Physical oceanography from the TRACTOR project

Primary Objectives - Describe and quantify the present strength and variability of the circulation and oceanic processes of the Nordic Seas regions using primarily observations of the long term spread of a tracer purposefully released into the Greenland Sea Gyre in 1996. - Improve our understanding of ocean processes critical to the thermaholine circulation in the Nordic Seas regions so as to be able to predict how this region may respond to climate change. - Assess the role of mixing and ageing of water masses on the carbon transport and the role of the thermohaline circulation in carbon storage using water transports and mixing coefficients derived from the tracer distribution. Specific Objectives Perform annual hydrographic, chemical and SF6 tracer surveys into the Nordic regions in order to: - Measure lateral and diapycnal mixing rates in the Greenland Sea Gyre and in the surrounding regions. - Document the depth and rates of convective mixing in the Greenland Sea using the SF6 and the water masses characteristics. - Measure the transit time and transport of water from the Greenland Sea to surrounding seas and outflows. Document processes of water mass transformation and entrainment occurring to water emanating from the central Greenland Sea. - Measure diapycnal mixing rates in the bottom and margins of the Greenland Sea basin using the SF6 signal observed there. Quantify the potential role of bottom boundary-layer mixing in the ventilation of the Greenland Sea Deep Water in absence of deep convection. Monitor the variability of the entrainment of water from the Greenland Sea using time series auto-sampler moorings at strategic positions i.e., sill of the Denmark Strait, Labrador Sea, Jan Mayen fracture zone and Fram Strait. Relate the observed variability of the tracer signal in the outflows to convection events in the Greenland Sea and local wind stress events. Obtain a better description of deepwater overflow and entrainment processes in the Denmark Strait and Faeroe Bank Channel overflows and use these to improve modelling of deepwater overflows. Monitor the tracer invasion into the North Atlantic using opportunistic SF6 measurements from other cruises: we anticipate that a number of oceanographic cruises will take place in the north-east Atlantic and the Labrador Sea. It should be possible to get samples from some cruises for SF6 measurements. Use process models to describe the spread of the tracer to achieve better parameterisation for three-dimensional models. One reason that these are so resistant to prediction is that our best ocean models are as yet some distance from being good enough, to predict climate and climate change.

Wastewater remediation options for prawn farms - Aquaculture Industry Development Initiative 2002-04.

There are many potential bioremediation approaches that may be suitable for prawn farms in Queensland. Although most share generally accepted bioremediation principles, advocacy for different methods tends to vary widely. This diversity of approach is particularly driven by the availability and knowledge of functional species at different localities around the world. In Australia, little is known about the abilities of many native species in this regard, and translocation and biosecurity issues prevent the use of exotic species that have shown potential in other countries. Species selected must be tolerant of eutrophic conditions and ecological shifts, because prawn pond nutrient levels and pathways can vary with different assemblages of autotrophic and heterotrophic organisms. Generally, they would be included in a constructed ecosystem because of their functional contributions to nutrient cycling and uptake, and to create nutrient sinks in forms of harvestable biomass. Wide salinity, temperature and water quality tolerances are also valuable attributes for selected species due to the sometimes-pronounced effects of environmental extremes, and to provide over-wintering options and adequate safety margins in avoiding mass mortalities. To practically achieve these bioremediation polycultures on a large scale, and in concert with the operations of a prawn farm, methods involving seed production, stock management, and a range of other farm engineering and product handling systems need to be reliably achievable and economically viable. Research funding provided by the Queensland Government through the Aquaculture Industry Development Initiative (AIDI) 2002-04 has enabled a number of technical studies into biological systems to treat prawn farm effluent for recirculation and improved environmental sustainability. AIDI bioremediation research in southern Queensland was based at the Bribie Island Aquaculture Research Centre (BIARC), and was conducted in conjunction with AIDI genetics and selection research, and a Natural Heritage Trust (NHT) funded program (Coast and Clean Seas Project No.717757). This report compilation provides a summary of some of the work conducted within these programs.

Chiral Synthons from Carvone. Part 10. Synthesis of (+)-(1S,3S,4S,7S, 8R)-5,7-Dimethyl-10-oxatetracyclo-(5.3.0.03,5,04,8)decan-9-one.

Degradation of the tolyl group in the tricyclic ketone 1b followed by stereospecific reduction of the resultant ketoester (6) furnishes the title compound (4) containing a new tetracyclic framework, establishing the stereochemistry of the aryl group in 1.

Prudentia Iuris, 1981, n° 04 (número completo)

Contenido: Editorial – Jorge Joaquín Llambías : 18-VIII-1981 / Jorge A. Mazzinghi – El orden civil / Tomás D. Casares – La prudencia jurídica : sobre el conocimiento de lo justo concreto / Carlos Ignacio Massini –El derecho a la vida y sus impicancias respecto de la pena de muerte y el aborto a la luz del derecho natural / Silvio Pablo Pestalardo – Pluralismo y sociedad / Fulvio Ramos – Una definición romana del derecho : ars boni et aequi / Edmundo J. Carbone – Hacia la reforma de la ley de adopción / Jorge A. Mazzinghi – La prodigalidad en la Suma Teológica y en la reforma del Código Civil Argentino / Javier Reigada – Escolios – Documentos – Notas bibliográficas

Relatório consolidado da Lei de acesso a informação : 16/05/2012 a 30/04/2013

Em cumprimento ao disposto no art. 30 da Lei nº 12.527, de 2011, a Câmara dos Deputados apresenta à sociedade brasileira seu primeiro relatório consolidado sobre a aplicação da Lei de Acesso a Informação – LAI. Este relatório é dividido em três seções e um apêndice metodológico. A primeira seção traz informações e dados estatísticos sobre as solicitações de acesso a informação recebidas pela Câmara dos Deputados entre os dias 16/05/2012, data de início de vigência da LAI, e 30/04/2013. Além de tabela específica sobre solicitações de informação recebidas, atendidas e indeferidas, são apresentados dados consolidados sobre a distribuição temática dos requerimentos, as razões para indeferimento e a distribuição dos prazos de atendimento das solicitações.

[Discurso do Deputado Sílvio Abreu : Sessão da Câmara dos Deputados de 04 de setembro de 1981]

Aborda a necessidade da criação de representação política em Brasília. Crítica ao projeto de lei do Executivo que permite a utilização das áreas verdes ou de espaços de uso comum, dentro do Distrito Federal, para fins não previstos no plano original da cidade.

[Discurso do Deputado Fonseca e Silva : Sessão da Câmara dos Deputados de 04 de maio de 1956]

Considerações sobre aspectos históricos relativos à mudança da Capital Federal.

[Discurso do Deputado Emival Caiado : Sessão da Câmara dos Deputados de 04 de fevereiro de 1960]

Pronunciamento do Bloco Parlamentar Mudancista de apoio às medidas tomadas pela Câmara visando a efetivação da mudança da Capital da República para Brasília, no dia 21 de abril de 1960.

[Discurso do Deputado João Herculino : Sessão da Câmara dos Deputados de 04 de abril de 1979]

Defende o direito à representação política para o povo de Brasília. Faz apelo para que seja atendido o anseio desse povo pelo direito de votar.

Edital nº C 04/80

Coleção de editais de concursos públicos reunidos pela Coordenação de Relacionamento Pesquisa e Informação do Centro de Documentação da Câmara dos Deputados.

Edital nº 04/86 : concurso público para Agente de Encadernação e Douração

Torna pública a abertura de inscrição para concurso público destinado ao preenchimento de vagas de Agente de Encadernação e Douração, do Grupo-Atividades de Apoio Legislativo da Câmara dos Deputados.

Influence of shelf-break fronts on shellfish and fish stocks off Argentina [Contribution to ICES Annual Science Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, 27 Sep- 04 Oct 1996]

The general circulation pattern in the western boundary of the SW Atlantic is dominated by the opposite flows of Malvinas (-Falkland)and Brazil Current. In the Confluence region both currents separate from the continental slope and flow offshore creating an area of strong contracts and complex dynamics. The shelf-break fronts off Argentina mark the transition between shelf waters of mixed origin and nutrient rich Malvinas waters. Two areas deserve special attention due to the steep gradients introduced by the outflow of important sources of continental waters: the Rio de la Plata and the Magellan Strait to the north and south of the study area. Characteristics of the front is the high primary and secondary production, and the presence of important invertebrate and fish stocks that concentrate along the front to feed or spawn. The area comprises nearly 30 o/o (333 million U$S in 1995)of all Argentine catches of fish and squid. Resources in the area, beyond the EEZ limits, support international fisheries mainly of Russia, Poland and Spain. (Document contains 15 pages & figs)