

The use of gastropod shells by hermit crabs is determined by the availability of shells in the environment or through selection for size and volume. This study analyzed patterns in the use of shells by Dardanus insignis (Saussure, 1858). From January 1998 to December 1999, 386 individuals were collected from two islands at Ubatuba, Sao Paulo. The crabs were measured for cephalothoracic shield length (CSL) and wet weight (CWW). The gastropod shells occupied by hermit crabs were identified, and the shell aperture width (SAW), dry weight (SDW) and internal volume (STY) were measured. The relationships between the dimensions of the gastropod shell and the hermit crabs were evaluated by linear regression analysis. Among the 11 species of gastropod shells used by D. insignis, the most often used was Olivancillaria urceus (31%), followed by Strombus pugilis (22%) and Siratus tenuivaricosus (18%). The shell of O. urceus was used most probably due to its high availability on Couves and Mar Virado islands. The most significant biometric parameter was shell aperture width (F=18.231; p<0.0001), highlighting the importance of this variable for the shell choice by D. insignis at both sites.

Fluorescence Level of Composites Assessed by Computer Processing of Digital Images - ScanWhite

The human dentition is naturally translucent, opalescent and fluorescent. Differences between the level of fluorescence of tooth structure and restorative materials may result in distinct metameric properties and consequently perceptible disparate esthetic behavior, which impairs the esthetic result of the restorations, frustrating both patients and staff. In this study, we evaluated the level of fluorescence of different composites (Durafill in tones A2 (Du), Charisma in tones A2 (Ch), Venus in tone A2 (Ve), Opallis enamel and dentin in tones A2 (OPD and OPE), Point 4 in tones A2 (P4), Z100 in tones A2 ( Z1), Z250 in tones A2 (Z2), Te-Econom in tones A2 (TE), Tetric Ceram in tones A2 (TC), Tetric Ceram N in tones A1, A2, A4 (TN1, TN2, TN4), Four seasons enamel and dentin in tones A2 (and 4SD 4SE), Empress Direct enamel and dentin in tones A2 (EDE and EDD) and Brilliant in tones A2 (Br)). Cylindrical specimens were prepared, coded and photographed in a standardized manner with a Canon EOS digital camera (400 ISO, 2.8 aperture and 1/ 30 speed), in a dark environment under the action of UV light (25 W). The images were analyzed with the software ScanWhite©-DMC/Darwin systems. The results showed statistical differences between the groups (p < 0.05), and between these same groups and the average fluorescence of the dentition of young (18 to 25 years) and adults (40 to 45 years) taken as control. It can be concluded that: Composites Z100, Z250 (3M ESPE) and Point 4 (Kerr) do not match with the fluorescence of human dentition and the fluorescence of the materials was found to be affected by their own tone.

Inspeção de materiais compósitos utilizando ondas acústicas guiadas

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Elétrica - FEIS

Land cover classification of Lago Grande de Curuai floodplain (Amazon, Brazil) using multi-sensor and image fusion techniques

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Combining ALOS/PALSAR derived vegetation structure and inundation patterns to characterize major vegetation types in the Mamiraua Sustainable Development Reserve, Central Amazon floodplain, Brazil

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

The use of grafting to improve the net photosynthesis of cucumber

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Geometrical parameter analysis of a high-sensitivity fiber optic angular displacement sensor

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Ecological distribution of the shrimp Pleoticus muelleri (Bate, 1888) and Artemesia longinaris Bate, 1888 (Decapoda, Penaeoidea) in the southeastern Brazilian littoral

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Construção de instrumentos técnicos de astronomia para a divulgação científica: telescópio fotométrico de grande abertura e baixo custo

Although the popularization of astronomy in the last decade and the International Year of Astronomy, celebrated in 2009, there's a great lack in respect of quality instruments for astronomical disclosure. Thinking in this research about it, we intend to recuperate and elucidate a technique long forgotten: the metal mirror amateur telescope, once was done in the first reflecting telescopes. However, with the resources available today and given the high purity of the materials, our results were better than that obtained by the pioneers. We developed and built a large aperture telescope (250 mm diameter) and very bright (focal ratio = 4.0), versatile and portable. In our study was described step by step the process to fabricate the telescope. Through its first images captured of the Moon, we can illustrate its versatility both for use in outreach events and for use in amateur astronomy, because it is a primary focus capture system and can run registration of various astronomical events