Integración financiera regional en Asia oriental: desafíos y perspectivas

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Projeto de um parque eólico com a utilização de sistema de informação geográfica

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Mecânica - FEG

Desenvolvimento regional e conservação ambiental: a Estrada do Colono como via de (des)integração do oeste-sudoeste paranaense

Pós-graduação em Geografia - FCT

Relações entre força muscular e composição corporal e regional em idosos

Exercise, in general have the ability to promote health, reduce loss of physical fitness, reduce declines in body composition and prevent disease, and promote improvements in athletic performance, and that's consensual today. Through analysis of body composition and physical fitness, you can diagnose the possible individuals at risk of developing diseases, and fractures caused by falls in the elderly. The DXA tests were used (densitometry by dual beam X-ray) to assess body composition and regional, 1 RM test to evaluate the maximum strength and girth measurements, diameters and skin folds in order to analyze the balance of power muscle with both body composition as regional. The results showed that the variance in bone mass between older content related to the change in the maximum muscular strength of the upper and lower limbs, but the force values are not related to increased muscle mass. The development of muscle strength fulfills a dual function in aging which is to maintain or reduce the rate of loss of lean body mass, and also so the body bone health

Non-volant mammals from Nucleo Santa Virginia, Serra do Mar State Park, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Ecology, stable isotopes, and management of grassland songbirds at National Park Service properties on the Great Plains

Grassland ecosystems have been severely reduced and grassland bird populations have experienced consistent declines. National Park Service (NPS) properties on the Great Plains provide breeding habitat for grassland songbirds, though little is known about the quality of this habitat. A short-term study on songbirds at three NPS properties complemented current monitoring, providing an among park comparison addressing grassland bird productivity and fidelity relative to NPS property size. During 2008-2009, I assessed avian species richness, and estimated bird density and grassland songbird nest success. Bird species richness was greatest at small and medium sites, while number of nesting obligate species was greatest at the large site. Species-specific densities varied among sites, with few grassland obligates occurring at all three sites. Nest success estimates for grassland obligates were highest at the small site and lower at the large site. Another method to quantify habitat quality is assessment of breeding site fidelity. Current extrinsic markers used in monitoring site fidelity are inadequate for small birds; stable isotope analyses provide an alternative. I compared two techniques for assigning stable isotope tissue origin and measured grassland songbird site fidelity. My method of assigning origin provided site-specific variances of expected stable isotope values, an improvement over the most commonly used method. Fidelity tended to be higher at the large site, which may indicate a more robust breeding community of grassland birds. The small size of two of my sites precluded large sample sizes and made strong inferences difficult. To quantify how scientists cope with weak inference, I conducted a literature review. Strong inference was rarely observed, and most authors of weak-inference papers provided specific management recommendations. I suggest that adaptive management is an ideal method to resolve uncertainty from weak inference. Managers should consider my results within the context of regional and global management and the extent to which their unit might aide songbird conservation.

Regional lung perfusion estimated by electrical impedance tomography in a piglet model of lung collapse

Borges JB, Suarez-Sipmann F, Bohm SH, Tusman G, Melo A, Maripuu E, Sandstrom M, Park M, Costa EL, Hedenstierna G, Amato M. Regional lung perfusion estimated by electrical impedance tomography in a piglet model of lung collapse. J Appl Physiol 112: 225-236, 2012. First published September 29, 2011; doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01090.2010.-The assessment of the regional match between alveolar ventilation and perfusion in critically ill patients requires simultaneous measurements of both parameters. Ideally, assessment of lung perfusion should be performed in real-time with an imaging technology that provides, through fast acquisition of sequential images, information about the regional dynamics or regional kinetics of an appropriate tracer. We present a novel electrical impedance tomography (EIT)-based method that quantitatively estimates regional lung perfusion based on first-pass kinetics of a bolus of hypertonic saline contrast. Pulmonary blood flow was measured in six piglets during control and unilateral or bilateral lung collapse conditions. The first-pass kinetics method showed good agreement with the estimates obtained by single-photon-emission computerized tomography (SPECT). The mean difference (SPECT minus EIT) between fractional blood flow to lung areas suffering atelectasis was -0.6%, with a SD of 2.9%. This method outperformed the estimates of lung perfusion based on impedance pulsatility. In conclusion, we describe a novel method based on EIT for estimating regional lung perfusion at the bedside. In both healthy and injured lung conditions, the distribution of pulmonary blood flow as assessed by EIT agreed well with the one obtained by SPECT. The method proposed in this study has the potential to contribute to a better understanding of the behavior of regional perfusion under different lung and therapeutic conditions.

Opportunities and limits of the ecosystem services framework in capturing the cultural dimension of sustainable regional and landscape development in protected areas

With regard to protected areas, the concepts of ecosystem services and the cultural dimension of sustainable development (SD) are increasingly under debate. This contribution analyses the role of cultural aspects within the ecosystem services framework using the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment classification as a reference. The limits of the ecosystem services framework in capturing the cultural dimension are highlighted. Potential ways of strengthening the position of cultural values within this framework are discussed.

Parks of the future: Protected areas in Europe challenging regional and global change

Climate change, declines in biodiversity, increasing consumption of resources, urbanisation, urban sprawl and demographic change continue to challenge theregions of Europe. In response to these processes of regional and global change, there has been an unmistakeable boom in parks in Europe since the 1990s. Morethan a fifth of the continent is now protected using designations such as regionalnature parks, national parks, UNESCO Biosphere Reserves and World Heritagesites. The responsibilities of these areas are usually diverse and, in addition tonature protection and the conservation of cultural landscapes, increasingly involvethe promotion of sustainable development. In the 22 chapters of this volume, 28 authors from all over Europe analyse and comment on experiences of tackling the challenges of regional and global changein parks. They illustrate discussions with selected case studies and deal with keyissues of current protected area policy: How do parks address the pending challengesand what successes have they had thus far? What pioneering approaches are there in spatial planning and regional development? Which forms of park managementand governance are most promising? This informative and well-illustratedbook also considers which tasks will be assumed by parks in the future and whatroles parks may play in the debate concerning transformations required to promotesustainability in Europe.

Flood Hazard Analysis in the ”Caldera de Taburiente” National Park (La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain) using Dendrogeomorphology

Aplicación de técnicas dendroecológicas para el estudio de avenidas torrenciales.

O ADOLESCENTE E A TELEVISÃO REGIONAL: estudo da audiência do programa Em Movimento

Trata-se de um estudo de audiência do programa de televisão Em Movimento. Este é um programa regional produzido e exibido pela TV Gazeta, afiliada da Rede Globo, que tem como público-alvo os adolescentes. O objetivo consiste em compreender o conjunto de motivações que leva o adolescente capixaba a assistir ao programa. Também foi interesse deste estudo investigar quais os usos que os adolescentes fazem do conteúdo apresentado no programa e quais as gratificações que o mesmo traz aos adolescentes. Essa investigação teve como referencial teórico os conceitos sobre comunicação regional e a perspectiva dos usos e gratificações. A técnica utilizada para a coleta de dados foi a discussão em grupo, que consistiu na formação de grupos de adolescentes na faixa etária entre 15 e 18 anos para discussão do tema. Conclui-se que os adolescentes têm como principais motivações para assistir ao Em Movimento a vontade de aprender sobre si e sobre o ambiente em que vivem, confirmar conceitos já pré-estabelecidos por eles mesmos e ainda se sentirem próximos à realidade retratada no programa.

O ADOLESCENTE E A TELEVISÃO REGIONAL: estudo da audiência do programa Em Movimento

Trata-se de um estudo de audiência do programa de televisão Em Movimento. Este é um programa regional produzido e exibido pela TV Gazeta, afiliada da Rede Globo, que tem como público-alvo os adolescentes. O objetivo consiste em compreender o conjunto de motivações que leva o adolescente capixaba a assistir ao programa. Também foi interesse deste estudo investigar quais os usos que os adolescentes fazem do conteúdo apresentado no programa e quais as gratificações que o mesmo traz aos adolescentes. Essa investigação teve como referencial teórico os conceitos sobre comunicação regional e a perspectiva dos usos e gratificações. A técnica utilizada para a coleta de dados foi a discussão em grupo, que consistiu na formação de grupos de adolescentes na faixa etária entre 15 e 18 anos para discussão do tema. Conclui-se que os adolescentes têm como principais motivações para assistir ao Em Movimento a vontade de aprender sobre si e sobre o ambiente em que vivem, confirmar conceitos já pré-estabelecidos por eles mesmos e ainda se sentirem próximos à realidade retratada no programa.

Be Careful Where You Smile : Culture Shapes Judgments of Intelligence and Honesty of Smiling Individuals

We thank all the supporting team-members involved in the translation procedures and data collections. Research was supported by the Polish NCN Grant 2011/03/N/HS6/05112 (K.K.) and Chinese NNSF Grant 31200788 (C.X).

Archeological collections management at Minute Man National Historical Park, Massachusetts /

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