Análise de desenvolvimento do tambaqui, Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1818) (Pisces, Serrasalmidae), utilizando a massa de mandioca branca, Manihot esculenta (Crantz) como complemento alimentar em viveiros de piscicultura em área de várzea

O Estado possui condições favoráveis para o desenvolvimento da piscicultura, que se constituirá numa alternativa para a produção de proteínas de origem animal, capaz de auxiliar na redução dos acentuados déficits encontrados na dieta alimentar da popula��ão paraense de baixa renda, assim como, minimizar os problemas pontuais causados pela sobrepesca e poluição química. E as várzeas da Amazônia brasileira, constituem-se então, num grande potencial para o desenvolvimento da piscicultura racional, mantendo a sustentabilidade do ecossistema através de tecnologias de manejo, em substituição aos métodos extrativistas tradicionais e predatórios. Um dos principais entraves da piscicultura é o elevado custo a ra��ão que chega a compor até 80% do custo total da atividade, visto que não existe uma dieta com produtos regionais que baixasse esse custo, O custo das ra��ões extrusadas ofertadas na região extrapola o limite da economia, devido principalmente à agrega��ão do frete, vista a escassez das indústrias locais, assim como os altos preços dos principais insumos, notadamente em se tratando da fra��ão protéica que é mais onerosa da dieta. Com base nessa realidade, a região Amazônica lança mão de subprodutos da agroindústria de fácil aquisição e baixo custo, para minimizar os gastos com a piscicultura e garantir a presença do peixe na mesa da popula��ão, que é o alimento mais consumido. No experimento a esp��cie utilizada foi o tambaqui, Colossoma macropomum é uma esp��cie ideal para piscicultura em área de várzea em virtude da sua rusticidade. Com isso o estudo de dietas alternativas possibilita um cultivo que viabilize economicamente a prática. O experimento foi realizado na área de várzea da UFRA, onde foram submetidos a 3 tratamentos, onde: V1) foi ministrado ra��ão extrusada 28% P.B.; V2) ra��ão comercial extrusada 28% parcelada com massa de mandioca branca e V3) foi ministrado massa de mandioca branca. Ao final do experimento observou-se que o viveiro onde foi ministrado ra��ão comercial apresentou melhor desempenho zootécnico, porém o viveiro 2 onde foi ministrado ra��ão comercial extrusada 28% parcelada com massa de mandioca branca apresentou um desempenho similar ao anterior, obtendo consumo 50% menor de ra��ão extrusada.

Dep��sito Cu-Au Visconde, Carajás (PA): geologia e altera��ão hidrotermal das rochas encaixantes

Distante 15 km a leste da mina Sossego (Cana�� de Carajás, no Pará), o dep��sito Visconde jaz na zona de contato entre o Supergrupo Itacaiúnas (2,76 Ga) e o embasamento (> 3.0 Ga). No dep��sito e arredores, ocorrem, principalmente, o granito Serra Dourada, riodacitos e gabrodioritos, variavelmente deformados e hidrotermalizados. A Suíte Intrusiva Planalto, tamb��m identificada, não mostra feições de altera��ão das demais rochas. Diques máficos e félsicos cortam o pacote rochoso. Sob condições dúctil-rúpteis iniciais a rúpteis, subsequentemente, a altera��ão hidrotermal evoluiu de sódico-cálcica (albita, escapolita e anfib��lios) precoce e ub��qua para potássica (K-feldspato e Cl-biotita), retomando, em seguida, o caráter sódico-cálcico de efeito local (albita, epidoto, apatita, turmalina e fluorita), para, finalmente, assumir caráter cálcio-magnesiano (clinocloro, actinolita, carbonatos e talco subordinado). No granito Serra Dourada, albitiza��ão, epidotiza��ão e turmaliniza��ão são mais proeminentes e se contrapõem à escapolitiza��ão, biotitiza��ão, anfibolitiza��ão e magnetitiza��ão, muito expressivas nos gabros/quartzodioritos, e à K-feldspatiza��ão, mais comum nos riodacitos. Os principais corpos de minério são representados por veios e brechas, constituídos por calcopirita-bornita, além de dissemina��ões (calcopirita + pirita ± molibdenita ± pentlandita). A suíte metálica b��sica é Fe-Cu-Au ± ETR. Abundante sulfeto foi precipitado na transição da altera��ão potássica para a cálcio-magnesiana, tendo apatita, escapolita, actinolita, epidoto, magnetita, turmalina, calcita, gipsita e fluorita como os principais minerais de ganga. Os metais foram transportados por fluidos hidrotermais ricos em Na, Ca, K, Fe e Mg, além de P, B, F e esp��cies de S. As similaridades se sobrep��em às diferenças, o que permite considerar os dep��sitos Visconde e Sossego cogenéticos.

Efetividade microbiológica da desinfecção por microondas e seus efeitos sobre a dureza de materiais reembasadores macios

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O jovem Paulo Barreto e os simbolistas

Dois dias antes de completar dezoito anos, Paulo Barreto (1881-1921), que se tornou mais conhecido pelo pseudônimo João do Rio, estreou como crítico de literatura e artes na Cidade do Rio, dirigida por José do Patrocínio. De 3 de agosto de 1899 a 11 de setembro de 1901, publicar-se-iam nesse jornal vários artigos assinados por Paulo Barreto, pelas iniciais P. B. ou pelo pseudônimo Claude. Em alguns desses textos, o jovem crítico pronunciou-se sobre obras simbolistas brasileiras e francesas. Sua aprecia��ão acerca do simbolismo em geral foi essencialmente negativa, pois seu julgamento baseava-se no positivismo e em concep��ões cientifi cistas, que eram incompatíveis com a “nevrose” e as “extravagâncias” dos então chamados nefelibatas.

Transenamel and Transdentinal Penetration of Hydrogen Peroxide Applied to Cracked or Microabrasioned Enamel

Funda��ão de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Germination of Roystonea borinquena OF Cook (Arecaceae) Seeds

This work aimed to study the effect of the temperature on the seed germination and to describe the morphology and germination process of disseminules (seeds with stucked endocarp) of R. borinquena species. The fruits were harvested and had their pulp (exocarp and mesocarp) removed and the disseminules were shade dried. The experimental design was entirely randomized and six treatments were performed (temperature conditions: constant at 25, 30 and 35 degrees C; alternated at 25-35 and 20-30 degrees C; and room temperature) with four replications with 25 disseminules per plot, placed in plastic boxes (gerbox) containing vermiculite. The germination rate and germination speed index were calculated, and the data were submitted to the variance analysis, and the means compared by the Tukey test. For the morphological studies, the external and internal sides of the disseminules, the embryo and the representative germination stages were sketched. The samples were fixed in FAA (formalin - acetic acid - ethyl alcohol). It was concluded that the highest germination rate and faster germination were at the constant temperature of 35 degrees C and alternated of 25-35 degrees C. The seeds are albuminous, with a hard endosperm that takes almost the entire interior of the disseminules; the embryo is lateral, peripheral and poorly differentiated; the germination is adjacent.

Germination of Phoenix roebelenii Seeds

The Phoenix roebelenii O'Brien is one of the most used plants in the Brazilian landscape. The work aimed to study the effect of different fruit harvesting locations, associated with seven temperature conditions, on the germination of P. roebelenii seeds. The fruits were collected from two different locations: Ilha Solteira, western Sao Paulo State and Jaboticabal in the middle East of the same State. The disseminules (seeds with stucked endocarp) were placed in plastic boxes (gerbox), and the experimental design was entirely randomized in a factorial scheme of 7x2 (seven temperatures conditions: room temperature, constant at 20, 25, 30 and 35 degrees C and alternated at 20-30 and 25-35 degrees C; and two fruit harvesting locations: Ilha Solteira and Jaboticabal, with four replications with 25 seeds each. The disseminules that emitted the germinative intumescence were daily noted until the germinative process got steady, in about 90 days. The germination rate (G%), the germination speed index (GSI), and the means were extracted and compared by the Tukey test. The highest values of germination rate were obtained at 30, 25-35 degrees C and room temperatures. The seeds showed a higher GSI at room temperature. The fruit harvesting locations influenced the germination.

Influence of air-particle deposition protocols on the surface topography and adhesion of resin cement to zirconia

Objectives: This study evaluated the influence of air-particle abrasion protocols on the surface roughness (SR) of zirconia and the shear bond strength (SBS) of dual-polymerized resin cement to this ceramic. Materials and methods. Sintered zirconia blocks (n = 115) (Lava, 3M ESPE) were embedded in acrylic resin and polished. The specimens were divided according to the 'particle type' (Al: 110 mu m Al2O3; Si: 110 mu m SiO2) and 'pressure' factors (2.5 or 3.5 bar) (n = 3 per group): (a) Control (no air-abrasion); (b) Al2.5; (c) Si2.5; (d) Al3.5; (e) Si3.5. SR (Ra) was measured 3-times from each specimen after 20 s of air-abrasion (distance: 10 mm) using a digital optical profilometer. Surface topography was evaluated under SEM analyses. For the SBS test, 'particle type', 'pressure' and 'thermocycling' (TC) factors were considered (n = 10; n = 10 per group): Control (no air-abrasion); Al2.5; Si2.5; Al3.5; Si3.5; Control(TC); Al2.5(TC); Si2.5(TC); Al3.5(TC); Si3.5(TC). After silane application, resin cement (Panavia F2.0) was bonded and polymerized. Specimens were thermocycled (6.000 cycles, 5-55 degrees C) and subjected to SBS (1 mm/min). Data were analyzed using ANOVA, Tukey's and Dunnett tests (5%). Results. 'Particle' (p = 0.0001) and 'pressure' (p = 0.0001) factors significantly affected the SR. All protocols significantly increased the SR (Al2.5: 0.45 +/- 0.02; Si2.5: 0.39 +/- 0.01; Al3.5: 0.80 +/- 0.01; Si3.5: 0.64 +/- 0.01 mu m) compared to the control group (0.16 +/- 0.01 mu m). For SBS, only 'particle' factor significantly affected the results (p = 0.015). The SiO2 groups presented significantly higher SBS results than Al2O3 (Al2.5: 4.78 +/- 1.86; Si2.5: 7.17 +/- 2.62; Al3.5: 4.97 +/- 3.74; Si3.5: 9.14 +/- 4.09 MPa) and the control group (3.67 +/- 3.0 MPa). All TC specimens presented spontaneous debondings. SEM analysis showed that Al2O3 created damage in zirconia in the form of grooves, different from those observed with SiO2 groups. Conclusions. Air-abrasion with 110 mu m Al2O3 resulted in higher roughness, but air-abrasion protocols with SiO2 promoted better adhesion.

Search for gravitational wave ringdowns from perturbed intermediate mass black holes in LIGO-Virgo data from 2005-2010

We report results from a search for gravitational waves produced by perturbed intermediate mass black holes ( IMBH) in data collected by LIGO and Virgo between 2005 and 2010. The search was sensitive to astrophysical sources that produced damped sinusoid gravitational wave signals, also known as ringdowns, with frequency 50 <= f(0)/Hz <= 2000 and decay timescale 0.0001 less than or similar to tau/s less than or similar to 0.1 characteristic of those produced in mergers of IMBH pairs. No significant gravitational wave candidate was detected. We report upper limits on the astrophysical coalescence rates of IMBHs with total binary mass 50 <= M/ M circle dot <= 450 and component mass ratios of either 1: 1 or 4: 1. For systems with total mass 100 <= M/M circle dot <= 150, we report a 90% confidence upper limit on the rate of binary IMBH mergers with nonspinning and equal mass components of 6.9 x 10(-8) Mpc(-3) yr(-1). We also report a rate upper limit for ringdown waveforms from perturbed IMBHs, radiating 1% of their mass as gravitational waves in the fundamental, l = m = 2, oscillation mode, that is nearly three orders of magnitude more stringent than previous results.

Methods and results of a search for gravitational waves associated with gamma-ray bursts using the GEO 600, LIGO, and Virgo detectors

In this paper we report on a search for short-duration gravitational wave bursts in the frequency range 64 Hz-1792 Hz associated with gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), using data from GEO 600 and one of the LIGO or Virgo detectors. We introduce the method of a linear search grid to analyze GRB events with large sky localization uncertainties, for example the localizations provided by the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM). Coherent searches for gravitational waves (GWs) can be computationally intensive when the GRB sky position is not well localized, due to the corrections required for the difference in arrival time between detectors. Using a linear search grid we are able to reduce the computational cost of the analysis by a factor of O(10) for GBM events. Furthermore, we demonstrate that our analysis pipeline can improve upon the sky localization of GRBs detected by the GBM, if a high-frequency GW signal is observed in coincidence. We use the method of the linear grid in a search for GWs associated with 129 GRBs observed satellite-based gamma-ray experiments between 2006 and 2011. The GRBs in our sample had not been previously analyzed for GW counterparts. A fraction of our GRB events are analyzed using data from GEO 600 while the detector was using squeezed-light states to improve its sensitivity; this is the first search for GWs using data from a squeezed-light interferometric observatory. We find no evidence for GW signals, either with any individual GRB in this sample or with the population as a whole. For each GRB we place lower bounds on the distance to the progenitor, under an assumption of a fixed GW emission energy of 10(-2)M circle dot c(2), with a median exclusion distance of 0.8 Mpc for emission at 500 Hz and 0.3 Mpc at 1 kHz. The reduced computational cost associated with a linear search grid will enable rapid searches for GWs associated with Fermi GBM events once the advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors begin operation.

Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with gamma-ray Bursts Detected by the Interplanetary Network

We present the results of a search for gravitational waves associated with 223 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected by the InterPlanetary Network (IPN) in 2005-2010 during LIGO's fifth and sixth science runs and Virgo's first, second, and third science runs. The IPN satellites provide accurate times of the bursts and sky localizations that vary significantly from degree scale to hundreds of square degrees. We search for both a well-modeled binary coalescence signal, the favored progenitor model for short GRBs, and for generic, unmodeled gravitational wave bursts. Both searches use the event time and sky localization to improve the gravitational wave search sensitivity as compared to corresponding all-time, all-sky searches. We find no evidence of a gravitational wave signal associated with any of the IPN GRBs in the sample, nor do we find evidence for a population of weak gravitational wave signals associated with the GRBs. For all IPN-detected GRBs, for which a sufficient duration of quality gravitational wave data are available, we place lower bounds on the distance to the source in accordance with an optimistic assumption of gravitational wave emission energy of 10(-2)M(circle dot)c(2) at 150 Hz, and find a median of 13 Mpc. For the 27 short-hard GRBs we place 90% confidence exclusion distances to two source models: a binary neutron star coalescence, with a median distance of 12 Mpc, or the coalescence of a neutron star and black hole, with a median distance of 22 Mpc. Finally, we combine this search with previously published results to provide a population statement for GRB searches in first-generation LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors and a resulting examination of prospects for the advanced gravitational wave detectors.

The NINJA-2 project: detecting and characterizing gravitational waveforms modelled using numerical binary black hole simulations

The Numerical INJection Analysis (NINJA) project is a collaborative effort between members of the numerical relativity and gravitational-wave (GW) astrophysics communities. The purpose of NINJA is to study the ability to detect GWs emitted from merging binary black holes (BBH) and recover their parameters with next-generation GW observatories. We report here on the results of the second NINJA project, NINJA-2, which employs 60 complete BBH hybrid waveforms consisting of a numerical portion modelling the late inspiral, merger, and ringdown stitched to a post-Newtonian portion modelling the early inspiral. In a 'blind injection challenge' similar to that conducted in recent Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) and Virgo science runs, we added seven hybrid waveforms to two months of data recoloured to predictions of Advanced LIGO (aLIGO) and Advanced Virgo (AdV) sensitivity curves during their first observing runs. The resulting data was analysed by GW detection algorithms and 6 of the waveforms were recovered with false alarm rates smaller than 1 in a thousand years. Parameter-estimation algorithms were run on each of these waveforms to explore the ability to constrain the masses, component angular momenta and sky position of these waveforms. We find that the strong degeneracy between the mass ratio and the BHs' angular momenta will make it difficult to precisely estimate these parameters with aLIGO and AdV. We also perform a large-scale Monte Carlo study to assess the ability to recover each of the 60 hybrid waveforms with early aLIGO and AdV sensitivity curves. Our results predict that early aLIGO and AdV will have a volume-weighted average sensitive distance of 300 Mpc (1 Gpc) for 10M circle dot + 10M circle dot (50M circle dot + 50M circle dot) BBH coalescences. We demonstrate that neglecting the component angular momenta in the waveform models used in matched-filtering will result in a reduction in sensitivity for systems with large component angular momenta. This reduction is estimated to be up to similar to 15% for 50M circle dot + 50M circle dot BBH coalescences with almost maximal angular momenta aligned with the orbit when using early aLIGO and AdV sensitivity curves.

Prostaglandin treatment at the onset of norgestomet and estradiol-based synchronization protocols did not alter the ovarian follicular dynamics or pregnancy per timed artificial insemination in cyclic Bos indicus heifers

Coordena��ão de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

The time course of aggressive behaviour in juvenile matrinxa Brycon amazonicus fed with dietary L-tryptophan supplementation

This study evaluated the influence of dietary L-tryptophan (TRP) supplementation on the time course of aggressive behaviour and on neuroendocrine and hormonal indicators in juvenile matrinxA Brycon amazonicus. Supplementation with TRP promoted a change in the fight pattern at the beginning of an interaction with an intruder, resulting in decreased aggressive behaviours during the first 20min. The decrease in aggression did not persist throughout the interaction but increased at 3 and 6h after the beginning of the fight. Monoamine levels in the hypothalamus were not influenced by TRP before or after the fight; however, the hypothalamic serotonin (5-HT) concentration and the 5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid (5HIAA):5-HT ratio were significantly correlated with the reduction in aggressive behaviour at the beginning of the fight. Cortisol was not altered by TRP before the fight. After the fight cortisol increased to higher levels in B. amazonicus fed with supplementary TRP. These results indicate that TRP supplementation alters the aggressive behaviour of B. amazonicus and that this effect is limited to the beginning of the fight, suggesting a transient effect of TRP on aggressive behaviour. This is the first study reporting the effects of TRP supplementation on the time course of aggressive interaction in fishes. (C) 2013 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles