Novo método para estimativa da evapotranspiração de referência com base na temperatura do ar.

A região de Jales, localizada no noroeste de São Paulo, é uma importante área produtora de uvas de mesa do Estado, onde predominam pequenas propriedades com mão-de-obra familiar. Em todos os vinhedos da região são empregados sistemas de irrigação, para suprir a deficiência hídrica que ocorre durante o ciclo produtivo da cultura. Para um manejo adequado da irrigação, são necessárias informações sobre a necessidade hídrica da cultura. A evapotranspiração de referência (ETo) é um parâmetro fundamental para a determinação dessa necessidade, sendo desejável que se tenha um método que estime a ETo com boa precisão e a partir de dados meteorológicos fáceis de serem obtidos (VILLA NOVA; PEREIRA, 2006). O método de Penman-Monteith é considerado, atualmente, como padrão para a estimativa de ETo. Para seu uso, entretanto, são necessárias variáveis meteorológicas nem sempre disponíveis, principalmente aos pequenos produtores. Por essa razão, métodos que empregam um menor número de variáveis são também utilizados para estimar a ETo. No presente trabalho foram calculados valores diários de ETo pelo método de Hargreaves original; e por um novo método, em que se emprega a equação de Bristow-Campbell para a estimativa de Rs. Esses valores foram comparados aos obtidos pelo método padrão de Penman-Monteith, nas condições do noroeste paulista.

Short-term changes in light distortion in orthokeratology subjects

Quantifying adaptation to light distortion of subjects undergoing orthokeratology (OK) for myopia during the first month of treatment. Twenty-nine healthy volunteers (age: 22.34 ± 8.08 years) with mean spherical equivalent refractive error −2.10 ± 0.93D were evaluated at baseline and days 1, 7, 15, and 30 of OK treatment. Light distortion was determined using an experimental prototype. Corneal aberrations were derived from corneal topography for different pupil sizes. Contrast sensitivity function (CSF) was analyzed for frequencies of 1.50, 2.12, 3.00, 4.24, 6.00, 8.49, 12.00, 16.97, and 24.00 cpd under photopic conditions.

Centenarians and their hearts: a prospective registry with comprehensive geriatric assessment, electrocardiogram, echocardiography, and follow-up

Background Data on the cardiac characteristics of centenarians are scarce. Our aim was to describe electrocardiogram (ECG) and echocardiography in a cohort of centenarians and to correlate them with clinical data. Methods We used prospective multicenter registry of 118 centenarians (28 men) with a mean age of 101.5 ± 1.7 years. Electrocardiogram was performed in 103 subjects (87.3%) and echocardiography in 100 (84.7%). All subjects underwent a follow-up for at least 6 months. Results Centenarians with abnormal ECG were less frequently females (72% vs 93%), had higher rates of previous consumption of tobacco (14% vs 0) and alcohol (24% vs 12%), and scored lower in the perception of health status (6.8 ± 2.0 vs 8.3 ± 6.8). Centenarians with significant abnormalities in echocardiography were less frequently able to walk 6 m (33% vs 54%). Atrial fibrillation/flutter was found in 27 subjects (26%). Mean left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction was 60.0 ± 10.5%. Moderate or severe aortic valve stenosis was found in 16%, mitral valve regurgitation in 15%, and aortic valve regurgitation in 13%. Diastolic dysfunction was assessed in 79 subjects and was present in 55 (69.6%). Katz index and LV dilation were independently associated with the ability to walk 6 m. Age, Charlson and Katz indexes, and the presence of significant abnormalities in echocardiography were associated with mortality. Conclusions Centenarians have frequent ECG alterations and abnormalities in echocardiography. More than one fifth has atrial fibrillation, and most have diastolic dysfunction. Left ventricular dilation was associated with the ability to walk 6 m. Significant abnormalities in echocardiography were associated with mortality.

Corrigendum to "Short-term changes in light distortion in orthokeratology subjects"

2.134 JCR (2015) Q3, 74/124 Medicine, research & experimental, 81/161 Biotechnology & applied microbiology

[Asesoría para el desarrollo de líneas de producto a partir del rediseño o diversificación del producto artesanal, empaque, creación e implementación de imagen gráfica].

[143] hojas : ilustraciones.

Informe de diagnostico para asesorías talleres de Villamaria - técnica: tejido de pie y trama con materia prima fique. Manizales - técnica: macramé, cursos de tejido y orientaciones a instructora.

22 hojas : ilustraciones, fotografías a color.

Desarrollo de líneas de productos a partir del rediseño [o] diversificación del producto actual, en la localidad de Tenjo - Cundinamarca.

145 hojas : ilustraciones, fotografías a color.

Informe final de asesorías en diseño para artesanos.

80 hojas : ilustraciones, fotografías.

Neural network evidence for the coupling of presaccadic visual remapping to predictive eye position updating

As we look around a scene, we perceive it as continuous and stable even though each saccadic eye movement changes the visual input to the retinas. How the brain achieves this perceptual stabilization is unknown, but a major hypothesis is that it relies on presaccadic remapping, a process in which neurons shift their visual sensitivity to a new location in the scene just before each saccade. This hypothesis is difficult to test in vivo because complete, selective inactivation of remapping is currently intractable. We tested it in silico with a hierarchical, sheet-based neural network model of the visual and oculomotor system. The model generated saccadic commands to move a video camera abruptly. Visual input from the camera and internal copies of the saccadic movement commands, or corollary discharge, converged at a map-level simulation of the frontal eye field (FEF), a primate brain area known to receive such inputs. FEF output was combined with eye position signals to yield a suitable coordinate frame for guiding arm movements of a robot. Our operational definition of perceptual stability was "useful stability,” quantified as continuously accurate pointing to a visual object despite camera saccades. During training, the emergence of useful stability was correlated tightly with the emergence of presaccadic remapping in the FEF. Remapping depended on corollary discharge but its timing was synchronized to the updating of eye position. When coupled to predictive eye position signals, remapping served to stabilize the target representation for continuously accurate pointing. Graded inactivations of pathways in the model replicated, and helped to interpret, previous in vivo experiments. The results support the hypothesis that visual stability requires presaccadic remapping, provide explanations for the function and timing of remapping, and offer testable hypotheses for in vivo studies. We conclude that remapping allows for seamless coordinate frame transformations and quick actions despite visual afferent lags. With visual remapping in place for behavior, it may be exploited for perceptual continuity.

Variación de la temperatura máxima diaria primaveral en un espacio verde de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires y su relación con la brotación de las plantas

p.285-290

Potasio en algunos suelos argentinos : II- extractantes y ensayo de Neubauer

p.173-179

Capacidad de suministro de potasio en suelos agrícolas argentinos

p.53-61

El concepto de función: Una mirada desde las matemáticas escolares

En este documento se presentan los avances del proyecto de investigación “El concepto de función en las matemáticas escolares” realizado en cooperación entre el Programa de Educación Formal para Adultos del ITM y la Universidad de Antioquia. Se retoma la tesis propuesta por Posada & Villa,(2006) en donde se afirma que una didáctica del concepto de función debe abordar los aspectos de la variación, la modelación y los sistemas de representación. Con base en este plateamiento se construye una propuesta didáctica que pretende potenciar el entendimiento de algunos aspectos de la función lineal y cuadrática.

El proceso de modelación matemática. Una mirada a la práctica del docente

Se presentan los resultados parciales de una investigación que pretende dar cuenta del papel que cumple el proceso de modelación matemática en las aulas escolares de una subregión colombiana. En particular, se muestran las características de una de las tipologías de profesores, a saber, aquellos docentes en los cuales existen divergencias entre lo que afirman que debe ser la educación en matemáticas y lo que verdaderamente ejecutan en las aulas de clase. Dicha tipología ha sido detectada mediante la interpretación de las observaciones de las sesiones de clase y algunos cuestionarios y entrevistas. Finalmente se establecen algunas implicaciones sobre lo que significa conocimiento del profesor de matemáticas en el campo de la modelación matemática.

Elementos históricos, epistemológicos y didácticos del concepto de función cuadrática

Son muchas las investigaciones que han resaltado la importancia de un conocimiento de la evolución histórica de un concepto matemático en la comprensión de los obstáculos y razonamientos de los estudiantes al interior del aula de clase (Posada & Villa,2006). Con base en este argumento, se presenta en este documento los resultados de una indagación histórica sobre la evolución del concepto de función cuadrática que ofrece al lector algunas pautas que le sean útiles a la hora de diseñar situaciones didácticas que involucren el concepto objeto de este estudio.