Efeito do composto de lixo urbano na nutrição e produção de gladíolo

Tem havido uma preocupação crescente da sociedade com o aumento exponencial da produção de resíduos orgânicos em diversas atividades humanas. Assim, muitas pesquisas têm sido realizadas, visando ao aproveitamento desses resíduos na agricultura. Dentre as alternativas, destaca-se sua utilização como substrato para o cultivo de flores. Estudaram-se efeitos da aplicação de composto de lixo urbano em um Latossolo Vermelho eutroférrico sobre a nutrição do gladíolo (Gladiolus grandiflorus). As plantas da variedade Red Beauty foram cultivadas em campo entre agosto de 1999 e janeiro de 2000. Utilizou-se delineamento em blocos inteiramente causalizados com seis tratamentos e quatro repetições. Os tratamentos foram: T1 - adubação química (AQ); T2 - 10,0 t ha-1 de composto de lixo urbano (CLU); T3 - 20,0 t ha-1 de CLU; T4 - AQ + 15,0 t ha-1 de CLU; T5 - AQ + 10,0 t ha-1 de CLU e T6 - AQ + 5, 0 t ha-1 de CLU, aplicados no plantio. As características avaliadas foram: altura e diâmetro médio de planta; número de flores; matéria seca da inflorescência; diâmetro de bulbos novos; matéria seca dos bulbos novos e bulbilhos; teores de nutrientes na planta e no solo. O CLU promoveu discreto incremento no pH CaCl2 e manteve teores adequados de P e K no solo. Sua aplicação, associada à adubação química com P e K, incrementou o teor de P e K no solo, e a dose de 10,0 t ha-1 de CLU proporcionou condições suficientes para adequada nutrição, desenvolvimento e produção da cultura do gladíolo.

Des Fata aux fées: regards croisés de l'Antiquité à nos jours

D'où vient l'histoire de la Belle au bois dormant ? Qui sont les « fées » présentes lors de la naissance de la petite princesse? Ce volume rassemble des contributions qui rendent compte de l'extraordinaire richesse et complexité de cette vieille histoire que l'on croyait familière, depuis ses lointaines origines dans les cultes et rites de la naissance au Moyen-Orient. Le destin qui se joue au moment de la naissance lie la vie et la parole, et cette association inscrite dans l'étymologie du mot fée s'est manifestée dans l'art, la littérature et la culture occidentale jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Le volume propose des éclairages inédits sur la longue tradition iconographique et littéraire en lien avec la Belle au bois dormant, des reliefs sumériens aux célèbres contes de Perrault et des Grimm, jusqu'à leurs réécritures et adaptations cinématographiques contemporaines.

But Marriage itself is no Party : Angela Carter's Translation of Charles Perrault's La Belle au bois dormant.

AbstractThis article demonstrates the importance of Angela Carter's translations of Charles Perrault's contes into English and argues for their profound influence on her subsequent literary career. Against feminist critics who rejected fairy tales as conservative and informed by patriarchal structures and values, Carter reclaimed Perrault for feminism by recovering the critical edge and emancipating potential of his Histoires ou contes du temps passé, Avec des Moralités. This essay shows, through a comparative reading of "La Belle au bois dormant" and "The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood," that Carter opposed the worldly "politics of experience" that she found in Perrault to the Disneyfied imagery of the Sleeping Beauty myth and modernized the critique of early marriages already contained in Perrault's Moralités. The subversive power of Carter's work, therefore, is not directed against Perrault but rather toward cultural and commercial appropriations of the fairy tale, which promote a naïve view of marriage.Recommended CitationHennard Dutheil de la Rochère, Martine. ""But marriage itself is no party": Angela Carter's Translation of Charles Perrault's "La Belle au bois dormant"; or, Pitting the Politics of Experience against the Sleeping Beauty Myth." Marvels & Tales 24.1 (2010).

Does partisan alignment affect the electoral reward of intergovernmental transfers?

[spa] En este trabajo analizamos la hipótesis que las transferencias asignadas a los municipios políticamente alineados generan un mayor apoyo político que las transferencias asignada a los municipios gobernados por la oposición. Para contrastar esta hipótesis utilizamos datos de las transferencias recibidas por 617 municipios españoles procedentes de dos niveles de gobierno superiores (Regional o Autonómico y Supra-Local o Diputaciones) durante el período 1993-2003, así como datos de los votos obtenidos en las tres elecciones celebradas en los diferentes niveles de gobierno durante este período.

Does partisan alignment affect the electoral reward of intergovernmental transfers?

[spa] En este trabajo analizamos la hipótesis que las transferencias asignadas a los municipios políticamente alineados generan un mayor apoyo político que las transferencias asignada a los municipios gobernados por la oposición. Para contrastar esta hipótesis utilizamos datos de las transferencias recibidas por 617 municipios españoles procedentes de dos niveles de gobierno superiores (Regional o Autonómico y Supra-Local o Diputaciones) durante el período 1993-2003, así como datos de los votos obtenidos en las tres elecciones celebradas en los diferentes niveles de gobierno durante este período.

Reading, Translating, Rewriting: Angela Carter's Translational Poetics

In "Reading, Translating, Rewriting: Angela Carter's Translational Poetics", author Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère delves into Carter's The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault (1977) to illustrate that this translation project had a significant impact on Carter's own writing practice. Hennard combines close analyses of both texts with an attention to Carter's active role in the translation and composition process to explore this previously unstudied aspect of Carter's work. She further uncovers the role of female fairy-tale writers and folktales associated with the Grimms' Kinder- und Hausmärchen in the rewriting process, unlocking new doors to The Bloody Chamber. Hennard begins by considering the editorial evolution of The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault from 1977 to the present day, as Perrault's tales have been rediscovered and repurposed. In the chapters that follow, she examines specific linkages between Carter's Perrault translation and The Bloody Chamber, including targeted analysis of the stories of Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss-in-Boots, Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella. Hennard demonstrates how, even before The Bloody Chamber, Carter intervened in the fairy-tale debate of the late 1970s by reclaiming Perrault for feminist readers when she discovered that the morals of his worldly tales lent themselves to her own materialist and feminist goals. Hennard argues that The Bloody Chamber can therefore be seen as the continuation of and counterpoint to The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, as it explores the potential of the familiar stories for alternative retellings. While the critical consensus reads into Carter an imperative to subvert classic fairy tales, the book shows that Carter valued in Perrault a practical educator as well as a proto-folklorist and went on to respond to more hidden aspects of his texts in her rewritings. Reading, Translating, Rewriting is informative reading for students and teachers of fairy-tale studies and translation studies.

Pieces of Iowa’s Past, April 4, 2012

Pieces of Iowa’s Past, published by the Iowa State Capitol Tour Guides weekly during the legislative session, features historical facts about Iowa, the Capitol, and the early workings of state government. All historical publications are reproduced here with the actual spelling, punctuation, and grammar retained. April 4, 2012 THIS WEEK: Dating an Epoch from Photographs. BACKGROUND: Iowa State Capitol Grounds Extension Project The Capitol extension project began about 1913. The purpose of the project was to purchase land surrounding the Capitol in order to improve the beauty of the grounds and obtain enough land to build new structures and alleviate the overcrowding in the Capitol. Senate File 538 levied a tax to pay for the purchase of the property. Van Buren and Wapello counties filed a suit against the state because it was believed by many people that this statewide tax was simply providing Des Moines with a “new park.” This case was argued before the Iowa Supreme Court and the photographs that follow are a portion of the brief filed with the Court.

La passió segons Renée Vivien i el miratge-miracle del mirall

In this article, Rosa Cabré discusses Marçal¿s novel and illustrates how, according to the author, the desire of love, which is a source of pleasure often accompanied by guilt and distress, can lead to the creation or the illusion of an absolute beauty, like poetry. She explains in what way the mirror and the mask, recurring motifs in Marçal¿s work, symbolise identity and ¿otherness¿ and how these unite the real and the symbolic level. The novel contains an infinite number of mirrors, both external and internal ones, which enable the characters to see themselves reflected. This reflection is linked to feminity and to the possibilities of discovering one¿s own identity.

El culto a la belleza

En este texto se presenta el cuerpo de la mujer como forma e identidad de la belleza. La belleza del cuerpo no proviene de los adornos, sino que reside en la "apariencia" y la "presencia" de las mujeres. La "apariencia" del cuerpo femenino se vincula con la omnipotencia, porque permite el "aparecer" de otra vida, la cadena de la vida, la continuidad del ser. Y la "presencia" de la belleza, generadora de admiración, es constructora de la alteridad que relaciona la mujer con el que mira, el admirador o admiradora. Por lo tanto, la autora otorga una dimensión casi mística a la belleza del cuerpo de la mujer, la cual es constructora de un orden simbólico y de una competencia simbólica que sólo puede ser femenina.

Avaliação de seis variedades de uvas sem sementes no Submédio São Francisco

Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar aspectos relacionados ao desenvolvimento vegetativo e produtivo das plantas, às características físicas e à composição química dos frutos de seis variedades de uvas sem sementes nas condições do Submédio São Francisco. Os dados foram registrados durante os anos de 1997 e 1998. As variedades utilizadas foram enxertadas sobre o porta-enxerto IAC 572 (`Jales'). O delineamento experimental foi inteiramente casualizado, com parcelas subdivididas nos ciclos de produção. Houve diferenças significativas na resposta da maioria das variedades entre as épocas de poda. O peso médio dos cachos variou entre 164,8 g na variedade Marroo Seedless, e 203,5 g na `Beauty Seedless'. O diâmetro médio das bagas foi superior a 15,7 mm em todas as variedades. Foram obtidos teores de sólidos solúveis compreendidos entre 14,05ºBrix na variedade Canner e 19,6ºBrix na `Vênus', enquanto a acidez total titulável foi inferior a 0,91 g de ácido tartárico/100 mL de suco, resultando em adequadas relações SST/ATT, que variaram entre 19,05 na variedade Beauty Seedless a 28,57 na `Vênus'. As variedades Vênus e Marroo Seedless foram as mais produtivas, com produtividades anuais de 24 t/ha e 20 t/ha, respectivamente.

The importance of environmental exposures to physical, mental and social well-being

"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" states the WHO. However, the current focus in this important area seems to be on reducing diseases, while less attention is paid on aspects how to increase the well-being of populations. This paper reviews three examples where well-being has drawn attention of the public and policy makers, and compares the policies of two wealthy countries. The first example is noise. Noise can reduce sleep quality and cause physiological, mental, and social effects. In Switzerland, noise receives a lot of attention by the public. Swiss laws are extensive, e.g., they prohibit trucks and planes from traveling at night. In the USA, there is little public attention and no national strategy against environmental noise. The second example is aesthetics and recreation. Many humans seek contact with the beauty of nature. The USA and Switzerland have similar strategies for achieving clear waters, while the protection of scenic views is approached very differently. Lifestyle is the last example. In the USA, the desire for individual freedom is a leading cause for suburban sprawl, a car-dependent sedentary lifestyle resulting in obesity, asthma and loss of community spirit. In Switzerland, a strict land use planning seeks to balance individual and public interests and stresses public transportation, which seems to be a more promising approach. Paying attention to aspects of well-being while developing political strategies might be a promising model to tackle environmental problems. Successful strategies employed so far seem to include the public, local authorities, politicians and scientists in this process, which might have been a key for their success. [Authors]

Belleza escrita en femenino

La belleza femenina no es simplemente una cusetión estética, sino también política. Históricamente, la mujer ha sido el objeto pasivo de la mirada masculina, el objeto de sueño y de deseo de los hombres. Los cánones estéticos establecidos por pintores, escultures, fotógrafos, poetas -aunque variables según las épocas y la evolución de los gustos- llevaron siempre implícita una visión patriarcal del papel de la mujer en la sociedad y han conformado una imagen de la mujer que ésta ha asumido. Para la ensayista estadounidense Naomi Wolf, el "mito de la belleza" es un arma ideológica que frena el progreso de las mujeres, las aisla y genera hostilidad entre ellas mismas...

El culto a la belleza

En este texto se presenta el cuerpo de la mujer como forma e identidad de la belleza. La belleza del cuerpo no proviene de los adornos, sino que reside en la "apariencia" y la "presencia" de las mujeres. La "apariencia" del cuerpo femenino se vincula con la omnipotencia, porque permite el "aparecer" de otra vida, la cadena de la vida, la continuidad del ser. Y la "presencia" de la belleza, generadora de admiración, es constructora de la alteridad que relaciona la mujer con el que mira, el admirador o admiradora. Por lo tanto, la autora otorga una dimensión casi mística a la belleza del cuerpo de la mujer, la cual es constructora de un orden simbólico y de una competencia simbólica que sólo puede ser femenina.

La passió segons Renée Vivien i el miratge-miracle del mirall

In this article, Rosa Cabré discusses Marçal¿s novel and illustrates how, according to the author, the desire of love, which is a source of pleasure often accompanied by guilt and distress, can lead to the creation or the illusion of an absolute beauty, like poetry. She explains in what way the mirror and the mask, recurring motifs in Marçal¿s work, symbolise identity and ¿otherness¿ and how these unite the real and the symbolic level. The novel contains an infinite number of mirrors, both external and internal ones, which enable the characters to see themselves reflected. This reflection is linked to feminity and to the possibilities of discovering one¿s own identity.