Does fertilizer type and method of application cause significant differences in essential oil yield and composition in rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.)?

Organic fertilizers based on seaweed extract potentially have beneficial effects on many crop plants. Herewe investigate the impact of organic fertilizer on Rosmarinus officinalis measured by both yield and oilquality. Plants grown in a temperature-controlled greenhouse with a natural photoperiod and a controlledirrigation system were treated with seaweed fertilizer and an inorganic fertilizer of matching mineralcomposition but with no organic content. Treatments were either by spraying on to the foliage or wateringdirect to the compost. The essential oil was extracted by hydro-distillation with a Clevenger apparatusand analysed by gas-chromatography mass-spectrometry (GC–MS) and NMR. The chemical composi-tions of the plants were compared, and qualitative differences were found between fertilizer treatmentsand application methods. Thus sprayed seaweed fertilizer showed a significantly higher percentage of�-pinene, �-phellandrene, �-terpinene (monoterpenes) and 3-methylenecycloheptene than other treat-ments. Italicene, �-bisabolol (sesquiterpenes), �-thujene, and E-isocitral (monoterpenes) occurred insignificantly higher percentages for plants watered with the seaweed extract. Each was significantly dif-ferent to the inorganic fertilizer and to controls. The seaweed treatments caused a significant increasein oil amount and leaf area as compared with both inorganic treatments and the control regardless ofapplication method.

The teleconnection of the tropical Atlantic to Indo-Pacific sea surface temperatures on inter-annual to centennial time scales: a review of recent findings

In this paper, the teleconnections from the tropical Atlantic to the Indo-Pacific region from inter-annual to centennial time scales will be reviewed. Identified teleconnections and hypotheses on mechanisms at work are reviewed and further explored in a century-long pacemaker coupled ocean-atmosphere simulation ensemble. There is a substantial impact of the tropical Atlantic on the Pacific region at inter-annual time scales. An Atlantic Niño (Niña) event leads to rising (sinking) motion in the Atlantic region, which is compensated by sinking (rising) motion in the central-western Pacific. The sinking (rising) motion in the central-western Pacific induces easterly (westerly) surface wind anomalies just to the west, which alter the thermocline. These perturbations propagate eastward as upwelling (downwelling) Kelvin-waves, where they increase the probability for a La Niña (El Niño) event. Moreover, tropical North Atlantic sea surface temperature anomalies are also able to lead La Niña/El Niño development. At multidecadal time scales, a positive (negative) Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation leads to a cooling (warming) of the eastern Pacific and a warming (cooling) of the western Pacific and Indian Ocean regions. The physical mechanism for this impact is similar to that at inter-annual time scales. At centennial time scales, the Atlantic warming induces a substantial reduction of the eastern Pacific warming even under CO2 increase and to a strong subsurface cooling.

Integration of Ligand- and Target-Based Virtual Screening for the Discovery of Cruzain Inhibitors

A myriad of methods are available for virtual screening of small organic compound databases. In this study we have successfully applied a quantitative model of consensus measurements, using a combination of 3D similarity searches (ROCS and EON), Hologram Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships (HQSAR) and docking (FRED, FlexX, Glide and AutoDock Vina), to retrieve cruzain inhibitors from collected databases. All methods were assessed individually and then combined in a Ligand-Based Virtual Screening (LBVS) and Target-Based Virtual Screening (TBVS) consensus scoring, using Receiving Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves to evaluate their performance. Three consensus strategies were used: scaled-rank-by-number, rank-by-rank and rank-by-vote, with the most thriving the scaled-rank-by-number strategy, considering that the stiff ROC curve appeared to be satisfactory in every way to indicate a higher enrichment power at early retrieval of active compounds from the database. The ligand-based method provided access to a robust and predictive HQSAR model that was developed to show superior discrimination between active and inactive compounds, which was also better than ROCS and EON procedures. Overall, the integration of fast computational techniques based on ligand and target structures resulted in a more efficient retrieval of cruzain inhibitors with desired pharmacological profiles that may be useful to advance the discovery of new trypanocidal agents.

Le Réalisme dans le roman policier : Une Analyse du réalisme des décors, des personnages et de l'enquête dans deux romans policiers

Ce mémoire a pour but de comparer deux romans policiers contemporains et ayant eu un grand succès, l’un écrit par Henning Mankell dont la traduction française a paru sous le titre Les Morts de la Saint-Jean et le second est Pars vite et reviens tard de Fred Vargas. L’objectif de la candidate est d’essayer de trouver les éléments réalistes dans le décor, les personnages et l’enquête. Pour ce qui est du premier paramètre, la candidate montre que Mankell n’essaie jamais de cacher la vérité derrière une surface idéale ; il en va de même pour Vargas qui accentue les points de vue divergents des Français sur la réalité de leur pays. En ce qui a trait aux personnages, on distingue dans le portrait qu’en fait Mankell un combat compliqué et non manichéen, proche de la réalité psychologique; idem pour ceux de Vargas, mais le réalisme est quelque peu atténué par un recours au mystère. Enfin, l’enquête menée par Wallander aboutit un peu par hasard grâce à son intuition alors qu’Adamsberg résout l’énigme grâce à sa faculté de voir, de s’imaginer et d’aller au-delà de la capacité des autres. La conclusion générale du mémoire est que ces deux œuvres sont tout à fait réalistes, mais à un degré un peu différent. Le roman de Mankell l’est sans doute davantage dans la mesure où le recours au mystère est écarté et que l’enquête est menée de façon logique alors que le roman de Vargas, tout en suivant les règles de la logique, a tendance à faire appel au merveilleux. En tout état de cause, il s’agit de deux œuvres réalistes comportant un côté romantique plus ou moins bien exprimé.

En okänd svensk folkrörelse : Svenska Skolornas Fredsförenings fredsarbete 1922-1929

Den här undersökningen ämnar kartlägga Svenska Skolornas Fredsförenings (SSF) fredarbete under 1920-talet, en ansats som inte tidigare gjorts på detta sätt. Medlemmarna i denna före­ning arbetade outtröttligt för en fredligare värld, där fredsfostran av unga sågs som den bästa metoden för att få till stånd en internationell varaktig fred. Syftet med undersökningen är att, genom en kvalitativ innehållsanalys av delar av SSFs bevarade tryckta skrifter, beskriva SSFs principer och pedagogiska metoder samt utröna varför de ansåg fredsfostran riktad mot skolan som viktig. Resultaten visar att SSF hade ambitionen att genom internationellt samarbete på­verka barnen i en sådan riktning att de aldrig skulle kunna ta till vapen för att lösa konflikter. Istället skulle barn lära sig att tänka kritiskt, vara sj��lvständiga och få en förståelse för andra folks kulturer. Genom att respektera och leva efter kristna, j��mlika och demokratiska ideal, menade SSF att krig skulle gå att förhindra.  

Bereden (beredskaps)väg för kvinnorna Lärarinneförbundet i krigets skugga. : En studie i folkskollärarinnornas fackliga och politiska aktivitet under be-redskapsåren 1940-1945

Denna studies syfte är att försöka kartlägga folkskollärarinnornas fackliga och politiska akti-vitet under andra världskrigets beredskapsår i Sverige, samt belysa flera av de problem 40-talets kvinnoorganisationer stod inför. Det empiriska matrealet har i huvudsak bestått av utvalda artiklar, annonser och notiser i folk-skollärarinnornas fackliga tidningsorgan Lärarinneförbundet (LF). Resultatet presenteras te-matiskt samt i tabellform. De kvinnliga folkskollärarnas ambition under beredskapsåren var att förbereda en evig världs-fred, misstagen från första världskriget fick inte upprepas. Då var de, så att säga, tagna på sängen vid krigsutbrottet. Denna gång var de förberedda och inte minst, redan organiserade. Bereden väg för Herran har i denna studie, i j��mställdhetens namn ändrats till Bereden väg för Kvinnan, med tanke på att dessa fackligt aktiva pionj��rkvinnor i mångt och mycket, be-redde väg för kommande generationer av yrkeskvinnor

Protocols between programs and proofs

In this paper we describe a new protocol that we call the Curry-Howard protocol between a theory and the programs extracted from it. This protocol leads to the expansion of the theory and the production of more powerful programs. The methodology we use for automatically extracting “correct” programs from proofs is a development of the well-known Curry-Howard process. Program extraction has been developed by many authors, but our presentation is ultimately aimed at a practical, usable system and has a number of novel features. These include 1. a very simple and natural mimicking of ordinary mathematical practice and likewise the use of established computer programs when we obtain programs from formal proofs, and 2. a conceptual distinction between programs on the one hand, and proofs of theorems that yield programs on the other. An implementation of our methodology is the Fred system. As an example of our protocol we describe a constructive proof of the well-known theorem that every graph of even parity can be decomposed into a list of disjoint cycles. Given such a graph as input, the extracted program produces a list of the (non-trivial) disjoint cycles as promised.

Listing of Faculty Publications, Spring 1982

The Library Media Resources Center is happy to publish this revised Listing of Faculty Publications. As you recall, the first edition was issued in 1979 and so, 2 1/2 years later, it is our pleasure to present a larger and more complete edition... Special thanks to Professor Albert Talero who did all the editing and arrangements for the publication. Thanks also to Professor Fred Low for making the TRS-80 wordprocessing facilities of the LaGuardia Automated Library System (LALS) available for this edition. --Ngozi Agbim, April 23, 1982; 51 p.

Investigating The Sources Of Fresh Water Affecting The Hydrological Balance Of Lakes Enriquillo And Azuei (Hispaniola) – Data Analysis

The Enriquillo and Azuei are saltwater lakes located in a closed water basin in the southwestern region of the island of La Hispaniola, these have been experiencing dramatic changes in total lake-surface area coverage during the period 1980-2012. The size of Lake Enriquillo presented a surface area of approximately 276 km2 in 1984, gradually decreasing to 172 km2 in 1996. The surface area of the lake reached its lowest point in the satellite observation record in 2004, at 165 km2. Then the recent growth of the lake began reaching its 1984 size by 2006. Based on surface area measurement for June and July 2013, Lake Enriquillo has a surface area of ~358 km2. Sumatra sizes at both ends of the record are 116 km2 in 1984 and 134 km2in 2013, an overall 15.8% increase in 30 years. Determining the causes of lake surface area changes is of extreme importance due to its environmental, social, and economic impacts. The overall goal of this study is to quantify the changing water balance in these lakes and their catchment area using satellite and ground observations and a regional atmospheric-hydrologic modeling approach. Data analyses of environmental variables in the region reflect a hydrological unbalance of the lakes due to changing regional hydro-climatic conditions. Historical data show precipitation, land surface temperature and humidity, and sea surface temperature (SST), increasing over region during the past decades. Salinity levels have also been decreasing by more than 30% from previously reported baseline levels. Here we present a summary of the historical data obtained, new sensors deployed in the sourrounding sierras and the lakes, and the integrated modeling exercises. As well as the challenges of gathering, storing, sharing, and analyzing this large volumen of data in a remote location from such a diverse number of sources.

Autarquias no serviço publico brasileiro

o presente trabalho tem seu desenvolvimento apoiado no estudo dos momentos de ruptura e da análise das variáveis dependentes industrialização, sem significar urbanização; tradicionalis mo, embora com industrializacão centralizada, com a ajuda do po der central - e das variáveis que se estruturam ao nível in terno da administração - controle de informações, acomodações administrativas, mecanismos de liderança, controle pOlítico de pessoal e desempenho funcional. 0 capítulo I analisa-se, de maneira sucinta, a admi nistração brasileira, procurando-se com isso identificar as va riáveis mais significativas para a abordagem do tema da monogr~ fia, apontando sempre os problemas de poder local e sua influên cia no quadro administrativo, para analisar as tentativas de mu danças empreendidas. 10 capítulo 2 descreve-se a situação brasileira iden tificada como sociedade prismática. Tomando-se como base a ter minologia de Fred iiggs, monta-se um quadro de transição e de alterações do setor administrativo. Analisa-se também a admi nistração como um todo e, em particular, sua como instrumento modernizador. descentralização 10 capítulo 3 discute-se o conceito de autarquia e sua fundamentação jurídico-administrativa, à vista de dispositi vos constitucionais e legislação específica. Concluindo, procura-se mostrar que o trabalho se prg pôs uma abordagem conceitual da problemática das autarquias no Brasil, enfocando as várias etapas da administração brasileira.

Uma memória dos pomeranos sob as lentes de Ervin Kerckhoff: produção, guarda e circulação de imagens

A presente dissertação tem por objetivo analisar como se constituiu uma memória sobre a colonização pomerana no estado do Espírito Santo a partir da produção fotográfica do imigrante alemão Ervin Kerckhoff, que conviveu e realizou trabalhos junto às famílias de colonos dos assentamentos de Santa Leopoldina e Santa Maria de Jetibá. A pesquisa procura construir uma biografia desse arquivo fotográfico, que hoje integra o acervo de duas instituições de guarda de distintas naturezas: uma pública - o Museu da Imigração Pomerana, que se localiza no município de Santa Maria de Jetibá -, e uma privada - a Agência Porã, cuja sede se encontra em Vitória. Nesse sentido, o trabalho se volta para o exame de como, por quem e para quem essas fotos foram produzidas, suas características, chegando à discussão sobre a circulação dessas imagens e sobre sua guarda.

Pesquisa: chegada de Ronaldinho ao Flu tem grande impacto nas redes sociais

A chegada de Ronaldinho Gaúcho ao Fluminense movimentou o futebol brasileiro e as redes sociais. Em levantamento feito pela equipe do site Brasileirão na Rede, da Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), o impacto do R10 no Flu foi enorme. É disparado o atleta mais citado. Na pesquisa, Fred também sempre aparece entre os dez mais citados.