Description and interpretation of Cenozoic vertebrate ichnofossils in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil

In the neighborhood of the city of Boqueirão do Leão (State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) a set of three big-sized tunnels has been found. One of the tunnels is only partially filled with sand and accessible along its entire length. It is horizontal, slightly sinuous, 36 m long, up to 4.2 m wide and up to 2.0 m high. The surface morphology of the walls is composed of anthropogenic marks, speleothems, black incrustations and traces like digging scratches and smoothed surfaces. The 2nd tunnel has its entrance blocked by sand and sandstone cobbles, but the end of the tunnel is only partially clogged and therefore accessible. This accessible portion is 12 m long, 3 m wide and 1.5 m high. The 3rd tunnel is completely filled and collapsed and is nowadays only indicated by concave roof features at its end. The general features of the tunnel system and the analysis of the surface morphology of the walls of the accessible portions permit to conclude that the tunnels were produced by ground sloths of the Cenozoic South American megafauna. The size of the tunnels suggests that its excavation was gradually carried out by successive generations of sloth herds, and not by a single individual animal. The primary function of the tunnels probably was not protection from predators, which had easy access to structures of this size, but to shelter during a drier climate. However, it is not yet possible to relate the tunnels to a specific ground sloth genus, a task that depends on the discovery of better-preserved tunnel systems. © 2013 by the Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia.

Consumer interpretation of ready to drink orange juice and nectar labelling

The aim of this study was to evaluate consumers' use and interpretation of ready to drink orange juice and nectar label information and its influence on the purchase decision. One hundred and sixty-seven consumers of ready to drink orange juice and nectar were interviewed. The labels were analysed to evaluate their conformance to Brazilian legislation. The manufacturing and shelf life date were the information most often checked, followed by health related issues. Brand, price and flavour were the most important factors for purchase decision. Brand and flavour showed significant association with consumer age. For most interviewed, 'nectar', 'whole' and 'natural' or '100% natural' were not well understood; they were not in accordance with the Brazilian legislation. 'Nectar', 'whole' and 'natural' or '100% natural' received a positive interpretation, whereas 'reconstituted juice' was considered a negative expression. Nevertheless, none of the labels completely conformed to the specific nutritional labelling legislation. © 2013 Institute of Food Science and Technology.

Interpretation of searches for supersymmetry with simplified models

The results of searches for supersymmetry by the CMS experiment are interpreted in the framework of simplified models. The results are based on data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.73 to 4.98 fb-1. The data were collected at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. This paper describes the method of interpretation and provides upper limits on the product of the production cross section and branching fraction as a function of new particle masses for a number of simplified models. These limits and the corresponding experimental acceptance calculations can be used to constrain other theoretical models and to compare different supersymmetry-inspired analyses. © 2013 CERN.

The practical interpretation and application of the polluter pays principle

Revisa brevemente la teoría que hay detrás de las dos interpretaciones del principio contaminador-pagador, para comentar las implicaciones de éstas en la política ambiental, y considerar en qué medida este principio es aplicado en la práctica.

Caracterização do uso do solo e das áreas de preservação permanente, visando a adequação ambiental

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Retrato da escola: estudo de imagens fotográficas do cotidiano escolar

Pós-graduação em Educação - IBRC

Latin American economic growth in the late twentieth century: evidence and interpretation

Includes bibliography

Macroprudential policy: an institutionalist interpretation

One of the consequences of the recent international economic crisis has been the demand for new economic policy tools, to add to the well-established monetary, exchange-rate, and fiscal policy mechanisms. In particular, more effective ways are needed to regulate the financial system and prevent the emergence of imbalances that affect the real economy. In that context, macroprudential policy has been singled out as another economic-type public policy which could help maintain financial stability. Nonetheless, the discussions and development of the literature on this topic are founded on pragmatic considerations that are not directly related to the orthodox or heterodox schools of economic thought. So the aim of this article is to provide an institutionalist reading of macroprudential policy, to understand it in terms of the theoretical content of institutional approaches.

Inventário da cobertura vegetal das fazendas Lageado e Edgardia - Botucatu SP - no período de 36 anos, com utilização de imagens de sensoriamento remoto

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

Estudo do comportamento dos gnaisses Casablanca, Juparaná Delicato e Giallo Falésia (Ceará - Brasil) em atmosfera salina

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Paisagens urbanas: fotografia e modernidade na cidade de Belém (1846-1908)

Paisagens Urbanas: fotografia e modernidade na cidade de Belém (1846-1908) propõe uma discussão sobre os documentos fotográficos que serviam de instrumentos de propaganda dos governantes na última década do século XIX e no início do século XX. A linguagem visual desta dissertação permite mostrar a forma como os indivíduos se fizeram representar nos cenários urbanos, dando visibilidade aos tipos sociais que foram flagrados sutilmente pelas câmeras fotográficas a serviço da propaganda do governo que tinha por objetivo divulgar uma cidade moderna, revelando a intensidade e a rapidez com que desejava alcançar a modernidade, ao mesmo tempo em que traz a luz uma cidade de acordo com os modelos provenientes da Europa, percebe-se o registro de uma outra cidade que nos remete a espaços de convivência de diferentes realidades. A imagem fotográfica, assim como outras fontes e objetos visuais, constitui-se em importantes instrumentos de investigação histórica para identificar novos objetos e novos problemas. A contribuição deste estudo se ancora no uso da fotografia como principal documento de análise para produção historiográfica, entendendo que a fotografia representa um testemunho que “fala” do passado na intensidade que o historiador a questiona. Este estudo busca analisar a relação entre fotografia e cidade a partir da narrativa visual dos álbuns e relatórios de Belém que foram produzidos no período de 1898 a 1908. A interpretação dos álbuns, enquanto narrativa que visualiza uma cidade moderna, constituí-se em uma das estratégias metodológicas para abordagem do uso da fotografia como documento para o historiador, considerando que nesse tipo de documentação pode mostrar dados dispersos ou mesmo silenciados por outras fontes de pesquisas.

Memória(s) e território: elementos para o entendimento da constituição de Francisco Beltrão-PR

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)