Manejo do solo convencional e com coberturas vegetais - efeito sobre a distribuição do sistemas radiculra do mamoeiro 'Tauning 1'.

O mamoeiro (Carica papaya) é uma fruteira típica de regiões tropicais e subtropicais. No Brasil a produção de mamão é de 1.650.000 t.ano-1, onde o Estado da Bahia ocupa posição de destaque, com aproximadamente 50% da produção nacional, envolvendo 15.555 ha cultivados (IBGE, 2005). O sistema radicular desempenha um importante papel nas interações que ocorrem entre o solo, as plantas e outros organismos vivos. O conhecimento da sua distribuição é fundamental para a definição de práticas adequadas de preparo e manejo do solo nessa cultura (Coelho e Oliveira, 2001).

Características agronômicas de bananeira Terra, cv. D'Angola, em consórcio com açaizeiro (Euterpe precatoria Mart.).

O sistema de cultivo em consórcio de fruteiras com outras culturas, sejam anuais, semiperenes ou perenes, constitui uma boa alternativa para propriedades rurais e uma importante forma de recuperação de áreas degradadas. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o comportamento de bananeira, cv. D'Angola, em monocultivo e consorciada com açaizeiro, Euterpe precatoria, em diferentes espaçamentos, no primeiro ciclo de produção. Para tanto, foi instalado um experimento seguindo um delineamento em blocos casualizados completos com quatro repetições e seis plantas por parcela. Os tratamentos foram: T1 ? bananeira em 3 m x 3 m (1.111 plantas ha-1); T2 ? bananeira em 3 m x 2 m (1.666 plantas ha-1) com açaizeiro em 3 m x 4 m (833 plantas ha-1); T3 ? bananeira em 3 m x 3 m (1.111 plantas ha-1) com açaizeiro em 3 m x 4 m (833 plantas ha-1); T4 ? bananeira em 4 m x 2 m x 2 m (1.666 plantas ha-1) com açaizeiro em 6 m x 3 m (555 plantas ha-1) e T5 ? bananeira em 4 m x 2 m x 2 m (1.666 plantas ha-1) com açaizeiro em 4 m x 2 m x 3 m (1.111 plantas ha-1). O sistema de cultivo da bananeira terra consorciada com açaizeiro em diferentes espaçamentos pode ser considerado como boa alternativa no primeiro ciclo, pois não apresentou interferência nas características de desenvolvimento, de produção e qualidade física dos frutos. Os plantios mais adensados propiciaram maiores produtividades no primeiro ciclo da cultura.

Eggs, Jurisdiction and the Internet

Kohl, U. (2002). Eggs, Jurisdiction and the Internet', International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 51 (3), 556-582. RAE2008

Limit cycles of a predator-prey model with intratrophic predation

Hill, Joe M., Lloyd, Noel G., Pearson, Jane M., 'Limit cycles of a predator-prey model with intratrophic predation', Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications Volume 349, Issue 2, 15 January 2009, Pages 544-555

Jesus, the Resurrection: A Sermon

Memorial Sermon

A medical study on wireless inertial measurement technology as a tool for identifying patients at risk of death or imminent clinical deterioration

This paper provides a system description and preliminary results for an ongoing clinical study currently being carried out at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Nenagh, Ireland. The goal of the trial is to determine if wireless inertial measurement technology can be employed to identify elderly patients at risk of death or imminent clinical deterioration. The system measures cumulative movement and provides a score that will help provide a robust early warning to clinical staff of clinical deterioration. In addition the study examines some of the logistical barriers to the adoption of wearable wireless technology in front-line medical care.

Quality control autophagy: a joint effort of ubiquitin, protein deacetylase and actin cytoskeleton.

Autophagy has been predominantly studied as a nonselective self-digestion process that recycles macromolecules and produces energy in response to starvation. However, autophagy independent of nutrient status has long been known to exist. Recent evidence suggests that this form of autophagy enforces intracellular quality control by selectively disposing of aberrant protein aggregates and damaged organelles--common denominators in various forms of neurodegenerative diseases. By definition, this form of autophagy, termed quality-control (QC) autophagy, must be different from nutrient-regulated autophagy in substrate selectivity, regulation and function. We have recently identified the ubiquitin-binding deacetylase, HDAC6, as a key component that establishes QC. HDAC6 is not required for autophagy activation per se; rather, it is recruited to ubiquitinated autophagic substrates where it stimulates autophagosome-lysosome fusion by promoting F-actin remodeling in a cortactin-dependent manner. Remarkably, HDAC6 and cortactin are dispensable for starvation-induced autophagy. These findings reveal that autophagosomes associated with QC are molecularly and biochemically distinct from those associated with starvation autophagy, thereby providing a new molecular framework to understand the emerging complexity of autophagy and therapeutic potential of this unique machinery.

Preoperative pain level and patient expectation predict hospital length of stay after total hip arthroplasty.

The purpose of this study was to identify preoperative predictors of length of stay after primary total hip arthroplasty in a patient population reflecting current trends toward shorter hospitalization and using readily obtainable factors that do not require scoring systems. A retrospective review of 112 consecutive patients was performed. High preoperative pain level and patient expectation of discharge to extended care facilities (ECFs) were the only significant multivariable predictors of hospitalization extending beyond 2 days (P=0.001 and P<0.001 respectively). Patient expectation remained significant after adjusting for Medicare's 3-day requirement for discharge to ECFs (P<0.001). The study was adequately powered to analyze the variables in the multivariable logistic regression model, which had a concordance index of 0.857.

To grow or not to grow: nutritional control of development during Caenorhabditis elegans L1 arrest.

It is widely appreciated that larvae of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans arrest development by forming dauer larvae in response to multiple unfavorable environmental conditions. C. elegans larvae can also reversibly arrest development earlier, during the first larval stage (L1), in response to starvation. "L1 arrest" (also known as "L1 diapause") occurs without morphological modification but is accompanied by increased stress resistance. Caloric restriction and periodic fasting can extend adult lifespan, and developmental models are critical to understanding how the animal is buffered from fluctuations in nutrient availability, impacting lifespan. L1 arrest provides an opportunity to study nutritional control of development. Given its relevance to aging, diabetes, obesity and cancer, interest in L1 arrest is increasing, and signaling pathways and gene regulatory mechanisms controlling arrest and recovery have been characterized. Insulin-like signaling is a critical regulator, and it is modified by and acts through microRNAs. DAF-18/PTEN, AMP-activated kinase and fatty acid biosynthesis are also involved. The nervous system, epidermis, and intestine contribute systemically to regulation of arrest, but cell-autonomous signaling likely contributes to regulation in the germline. A relatively small number of genes affecting starvation survival during L1 arrest are known, and many of them also affect adult lifespan, reflecting a common genetic basis ripe for exploration. mRNA expression is well characterized during arrest, recovery, and normal L1 development, providing a metazoan model for nutritional control of gene expression. In particular, post-recruitment regulation of RNA polymerase II is under nutritional control, potentially contributing to a rapid and coordinated response to feeding. The phenomenology of L1 arrest will be reviewed, as well as regulation of developmental arrest and starvation survival by various signaling pathways and gene regulatory mechanisms.

A volume of fluid numerical model for wave impacts at coastal structures

The first stages in the development of a new design tool, to be used by coastal engineers to improve the efficiency, analysis, design, management and operation of a wide range of coastal and harbour structures, are described. The tool is based on a two-dimensional numerical model, NEWMOTICS-2D, using the volume of fluid (VOF) method, which permits the rapid calculation of wave hydrodynamics at impermeable natural and man-made structures. The critical hydrodynamic flow processes and forces are identified together with the equations that describe these key processes. The different possible numerical approaches for the solution of these equations, and the types of numerical models currently available, are examined and assessed. Preliminary tests of the model, using comparisons with results from a series of hydraulic model test cases, are described. The results of these tests demonstrate that the VOF approach is particularly appropriate for the simulation of the dynamics of waves at coastal structures because of its flexibility in representing the complex free surfaces encountered during wave impact and breaking. The further programme of work, required to develop the existing model into a tool for use in routine engineering design, is outlined.

Numerical optimisation techniques applied to evacuation analysis

A common problem faced by fire safety engineers in the field of evacuation analysis concerns the optimal design of an arbitrarily complex structure in order to minimise evacuation times. How does the engineer determine the best solution? In this study we introduce the concept of numerical optimisation techniques to address this problem. The study makes user of the buildingEXODUS evacuation model coupled with classical optimisation theory including Design of Experiments (DoE) and Response Surface Models (RSM). We demonstrate the technique using a relatively simple problem of determining the optimal location for a single exit in a square room.