Discriminating among earth composition models using geo-antineutrinos

It has been estimated that the entire Earth generates heat corresponding to about 40 TW (equivalent to 10,000 nuclear power plants) which is considered to originate mainly from the radioactive decay of elements like U, Th and K, deposited in the crust and mantle of the Earth. Radioactivity of these elements produce not only heat but also antineutrinos (called geo-antineutrinos) which can be observed by terrestrial detectors. We investigate the possibility of discriminating among Earth composition models predicting different total radiogenic heat generation, by observing such geo-antineutrinos at Kamioka and Gran Sasso, assuming KamLAND and Borexino (type) detectors, respectively, at these places. By simulating the future geo-antineutrino data as well as reactor antineutrino background contributions, we try to establish to which extent we can discriminate among Earth composition models for given exposures (in units of kt · yr) at these two sites on our planet. We use also information on neutrino mixing parameters coming from solar neutrino data as well as KamLAND reactor antineutrino data, in order to estimate the number of geo-antineutrino induced events. © SISSA/ISAS 2003.

Transferability of microsatellite loci from Cervidae species to the endangered Brazilian marsh deer, Blastocerus dichotomus

Blastocerus dichotomus, the marsh deer, is the largest Brazilian Cervidae species. The species is endangered because of hunting and loss of its natural habitat, i.e., flood plain areas, because of hydroelectric power station construction and agricultural land expansion. In the present study, we tested 38 microsatellite loci from four Cervidae species: Odocoileus virginianus (7), Rangifer tarandus (17), Capreolus capreolus (7), and Mazama bororo (7). Eleven loci showed clear amplification, opening a new perspective for the generation of fundamental population genetic data for devising conservation strategies for B. dichotomus. © FUNPEC-RP.

Sustainable urban energy planning: The case study of a tropical city

The urbanization of modern societies has imposed to the planners and decision-makers a more precise attention to facts not considered before. Several aspects, such as the energy availability and the deleterious effect of pollution on the populations, must be considered in the policy decisions of cities urbanization. The current paradigm presents centralized power stations supplying a city, and a combination of technologies may compose the energy mix of a country, such as thermal power plants, hydroelectric plants, wind systems and solar-based systems, with their corresponding emission pattern. A goal programming multi-objective optimization model is presented for the electric expansion analysis of a tropical city, and also a case study for the city of Guaratinguetá, Brazil, considering a particular wind and solar radiation patterns established according to actual data and modeled via the time series analysis method. Scenarios are proposed and the results of single environmental objective, single economic objective and goal programming multi-objective modeling are discussed. The consequences of each dispatch decision, which considers pollutant emission exportation to the neighborhood or the need of supplementing electricity by purchasing it from the public electric power grid, are discussed. The results revealed energetic dispatch for the alternatives studied and the optimum environmental and economic solution was obtained. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

Monitoramento de características físico-químicas da água e taxas de sedimentação de tripton no Córrego da Arribada (Baixo Tietê-SP) relacionadas à piscicultura em tanques-rede

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Análise de viabilidade econômica e financeira de uma pequena central hidrelétrica

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Energia na Agricultura) - FCA

Aglutininas contra Leptospira spp em cervos-do-pantanal (Blastocerus dichotomus) na área afetada pela construção da usina hidrelétrica Sérgio Motta

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Estudo do turismo na perspectiva geográfica no município de Presidente Epitácio

Pós-graduação em Geografia - IGCE

Identificação e Prevalência de Agentes Rickettsiais (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) em Cervo-do-pantanal (Blastocerus dichotomus) utilizando métodos sorológico e molecular

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

As usinas hidrelétricas e seus impactos: os aspectos socioambientais e econômicos do reassentamento rural de Rosana-Euclides da Cunha Paulista

Pós-graduação em Geografia - FCT

A sucessão ecológica em ambientes florestais em restauração: estrutura e dinâmica da regeneração natural

Ecological restoration aims to restore the self-sustainability potential of degraded environments. The successional trajectory of areas in restoration may differ from the reference ecosystem on a number of factors, especially the disturbance history of the area and management techniques applied in order to reverse the degradation scenario. In this sense, the objective of this study was to characterize the dynamics of natural regeneration and the structure of the regenerating community in an area of ecological restoration for 25 years on the right bank of the Rio Grande in the Power Station in Camargos that belongs to the Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais - CEMIG, Nazareno, MG, in order to identify the current state of environmental regeneration. In November 2014, there was the first community inventory of seedlings existing in regeneration subplots (2 x 2 m) within the inclusion criteria (height ≥ 10 cm and DBH <5 cm), divided into 44 subplots (11 plots) in two areas, one area in restoration (REF) and a fragment of native vegetation (FRAG). In October 2015, the second sampling was carried out, in which individuals were resampled and recruits and dead individuals quantified. The parameters abundance, floristic similarity, density, dominance, importance value, equability, richness and diversity were analyzed in both samples. The dynamics was evaluated for the number of individuals and basal area in the period of 2014-2015 and individuals distributed according to height. The history of usage area provoked different behavior between the study environments; the patterns of the FRAG and REF communities along the years allowed the distinction between environments and demonstrated great environmental diversity, with differences in the abundance of species, floristic similarity, richness, diversity, vertical structure and dynamics parameters. In the REF area, there was a considerable increase in the density of individuals along the years and the establishment of different species. In this sense, the evaluation of natural regeneration in REF has shown that resilience is gradually being resumed, a necessary condition to support the potential for environmental self-sustainability. However, given the disturbance history, it can be concluded that the environment moves to an alternative state, which is possibly different from that prior to degradation.

Avaliação da degradação do meio físico por áreas de empréstimo utilizando geoindicadores e sistema de informações geográficas - área de expansão urbana de Ilha Solteira (SP)

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Uso de resíduos orgânicos como recondicionante de subsolo degradado e efeito na atividade microbiana, micorrização e crescimento do barbatimão

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Reflorestamento ciliar à margem do Reservatório da Hidrelétrica de Ilha Solteira em diferentes modelos de plantio

Pós-graduação em Agronomia - FEIS

Os quilombos do Vale do Ribeira e o movimento social: o movimento dos ameaçados por barragens do Vale do Ribeira (MOAB)

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Efeito do nitrogênio nas propriedades anelásticas de Nb e ligas Nb-1,0%pZr

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)