Poverty dynamics in Costa Rica with panel data from cross-sections

Includes bibliography

Variables sintomáticas en las estimaciones poblacionales a nivel cantonal en Costa Rica

Incluye Bibliografía

Rheological behavior of binary aqueous solutions of poly(ethylene glycol) of 1500 g·mol-1 as affected by temperature and polymer concentration

The rheological behavior of poly(ethylene glycol) of 1500 g·mol -1(PEG1500) aqueous solutions with various polymer concentrations (w = 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20 and 0.25) was studied at different temperatures (T = 283.15, 288.15, 293.15, 298.15 and 303.15) K. The analyses were carried out considering shear rates ranging from (20 to 350) s-1, using a cone-and-plate rheometer under controlled stress and temperature. Classical rheological models (Newton, Bingham, Power Law, Casson, and Herschel-Bulkley) were tested. The Power Law model was shown suitable to mathematically represent the rheological behavior of these solutions. Well-adjusted empirical models were derived for consistency index variations in function of temperature (Arrhenius-type model; R2 > 0.96), polymer concentration (exponential model; R2 > 0.99) or the combination of both (R 2 > 0.99). Additionally, linear models were used to represent the variations of behavior index in the functions of temperature (R2 > 0.83) and concentration (R2 > 0.87). © 2013 American Chemical Society.

Ablation of the ability to control the right-to-left cardiac shunt does not affect oxygen uptake, specific dynamic action or growth in the rattlesnake Crotalus durissus

The morphologically undivided ventricle of the heart in non-crocodilian reptiles permits the mixing of oxygen-rich blood returning from the lungs and oxygen-poor blood from the systemic circulation. A possible functional significance for this intra-cardiac shunt has been debated for almost a century. Unilateral left vagotomy rendered the single effective pulmonary artery of the South American rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus, unable to adjust the magnitude of blood flow to the lung. The higher constant perfusion of the lung circulation and the incapability of adjusting the right-left shunt in left-denervated snakes persisted over time, providing a unique model for investigation of the long-term consequences of cardiac shunting in a squamate. Oxygen uptake recorded at rest and during spontaneous and forced activity was not affected by removing control of the cardiac shunt. Furthermore, metabolic rate and energetic balance during the post-prandial metabolic increment, plus the food conversion efficiency and growth rate, were all similarly unaffected. These results show that control of cardiac shunting is not associated with a clear functional advantage in adjusting metabolic rate, effectiveness of digestion or growth rates. © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.

Desafíos y tendencias de la modernización de los sistemas estadísticos nacionales: tareas organizacionales en el marco del sistema estadístico nacional

Documento de referencia, n. 30

A role for histamine in cardiovascular regulation in late stage embryos of the red-footed tortoise, Chelonoidis carbonaria Spix, 1824

A chorioallantoic membrane artery in embryos of the red-footed tortoise, Chelonoidis carbonaria was occlusively cannulated for measurement of blood pressure and injection of drugs. Two age groups of embryos in the final 10 % of incubation were categorized by the ratio of embryonic body to yolk mass. All embryos first received cholinergic and β-adrenergic blockade. This revealed that β-adrenergic control was established in both groups whereas cholinergic control was only established in the older group immediately prior to hatching. The study then progressed as two series. Series one was conducted in a subset of embryos treated with histamine before or after injection of ranitidine, the antagonist of H2 receptors. Injection of histamine caused an initial phasic hypertension which recovered, followed by a longer lasting hypertensive response accompanied by a tachycardia. Injection of the H2 receptor antagonist ranitidine itself caused a hypotensive tachycardia with subsequent recovery of heart rate. Ranitidine also abolished the cardiac effects of histamine injection while leaving the initial hypertensive response intact. In series, two embryos were injected with histamine after injection of diphenhydramine, the antagonist to H1 receptors. This abolished the whole of the pressor response to histamine injection but left the tachycardic response intact. These data indicate that histamine acts as a non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic factor, regulating the cardiovascular system of developing reptilian embryos and that its overall effects are mediated via both H1 and H2 receptor types. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Thermophysical properties of cotton, canola, sunflower and soybean oils as a function of temperature

Vegetable oils are used in the industry of processed food, including deep-fat frying. This work determined data on the thermophysical properties of cotton, canola, sunflower, corn, and soybean oils. Thermal conductivity, heat capacity, density, and viscosity were measured within the temperature range of 299.15-433.15 K. The data showed that the temperature influenced the thermophysical properties of the oils studied. The developed correlations could be used to predict these properties within the range of temperatures studied. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

O papel da equivalência de contato na Cr-classificação de germes de aplicações Cr-estáveis

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Entre o azedo e o doce: a personagem feminina idosa em contos de Clarice Lispector e Flávia Savary

Pós-graduação em Letras - FCLAS

Cooperación internacional en el ámbito de los productos básicos agrícolas: convenios sobre productos y asociaciones de productores

Publicado anteriormente como CEPAL/BORRADOR/CEPAL/FAO/147

Inclusão social pela educação: uma necessidade especial para profissionais da área

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Comportamento de genótipos de feijão (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) na época das águas em São Manuel - SP

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Agricultura) - FCA

Uma estrada na reserva: impactos sócioambientais da PA-136 em Mãe Grande, Curuçá, (PA)

As alterações ambientais na Amazônia perpassam por uma série de fatores e atores sociais demonstrando uma complexidade de interesses que vão desde a substituição da floresta por pastagens e pela agroindústria, até a super-exploração dos recursos pesqueiros, e pela construção de hidrelétricas e exploração de minérios, entre outros. Apesar da continuada criação de Unidades de Conservação no sentido de manter a integridade de parte da floresta, percebe-se que a devastação segue, com números alarmantes, a cada novo ano que entra. Neste cenário, as estradas têm papel fundamental. O surgimento e expansão das estradas na Amazônia vêm sendo um dos grandes vetores dessas mudanças, gerando além da devastação, alterações sociais, ambientais, econômicas e culturais, permeadas por conflitos e tensões variados. Neste sentido, este trabalho identifica e analisa através da pesquisa de campo na comunidade de São João do Abade, os impactos sócio ambientais da PA-136 na Reserva Extrativista Marinha Mãe Grande de Curuçá, área reconhecida legalmente como RESEX desde 2002. A referida estrada liga o município de Castanhal a Curuçá, na Zona do Saldado, região costeira do estado do Pará.

Variabilidade e tendência climática e a produtividade da soja no estado de São Paulo

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)