Competição espacial no mercado de revenda da gasolina: uma análise nas principais cidades do Rio Grande do Norte

This study aims to analyze the relationship between average price with the concentration in the markets (municipalities) in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, is using a little tool applied to the Brazilian market is the spatial econometric model. A data base contains all the stations of the major cities in the state of Rio Grande do Norte and includes 142 observations on stations was used. Theoretical models predict the relationship between the number of competitors in a market and the average price; these theoretical models include: the monopolistic competition of Perloff and Salop (1985), and the search-theoretic, of Carlson and McAfee (1983) and Varian (1980). The empirical results showed that a higher density within a geographic area is associated with a lower average price, thus converging with the monopolistic competition model and with the search-theoretic of Carlson and McAfee (1983). The parameters varied little with the inclusion / exclusion of control variables, showing the robustness of them.

Geografia da dominação: um estudo sobre a organização espacial da terra do sal (Macau-RN)

This work aims to understand the spatial organization in the Town of Macau, State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. This approach focus on bringing back the history of the town, the main personages responsible for the construction of this place, denominated "social agents", as well as its social processes and the spatial forms derived from them. As the personages and their practices were identified, it was found out the existence of a driving force for structuring, interlocking, and maintaining the actions carried out by the social agents during the time. Such actions were materialized in the urban space: "the social segregation". The social segregation takes place as a specific geography of domination. The outcome of those owning the best areas" and ways of accessibility in the urban space, varies from the enrichment by property valorization, because of the concentration of public investments of infrastructure, to the comfort of easily reaching all the daily needs related to the displacements in the urban space. In the latter case, such facility has contributed to improve life quality. While one takes advantage of the location in the urban space, others are negatively affected by the same process. This research identified the salina worker as the weakest element of this social structure, occupying the urban periphery of the town of Macau. Such area is characterized by the lack of services and urban equipment in opposition to the center of the town, the locus of elite. This way, it is established the most known segregation pattern: center x periphery, in which the space acts as a mechanism of segregation

Caracterização de frutos, divergência genética e estrutura espacial de jaboticabeiras nativas de fragmento florestal em Clevelândia - PR

To design strategies for the conservation and use of genetic resources of tree species such as jaboticaba tree, it is essential to make the characterization. In southwestern Paraná region, there are several forest fragments containing native jaboticaba tree (Plinia cauliflora), whose materials have broad potential for commercial orchards or breeding programs. As is the potential genetic diversity of a population to produce different genotypes, it would be able to start in such a characterization one of these fragments. The aim was to characterize fruits of jaboticaba tree (P. caulifora) of forest fragment kept in Clevelândia - PR for the presence of phenotypic variability, seeking to identify those superiors named for future selection as farming or male parent, as well as estimate genetic divergence between them, as a complementary tool for this purpose. Also, verify the regeneration and spatial distribution of the species. For the study was defined portion of a hectare (10.000 m²), with all individuals identified, mapped, with local coordinate system, and measured height and diameter. Fruits were characterized by sensory and biochemical characteristics in two years, 70 genotypes at 2013 and 56 at 2014, and of these 33 genotypes in both years. As a pre-selection criteria was adopted the choice of 20% of the genotypes that showed the highest frequency of superiority in the evaluated characteristics of the fruit. Genetic divergence among 33 genotypes per year was analyzed. The distribution pattern and spatial association was evaluated by Ripley's K function. It was classified for the first time the following ontogenetic stages of jaboticaba tree, by plant height, seedling (from 0.01 to 0.99 m), juvenile (1.0 to 4.99 m), immature (> 5.0 m, non-reproductive), adult (reproductive). It was also have been describe for the first time the naturally occurring juxtaposed seedlings, indicating polyembryony. The number of regenerating identified in the population (seedlings: n = 2163; juveniles: n = 330; immature: n = 59) was much larger than the number of adults (n = 132). The species showed reverse J-shaped size structure standard, with high concentration of regenerating. The regeneration distribution occurs in aggregate pattern and there is seedling-adult dependence, due seed dispersal and seedling emergence closest to mothers. The jaboticaba tree regeneration is sufficient to maintain the species for long term in this population, which should serve as reference to regeneration success for other studies of this important fruiting species from Ombrofile Mixed Forests. Has been pre-selected the jaboticaba trees 7, 42, 43, 47, 54, 91, 97, 104, 105, 118, 134, 153, 154, 157, 163, 169, 177, 186, 212, J7-01 and J7- 02, and 16 and 194 the ones that can now be selected by the superior characteristics of both cycles. It was recommended to carry out hybridization between genotypes 79 and 119, and 96 to 148. The quality of fruit analyzed showed potential for use as a dual purpose serving both in natura market or processing.

Utilização do mapa espacial de radiação e dose acumulada como ferramenta para otimização de doses em pacientes e trabalhadores nas clínicas de medicina nuclear

This study has as general aim to propose a spatial map of doses as an auxiliary tool in assessing the need for optimization of the workplace in nuclear medicine services. As specific aims, we assessed the workers individual dosimetry; we analyzed the facilities of the nuclear medicine services; and we evaluated environment exposure rates. The research is characterized as a case study, with an exploratory and explanatory nature. It was conducted in three Nuclear Medicine Services, all established in the Northwest of the Paraná State. Results indicated that the evaluated dose rates and workers dosimetry, in all the dependencies of the surveyed services, are within the limits of annual doses. However some exceeded the limits recommended in the standard CNEN-NN 3:01 (2014). It was concluded that the spatial map dose is an important tool for nuclear medicine services because it facilitates the visualization of areas with highest concentration of radiation, and also helps in the constant review of these measures and resources, aiding in the identification of any failures and shortcomings, providing resources to correct any issues and prevent their repetition. The spatial map dose is also important for the regular inspection, evaluating if the radiation protection objectives are being met.

Geografia da dominação: um estudo sobre a organização espacial da terra do sal (Macau-RN)

This work aims to understand the spatial organization in the Town of Macau, State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. This approach focus on bringing back the history of the town, the main personages responsible for the construction of this place, denominated "social agents", as well as its social processes and the spatial forms derived from them. As the personages and their practices were identified, it was found out the existence of a driving force for structuring, interlocking, and maintaining the actions carried out by the social agents during the time. Such actions were materialized in the urban space: "the social segregation". The social segregation takes place as a specific geography of domination. The outcome of those owning the best areas" and ways of accessibility in the urban space, varies from the enrichment by property valorization, because of the concentration of public investments of infrastructure, to the comfort of easily reaching all the daily needs related to the displacements in the urban space. In the latter case, such facility has contributed to improve life quality. While one takes advantage of the location in the urban space, others are negatively affected by the same process. This research identified the salina worker as the weakest element of this social structure, occupying the urban periphery of the town of Macau. Such area is characterized by the lack of services and urban equipment in opposition to the center of the town, the locus of elite. This way, it is established the most known segregation pattern: center x periphery, in which the space acts as a mechanism of segregation

ARRANJO PRODUTIVO LOCAL NO CONTEXTO DA DINÂMICA ESPACIAL URBANA

Objetiva-se com o presente artigo expor a relação que há entre a produção do espaço urbano e os Arranjos Produtivos Locais. Por meio de análise bibliográfica, procuramos explicitar como ocorre o processo de produção do espaço urbano e de que forma o APL, como um agente econômico, atua na produção do espaço urbano. Utilizamos como exemplo empírico o caso do APL de Franca. Entendemos o espaço urbano como produto e como condição para a reprodução das relações sociais de produção. É, portanto na produção desse espaço que concorrem diferentes atores, cada um defendendo seu interesse, sejam eles os donos do capital, o poder público e os próprios agentes sociais. Os APLs como agentes econômicos, atuam na produção do espaço urbano na medida em que o reestrutura, mobilizando os recursos materiais e imateriais necessários ao seu desenvolvimento produtivo, envolvendo várias instituições (públicas e privadas). Tomando como exemplo o APL de Franca, foi possível demonstrar tal relação, pois a atividade calçadista é de grande importância para o município, sendo responsável pelo desenvolvimento econômico local, pelo “status” que o município tem hoje, de capital do calçado masculino. Desse modo, a produção do espaço urbano de Franca deu-se por meio de grande influência do capital calçadista, sendo que esse espaço expressa uma estrutura de classe visível, pois foi produzido em razão de sua principal atividade econômica, a produção de calçados.

A VULNERABILIDADE ESPACIAL CLIMÀTICA NA CIDADE DE AQUIDAUANA –MS/BRASIL

O crescimento desordenado e acelerado das cidades associado a concentração populacional e suporte de planejamento frágil, conflitos institucionais e tecnológicos, tem provocado uma diversidade de transformações no ambiente urbano. A cidade representa um meio adaptado às necessidades específicas dos agentes sociais que modelam este espaço, porque o meio está organizado para permitir sua reprodução, criando assim condições específicas de padrões de uso do solo urbano evidenciando desastres naturais quando associado aos aspectos geoecológicos do sítio e ao processo de ocupação e transformação do espaço aliado à situação socioeconômica da população. A cidade de Aquidauana é banhada pelo rio de mesmo nome e deu início ao processo de expansão urbana às suas margens, sendo estas ocupadas até os dias atuais por parte da população. Este fator provocou significativas modificações na paisagem natural evidenciando muitos dos problemas socioambientais na atualidade, como as enchentes e inundações. Para alcançar os objetivos dessa temática foram realizados trabalhos cartográficos com auxílio do software de desenho Auto CAD, levantamento de dados e análise dos elementos climáticos na área de estudo, coleta de dados sobre os atendimentos às inundações realizados pelo Corpo de Bombeiros Militar de Mato Grosso do Sul/1º Subgrupamento de Bombeiros de Aquidauana, e concatenação de notícias da imprensa escrita local, representada pelo Jornal “O Pantaneiro”, sobre os eventos climáticos extremos ocorridos em Aquidauana-MS, além de visitas a campo nos locais sujeitos a inundações durante o período chuvoso. Os resultados desta pesquisa apontam que o aumento das inundações está relacionado ao acelerado processo de urbanização aliado à ineficácia do planejamento urbano. Os fatores que contribuem para aumentar a ocorrência de inundações destacam-se as impermeabilizações do solo, a ocupação desordenada das margens do rio, o aumento do nível do rio Aquidauana, o sistema de drenagem deficitário. Sugere-se para amenizar a ocorrência das inundações, mapeamento dos espaços atingidos na área urbana e investimentos em planejamento urbano.

CONCENTRAÇÃO E DESCONCENTRAÇÃO DOS HOMICÍDIOS NO BRASIL 1999 a 2006

A criminalidade nos países latino-americanos transformou-se, nas últimas décadas, em um dos principais problemas vividos por seus habitantes. Estudiosos de diversas áreas do conhecimento têm se debruçado sobre tal fenômeno em função de sua complexidade social, cultural, econômica, demográfica, bem como suas implicações sobre a saúde pública. A Geografia, no entanto, começou a explorar a dimensão espacial da criminalidade recentemente, através da Geografia do Crime, trazendo importantes contribuições. Desta forma, o presente estudo visa apresentar a evolução espacial da incidência de óbitos por homicídios nos municípios brasileiros entre os anos de 1998 e 2007, buscando responder às seguintes inquietações: estariam as taxas de homicídio se redistribuindo no espaço brasileiro? Qual o papel das regiões metropolitanas e das cidades médias neste processo? Para atingir tal propósito trabalhar-se-á com dados do Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade (SIM) do Departamento de Informática do SUS (Datasus/MS). O número de óbitos por homicídio será submetido à construção de taxas por 100 mil habitantes e, posteriormente, mapeadas e analisadas com o auxílio dos Sistemas de Informações Geográficas e de técnicas de estatística espacial. Diante dos produtos apresentados poder-se-á entender melhor a dinâmica espacial dos homicídios, revelando padrões comportamentais e áreas de concentrações e desconcentração espacial.

A REDE BANCÁRIA NO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS: ALGUMAS NOTAS SOBRE SUA DISTRIBUIÇÃO ESPACIAL

Os estudos sobre rede urbana no Brasil possuem uma vasta literatura. Diferentes estudos sobre essa temática vêm sendo desenvolvidos, relacionados ao transporte, aos serviços, a comunicação, a alimentação e etc. Porém, reduzidos têm sido essas análises sob a ótica dos serviços do sistema financeiro, que se constituem em importante indicador espacial para a temática, devido ao seu alcance espacial amplo. Neste artigo, entende-se por rede urbana: um conjunto de centros urbanos funcionalmente articulados entre si, tal como sustentado por Corrêa (2006). A rede urbana se apresenta como a formar em que as atividades capitalistas (comércio, distribuição e circulação) se territorializam no espaço e fixam as suas bases de escoamento e produção. Metodologia: Parte-se do entendimento da construção dialética do espaço que vai produzindo-se a partir das contradições inerentes da sociedade. Entende-se o espaço urbano como um reflexo da sociedade, sendo que, suas desigualdades sociais são refletidas na configuração espacial. Fez-se levantamento bibliográfico e de dados secundários, tabulação e espacialização com Sistema de Informação Geográfica. A concentração dos bancos e correspondentes bancários no Estado do Amazonas se estabelece em pontos-chave do território. E não, necessariamente, nas cidades mais próximas da capital Manaus.

Amostragem e variabilidade espacial de atributos químicos do solo em área de vegetação natural em regeneração

The objectives of this work was to estimate the number of soil subsamples considering the classical statistics and geostatistics and determine the spatial variability of soil fertility attributes of an Ultisol, with clay texture, in an area of regenerating natural vegetation in Alegre - ES. Soil samples were collected in a depth of 0.0-0.2 m, at the crossing points of a regular grid, comprising a total of 64 points located at 10 m-intervals. The area presented low fertility soil. Considering a variation of 5% around the mean in the classic statistics, it is necessary a larger number of samples in relation to geostatistics. All the chemical attributes showed moderate to high spatial dependence, except for the effective cation exchange capacity (CECe), which showed pure nugget effect. The spherical semivariogram model gave the best fit to the data. Isoline maps allowed visualizing the differentiated spatial distribution of the contents of soil chemical attributes.

Calibração da Reflectometria no Domínio do Tempo (TDR) para a estimativa da concentração da solução no solo

Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) is a reliable method for in-situ measurements of the humidity and the solution concentration at the same soil volume. Accurate interpretation of electrical conductivity (and soil humidity) measurements may require a specific calibration curve. The primary goal of this work was to establish a calibration procedure for using TDR to estimate potassium nitrate concentrations (KNO3) in soil solution. An equation relating the electrical conductivity measured by TDR and KNO3 concentration was established enabling the use of TDR technique to estimate soil water content and nitrate concentration for efficient fertigation management.

Estimativa de bem-estar de frango de corte em função da concentração de amônia e grau de luminosidade no galpão de produção

Brazil is an important poultry meat export country, and large parts of its destination are countries with specific rearing restrictions related to broiler s welfare. One of the aerial pollutants mostly found in high concentrations in closed poultry housing environment is ammonia. There are evidences that broilers welfare may be compromised by the continuous exposition to this pollutant in rearing housing. This research aimed to estimate broilers welfare reared under specific thermal environmental attributes and bird s density, as function of the ammonia concentration and light intensity inside the housing environment using the Fuzzy Theory. Results showed that the best welfare value (0.89 in the scale: 0-1) approximately 90% of the ideal was found in the conditions that associated the ideal thermal environment, with bird s density between 13-15 birds m-2, with values of the ammonia concentration in the environment below 5 ppm, and light intensity near 1 lx. Using the predictive method it was possible to estimate broilers welfare with relation to the ammonia concentration and light intensity in the housing.

Variabilidade espacial de atributos físicos de um argissolo vermelho-amarelo sob pastagem e vegetação secundária em regeneração natural

This work was carried out with the objective of studying the spatial variability of the physical attributes of a Red-Yellow Ultisol under pasture and secondary vegetation in natural regeneration. Two areas were chosen in a hillside, with the soil sampling to the depth of 0-0.2 m, with the georeferenced points in a regular grid of 10x10 m, totalizing 64 points. In each point it was evaluated the total volume of porosity, macroporosity, microporosity, bulk density, soil penetration resistance and soil water content. The studied attributes in the pasture area present indicator of soil compaction for the animals' traffic, with moderate and strong structure of spatial dependence, except for the macroporosity and penetration resistance. In the area of secondary vegetation (VN) only the macroporosity does not present spatial dependence. The total volume of porosity and the bulk density present the same spatial standard in the area under pasture.

Estimativa de parâmetros biofísicos de plantios de café a partir de imagens orbitais de alta resolução espacial

Remote sensing data are each time more available and can be used to monitor the vegetal development of main agricultural crops, such as the Arabic coffee in Brazil, since that the relationship between spectral and agronomical data be well known. Therefore, this work had the main objective to assess the use of Quickbird satellite images to estimate biophysical parameters of coffee crop. Test area was composed by 25 coffee fields located between the cities of Ribeirão Corrente, Franca and Cristais Paulista (SP), Brazil, and the biophysical parameters used were row and between plants spacing, plant height, LAI, canopy diameter, percentage of vegetation cover, roughness and biomass. Spectral data were the reflectance of four bands of QUICKBIRD and values of four vegetations indexes (NDVI, GVI, SAVI and RVI) based on the same satellite. All these data were analyzed using linear and nonlinear regression methods to generate estimation models of biophysical parameters. The use of regression models based on nonlinear equations was more appropriate to estimate parameters such as the LAI and the percentage of biomass, important to indicate the productivity of coffee crop.

Variabilidade espacial da textura de um latossolo sob cultivo de citros

Relief influences soil texture variability, since it contributes to the time of exposition of the materials to weathering factors. Our work was carried out in the city of Gavião Peixoto (SP), with the objective of characterizing the spatial variability of texture of a dystrophic Red Latosol cultivated with citrus. The hillside was divided into three segments: top, stocking lean and inferior lean. Soil samples were collected in a grid with regular intervals of 50 m, at the depths of 0.0-0.2 m and 0.6-0.8 m, comprising a total of 332 points in an area of 83.5 ha. The data were submitted to descriptive and geostatistics analyses (semivariogram modeling and kriging maps). The spatial behavior of the texture of oxisols is directly related to the relief forms in this study, which controls the direction of surface and subsurface water flows. The concept of homogeneity of clay distribution in the Oxisol profile is a piece of information that can be adjusted by knowing the spatial pattern of this distribution in different relief forms.