Metodologia para adequacao de parametros do metodo de irrigacao por sulcos para uso pela assistencia tecnica.

Descreve-se uma metodologia de analise e representacao de dados de pesquisa sobre parametros do metodo de irrigacao por sulcos. Na coleta de ados usou-se um oxissolo (latossolo 37 AB) do Projeto de Irrigacao de Bebedouro. Fizeram-se determinacoes de densidade aparente, curvas de retencao de umidade, infiltracao ao nivel de 50% de agua disponivel, e testes de avanco de agua em sulcos com diferentes declividades e vazoes: 0,15% (2,5 - 3,1 - 4 - 5 litros/seg.), 0,24% (2 - 2,5 - 3 litros/seg.) e 0,37% (1 - 1,5 - 2,5 litros/seg.). A profundidade efetiva do sistema radicular das culturas e definida em funcao do ciclo fenologico. A vazao maxima nao-erosiva e mais eficiente foi definida a partir dos dados dos testes de avanco de agua nos sulcos, sendo que se as combinacoes mais eficientes de vazao-declividade foram: 2,5 litros/seg. -0,15%, 2 litros/seg. -0,24% e 1,5 litros/seg. -0,37%. Os dados foram analisados para responder a pergunta "quando irrigar", construindo-se nomogramas para menejo de irrigacao, visando seu uso rapido pela assistencia tecnica. Os nomogramas, usados em forma sequencial, permitem definir: profundidade efetiva das raizes em funcao do tempo apos o plantio, lamina de reposicao em funcao do nivel de agua disponivel e profundidade do sistema radicular, vazao mais eficiente em funcao da declividade dos sulcos, eficiencia de aplicacao em funcao do comprimento de sulcos e combinacao vazao-declividade, e tempo de irrigacao em funcao da lamina bruto e comprimento de sulcos. A metodologia pode ser extrapolada e deve ser aplicada em cada solo.

Pleistocene mammals from the southern Brazilian continental shelf

Fossils of terrestrial mammals preserved in submarine environment have been recorded in several places around the world. In Brazil such fossils are rather abundant in the southernmost portion of the coast, associated to fossiliferous concentrations at depths up to 10 m. Here is presented a review of such occurrences and the first record of fossils in deeper areas of the continental shelf. The fossils encompass several groups of both extinct and extant mammals, and exhibit several distinct taphonomic features, related to the marine environment. Those from the inner continental shelf are removed and transported from the submarine deposits to the coast during storm events, thus forming large konzentrat-lagerstatte on the beach, called "Concheiros". The only fossils from deeper zones of the shelf known so far are a portion of a skull, a left humerus and of a femur of Toxodon sp. and a lower right molar of a Stegomastodon waringi, all collected by fishermen at depths around 20 m. The presence of fossils at great depths and distances from the present coastline, without signs of abrasion and far from areas of fluvial discharges does indicate that these remains have not been transported from the continent to the shelf, but have been preserved directly on the area that today correspond to the continental shelf. These remains indicate the existence of large fossiliferous deposits that have developed during periods of sea-level lowstand (glacial maxima) and have been submerged and reworked by the sea-level rise at the end of the last glaciation. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Análise de modelos geológicos utilizando percolação dinâmica

In the present study we elaborated algorithms by using concepts from percolation theory which analyze the connectivity conditions in geological models of petroleum reservoirs. From the petrophysical parameters such as permeability, porosity, transmittivity and others, which may be generated by any statistical process, it is possible to determine the portion of the model with more connected cells, what the interconnected wells are, and the critical path between injector and source wells. This allows to classify the reservoir according to the modeled petrophysical parameters. This also make it possible to determine the percentage of the reservoir to which each well is connected. Generally, the connected regions and the respective minima and/or maxima in the occurrence of the petrophysical parameters studied constitute a good manner to characterize a reservoir volumetrically. Therefore, the algorithms allow to optimize the positioning of wells, offering a preview of the general conditions of the given model s connectivity. The intent is not to evaluate geological models, but to show how to interpret the deposits, how their petrophysical characteristics are spatially distributed, and how the connections between the several parts of the system are resolved, showing their critical paths and backbones. The execution of these algorithms allows us to know the properties of the model s connectivity before the work on reservoir flux simulation is started

Ingesta dietética de referencia de las vitaminas A, B y D en niños de 1 a 5 años del Ministerio de Salud Pública en el año 2015

ANTECEDENTES: Las Ingestas Dietéticas de Referencia (IDR) son 4 valores que sirven de guía para la ingesta adecuada de un nutriente específico, de acuerdo con la edad, género y condición fisiológica concreta, con el fin de mantener un buen estado de salud. OBJETIVO: Determinar los valores de IDR para las vitaminas A, B y D en niños de 1 a 5 años de edad los subcentros del Ministerio de Salud Pública, del área urbana, de la ciudad de Cuenca, en el año 2015. MATERIALES Y MÉTODO: Es un estudio descriptivo transversal realizado en todos los niños que acudieron a los subcentros de salud urbanos del Ministerio de Salud Pública de Cuenca, durante el período de 6 meses. Mediante el software en línea de nutrición “Nutrimind” 2012, se aplicó el Recordatorio de 24 horas. En el programa estadístico SPSS 19, se tabularon los datos, se calculó el promedio de la ingesta de las vitaminas A, B y D por grupo etario y por sexo. Se compararon estos resultados con las IDR internacionales. RESULTADOS: De los 580 niños estudiados el 64.7% fueron lactantes y el 35.3% escolares, el 49.8% fueron de sexo masculino y el 50.2% femenino. El promedio de ingesta de las vitaminas A, B1, B2 y B3 sobrepasa las ingestas recomendadas. Para las vitaminas B6, B9 y D está por debajo de las recomendaciones. El promedio de ingesta para la vitamina B12 cubre las necesidades diarias recomendadas

Correction of the misclassification of species in the Portuguese collection of Cucurbita pepo L. using DNA markers

In this study, the genetic variability among 130 accessions of the Portuguese germplasm collection of Cucurbita pepo L. maintained at the Banco Portugues de Germoplasma Vegetal was assessed using AFLP (amplified fragment length polymorphism) and RAPD (random amplified polymorphic DNA) techniques for the identification of a genetically diverse core group of accessions for field phenotypic analysis. The surprisingly completely different molecular patterns exhibited by multiple accessions was later confirmed in the distribution of the putative C. pepo plants into two clusters drastically separated at a very low level of genetic similarity (DICE coefficient = 0.37). Additional analyses with RAPD and ISSR (inter single sequence repeat) markers and the introduction of standard genotypes of C. maxima L. and C. moschata L. into the analyses allowed the identification of multiple accessions of the last species wrongly included in the C. pepo collection. This study is a good example of the usefulness of DNA markers in the establishment and management of plant germplasm collections.

BODIPY-Porphyrazin-Hybride als panchromatische Lichtsammelsysteme für farbstoffsensibilisierte Solarzellen

In farbstoffsensibilisierten Solarzellen (DSSC) spielen Chromophore, die als Lichtsammel- und Energie-/Elektronentransfersysteme fungieren, eine zentrale Rolle. Phthalocyanine mit ihren intensiven Absorptionsbanden um 400 nm und 700 nm besitzen großes Potential für die effektive Sensibilisierung von Solarzellen. Trotz ihrer vielversprechenden physikochemischen Eigenschaften und intensiver Bemühungen erreichen Phthalocyanin-sensibilisierte Solarzellen nicht die Effizienzen, die bisher mit anderen Chromophorklassen erzielt werden konnten. In der vorliegenden Dissertation wurde die Entwicklung effizienter Lichtsammelsysteme für DSSC auf der Basis von Aza-substituierten Phthalocyaninen, sogenannten Pyrazinoporphyrazinen, verfolgt. Ein besonderer Fokus lag dabei auf einer Verbesserung der Absorptionseigenschaften der Chromophore im Bereich ihrer intrinsischen Absorptionslücke zwischen den Maxima um 400 nm und 700 nm. Um diese optische Lücke zu schließen wurden komplementär absorbierende BODIPY-Farbstoffe kovalent an synthetisch maßgeschneiderte Porphyrazine gebunden. Insgesamt wurden sechs neue Porphyrazin-Sensibilisatoren synthetisiert und photophysikalisch sowie elektrochemisch charakterisiert. Alle in dieser Arbeit untersuchten Porphyrazine tragen sterisch anspruchsvolle Tri(p-tolyl)propinyl-Gruppen um Agglomerationen zu vermeiden. Darüber hinaus wurden die Porphyrazine peripher entweder mit Hydroxy- oder Carboxygruppen als Bindungsstellen für oxidische Materialien ausgestattet sowie mit sechs BODIPY-Auxiliarfarbstoffen funktionalisiert, deren Substitutionsmuster variiert wurden. Zur Darstellung der komplexen Porphyrazine wurde eine Syntheseroute erarbeitet, die statistische Cyclisierungen unterschiedlicher Dinitril-Vorstufen beinhaltete und es ermöglichte, funktionelle Gruppen erst am vorgeformten Makrocyclus einzuführen. Die photophysikalische Untersuchung der hochfunktionalisierten Farbstoffe erfolgte über UV/Vis- und Fluoreszenzspektroskopie. Im Fall der BODIPY-Porphyrazin-Hybride schließt die zusätzliche Absorptionsbande der peripheren BODIPY-Einheiten die intrinsische Absorptionslücke der Porphyrazine. Die Hybride zeigen somit eine breite Absorption über den gesamten sichtbaren Spektralbereich mit hohen Extinktionskoeffizienten von ca. 4·10^5 M^−1cm^−1. Mittels Fluoreszenz- und Anregungsspektren wurde ein photoinduzierter Energie-transfer von den BODIPY-Einheiten auf den Porphyrazinkern nachgewiesen. Das elektrochemische Verhalten der BODIPY- und Porphyrazin-Verbindungen wurde mittels Cyclo- und Square-Wave-Voltammetrie untersucht. Die Effizienzen der Lichtenergieumwandlung wurden mit Hilfe von selbst-hergestellten und standardisierten farbstoffsensibilisierten Solarzellen bewertet. Alle Solarzellen zeigten eine messbare Photoaktivität unter Bestrahlung. Die Wirkungsgrade der Zellen lagen jedoch alle unter 1 %. Generell führten die Carboxyl-funktionalisierten Porphyrazine zu besseren Wirkungsgraden als die analogen, mit der tripodalen Ankergruppe ausgestatteten Derivate. Die mit Hilfe von Adsorptionsisothermen ermittelten Bindungskonstanten der Adsorption der Farbstoffe auf der TiO2-Oberfläche zeigten, dass beide Hafteinheiten eine feste Verankerung der Chromophore auf den TiO2-Elektroden ermöglichten. Insgesamt wirkte sich die Präsenz der peripheren BODIPY-Farbstoffe positiv auf die Wirkungsgrade der Solarzellen aus, jedoch nur in geringem Maß. Dieses Ergebnis wurde hauptsächlich auf die geringe Energiedifferenz zwischen der Leitungsbandkante des TiO2 und den LUMO-Energieniveaus der Chromophore zurückgeführt. Zusätzlich scheinen konkurrierende Prozesse wie die direkte Photoelektroneninjektion von den BODIPY-Einheiten in das TiO2 eine wichtige Rolle zu spielen. Neben der Anwendung in DSSC wurde die Wechselwirkung der Porphyrazine mit Graphen untersucht. Hierzu wurden A3B-Porphyrazine mit Pyrenyl-Seitenketten ausgestattet, die eine nicht-kovalente Verankerung des Chromophors auf Graphen ermöglichen. UV/Vis- und Fluoreszenzmessungen gaben u.a. erste Hinweise auf eine elektronische Kommunikation zwischen den beiden Hybridpartnern.

Caos e fractais na sala de aula

O objectivo deste trabalho é o estudo do tema Caos e Fractais, com o propósito fundamental da sua implementação na sala de aula ou outro ambiente do Ensino Secundário. Com esse fim, é feita uma abordagem teórica dos conteúdos e são apresentadas algumas actividades a desenvolver com os alunos daquele nível de ensino. A introdução dos conceitos é feita de modo a possibilitar a sua leitura por um público mais geral, onde se incluem os alunos mais interessados e curiosos no tema. O estudo é acompanhado, sempre que possível, de exemplos e ilustrações gráficas. Para tal, foi utilizado o software Maxima (software livre) e outras aplicações interactivas disponíveis na Internet. ABSTRACT: The aim of this work is to study the theme of Chaos and Fractals, with the fundamental purpose of its implementation in the classroom, or in other environments of secondary school education. To carry out this aim a theoretical outlook of the contents will be provided alongside some activities to be undergone with students of that school level. The introduction to these concepts is open to the understanding of a larger audience, where we can include the most interested and curious students in this issue. The study is accompanied, whenever possible, with examples and graphics. To do so, the Maxima software (free software) was used, besides other interactive applications available on the Internet.

Plantas invasoras no sul de Portugal: uma abordagem biogeográfica

As espécies invasoras são uma das principais ameaças à biodiversidade causando impactes ecológicos, económicos e nos serviços dos ecossistemas. O conhecimento conjunto da dinâmica das séries de vegetação e da ecologia das plantas invasoras é uma ferramenta útil na recuperação ecológica de áreas invadidas e na prevenção de invasões. Este trabalho tem como objectivo principal averiguar a relação entre a distribuição das plantas invasoras e as comunidades vegetais terrestres do Sul de Portugal. Para tal, fez-se corresponder a distribuição de nove plantas invasoras selecionadas com as séries de vegetação e territórios biogeográficos, em 60 quadrículas com 1 Km2. A Província Lusitana-Andaluza Costeira revelou-se a mais invadida, com predomínio de Acacia dealbata, Acacia longifolia e Opuntia maxima no potencial climatófilo de sobreiral psamófilo; A. longifolia dominou no potencial edafoxerófilo de zimbral de Juniperus turbinata e A. dealbata e Arundo donax no potencial edafo-higrófilo de freixial. Com base nos resultados, estabeleceram-se áreas prioritárias para intervenção; INVASIVE PLANTS IN SOUTHERN PORTUGAL A BIOGEOGRAPHICAL APPROACH Abstract: Invasive species are one of the main threats to biodiversity worldwide and are responsible for negative impacts at ecological, economic and ecosystem services level. Complementarity between vegetation series dynamics and invasive plants ecology knowledge is essential to address ecological restoration and to prevent invasions. The main goal of this work is to investigate the relationship between invasive plants distribution and terrestrial plant communities of Southern Portugal. Fieldwork was conducted in 60 1 Km2 sampling plots and a correspondence was made between nine selected invasive plants and the vegetation series and the biogegraphic units The Andalusian-Lusitanian Coastal province was the most invaded biogeographic unit and revealed the dominance of Acacia dealbata, Acacia longifolia and Opuntia maxima in the cork oak psammophilous series; A. longifolia dominated in the maritime turbinate juniper edapho-xerophilous series and A. dealbata and Arundo donax in the ash edaphohygrophilous groves potential. Based on the results, priority areas for intervention were defined.

Reação de genótipos de abóbora a Phytophthora capsici.

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a reação de 24 genótipos de abóbora (acessos, linhagens e cultivares comerciais) à P. capsici.

Seleção de genótipos de abóbora e moranga do banco ativo de germoplasma de cucurbitáceas mantido na Embrapa Hortaliças.

Este trabalho apresenta parte dos resultados da avaliação experimental de 55 acessos de abóboras e morangas com caracteristicas fenotípics desejáveis como o bojetivo de selecionar genótipos para serem utilizados no programa de melhoramento da Embrapa.

Cadmium Telluride Magic-Sized Clusters and Superstructures

The aim of the present work is to gain new insights into the formation mechanism of CdTe magic-sized clusters (MSCs) at low temperatures, as well as on their evolution towards 1D and 2D nanostructures and assemblies thereof, under mild reaction conditions. The reaction system included toluene as solvent, octylamine as primary alkylamine, trioctylphosphine-Te as chalcogenide precursor and Cd(oleate)2 as metal precursor. UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used to analyze samples containing concentrations of octylamine of 0.2, 0.8 and 2 M: well-defined, sharp absorption peaks were observed, with peaks maxima at 449, 417 and 373 nm respectively, and 1D structures with a string-like appearance were displayed in the TEM images. Investigating peaks growth, step-wise peaks shift to lower energies and reverse, step-wise peak shift to higher energies allowed to propose a model to describe the system, based on interconnected [CdTe]x cluster units originating an amine-capped, 1-dimensional, polymer-like structure, in which different degrees of electronic coupling between the clusters are held responsible for the different absorption transitions. The many parameters involved in the synthesis procedure were then investigated, starting from the Cd:Te ratio, the role of the amine, the use of different phosphine-Te and Cd precursors. The results allowed to gain important information of the reaction mechanism, as well as on the different behavior of the species featuring the sharp absorption peaks in each case. Using Cd(acetate)2 as metal precursor, 2D structures were found to evolve from the MSCs solutions over time, and their tendency to self-assemble was then analyzed employing two amines of different alkyl chain length, octylamine (C-8) and oleylamine (C-18). Their co-presence led to the formation of free-floating triangular nanosheets, which tend to readily aggregate if only octylamine is present in solution.