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Submitted by Haia Cristina Rebouças de Almeida (haia.almeida@uniceub.br) on 2016-08-02T17:34:06Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Integrated Environmental Assessment of Hemocentro Ceara (Blood Center) - Sustainability and Space Quality Guidelines.pdf: 874618 bytes, checksum: bbdac3f6b6941381578bf13ff13702a5 (MD5) Approved for entry into archive by Rayanne Silva (rayanne.silva@uniceub.br) on 2016-12-05T17:28:22Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Integrated Environmental Assessment of Hemocentro Ceara (Blood Center) - Sustainability and Space Quality Guidelines.pdf: 874618 bytes, checksum: bbdac3f6b6941381578bf13ff13702a5 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-05T17:28:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Integrated Environmental Assessment of Hemocentro Ceara (Blood Center) - Sustainability and Space Quality Guidelines.pdf: 874618 bytes, checksum: bbdac3f6b6941381578bf13ff13702a5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-12-18 The inclusion of sustainability and humanization in Health Care Facilities is critical for the welfare of staff and users. These elements are part of rehabilitation programs undertaken by the Ministry of Health of the Brazilian Federal Government, in partnership with the University of Brasilia, developed by the Laboratory for Applied Sustainability to Architecture and Urbanism, LaSUS, for the network of blood centers in Brazil. In this sense, this article discusses the presentation of the methods used in integrated environmental assessment of the building from the Blood Center of Ceará (HemoCE) to improve environmental quality and energy use of the building. Results obtained confirm the validity of these integration methods in the construction of guidelines for the rehabilitation design of the building, in order to enhance environmental quality and humanization of space. Finally, through the guidelines identified for the HemoCE building, intervention solutions were proposed for specific areas, according to its peculiarities, as well as for the building as a whole, based on sustainability and humanization.

A vector-valued impulsive control problem is considered whose dynamics,defined by a differential inclusion, are such that the vector fields associated withthe singular term do not satisfy the so called Frobenius condition. A concept ofproper solution based on a reparametrization procedure is adopted which enables thederivation of optimality conditions of the Hamilton-Jacobi type. These conditions areobtained by taking a limit of those for an appropriate sequence of auxiliary standardoptimal control problems approximating the original one.

Bacterial wilt is a disease that causes serious bean crop losses in Brazil, and its causal agent, the bacterium Curto-bacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens (Cff), is seed transmitted. Recommendations for managing the disease in the field include the use of pathogen-free seed, crop rotation, and resistant cultivars of dry bean. Transmission of Cff from plant to seed was evaluated in three assays with six different dry bean cultivars (IAC Carioca, IAC Carioca Aruã, IAC Carioca Akytã, IAC Carioca Pyatã, IAC Carioca Tybatã, and Pérola). Plants of these cultivars were inoculated with a Cff isolate by stem puncture and the disease symptoms were evaluated using a scale. To assess bacterial transmission to seeds, three assays were made analysing in each 500 seeds of the cultivars IAC Carioca, IAC Carioca Aruã, IAC Carioca Akytã, IAC Carioca Pyatã, and IAC Carioca Tybatã respectively, whereas for the cv. Pérola 46, 155, and 87 seeds were analysed in the first, second, and third assay, respectively. These seeds were macerated individually in distilled and sterilized water, and soaked for 24 h at 5°C. The resulting suspension was streaked on Petri dishes containing semi-selective medium for Cff, and incubated at 28°C for 96 to 120 h. Typical colonies for Cff were purified on 7% NSA+NaCl medium, after which Gram staining, KOH, and pathogenicity tests were conducted. Isolates from the first and second assays were characterized by Microlog2™, and those of the third assay with PCR. Results showed that on cvs IAC Carioca Aruã, IAC Carioca Akytã, IAC Carioca Pyatã, and IAC Carioca Tybatã low levels of disease developed, indicating resistance to bacterial wilt, whereas cvs Pérola and IAC Carioca were highly susceptible in all the assays. With respect to transmission of Cff from plants to seeds, cvs IAC Carioca Akytã, IAC Carioca Pyatã, and IAC Carioca Tybatã showed no transmission, whereas IAC Carioca Aruã showed a 5.5-14.8% level of transmission. Cvs IAC Carioca and Pérola showed the highest levels of transmission, namely 10.4-70% and 32.61-74.2%, respectively.

The species Acrocinus longimanus, popularly called harlequin beetle, is one of the most emblematic beetles of Neotropical fauna. In the presente study we report on the first record of Acrocinus longimanus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the city of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The specimen was registered in November 2018 in the urban zone of Montes Claros in a residential and commercial area. This is the first record of Acrocinus longimanus in the city of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais and represents only the fourth record of the species in the Brazilian Cerrado region. Our study reinforces the occurrence of this species in the Brazilian Cerrado and the use of urban areas by this longhorned beetle.

Contamination of ISA BROWN layer hens by Salmonella spp. and serotyping of the isolated strains were performed in 30 farms. Salmonella detection was done from feces and cloaca swabs. Eggs produced in the farms contaminated by Salmonella spp. were analyzed by culturing the shell rinsing and egg yolk. Salmonella spp. was isolated in eight (23.0%) farms, but was not detected from eggs. S. Enteritidis, which is the most prevalent sorotype associated to human salmonelosis in Paraná State, was not isolated either from birds or eggs analyzed. The sorotypes isolated were Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica (0:3.10) (67.0%), Mbandaka (11.0%), Infantis (11.0%), and Newport (11.0%).

This paper analyses the advantages and limitations in using the Troll, Hargreaves and modified Thornthwaite approaches for the demarcation of the semi-arid tropics. Data from India, Africa, Brazil, Australia and Thailand, were used for the comparison of these three methods. The modified Thornthwaite approach provided the most relevant agriculturally oriented demarcation of the semi-arid tropics. This method in not only simple, tut uses input data that are avaliable for a global network of stations. Using this method the semi-arid tropics include major dryland or rainfed agricultural zones with annual rainfall varying from about 400 to 1,250 mm. Major dryland crops are pearl millet, sorghum, pigeonpea and groundnut. This paper also presents the brief description of climate, soils and farming systems of the semi-arid tropics. Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-01T09:56:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 79041.pdf: 1039919 bytes, checksum: 6b1a256b6ee9d871d2dd6a0c9e91f98d (MD5) Previous issue date: 1996-07-09

Quantum walks are the quantum counterpart of classical random walks and provide an intuitive framework for building new quantum algorithms. The lackadaisical quantum walk, which is a quantum analog of the lazy random walk, is obtained by adding a self-loop transition to each state allowing the walker to stay stuck in the same state, being able to improve the performance of the quantum walks as search algorithms. However, the high dependence of a weight $l$ makes it a key parameter to reach the maximum probability of success in the search process. Although many advances have been achieved with search algorithms based on quantum walks, the number of self-loops can also be critical for search tasks. Believing that the multiple self-loops have not yet been properly explored, this article proposes the quantum search algorithm Multiself-loop Lackadaisical Quantum Walk with Partial Phase Inversion, which is based on a lackadaisical quantum walk with multiple self-loops where the target state phase is partially inverted. Each vertex has $m$ self-loops, with weights $l' = l/m$, where $l$ is a real parameter. The phase inversion is based on Grover's algorithm and acts partiality, modifying the phase of a given quantity $s \leqslant m$ of self-loops. On a hypercube structure, we analyzed the situation where $s=1$ and $1 \leqslant m \leqslant 30$ and investigated its effects in the search for 1 to 12 marked vertices. Based on two ideal weights $l$ used in the literature, we propose two new weight values. As a result, with the proposal of the Multiself-loop Lackadaisical Quantum Walk with partial phase inversion of target states and the new weight values for the self-loop, this proposal improved the maximum success probabilities to values close to 1. This article contributes with a new perspective on the use of quantum interferences in the construction of new quantum search algorithms. Comment: 16 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables

A search is presented for direct top squark pair production using events with at least two leptons including a same-flavour opposite-sign pair with invariant mass consistent with the [Formula: see text] boson mass, jets tagged as originating from [Formula: see text]-quarks and missing transverse momentum. The analysis is performed with proton-proton collision data at [Formula: see text] collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC in 2012 corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb[Formula: see text]. No excess beyond the Standard Model expectation is observed. Interpretations of the results are provided in models based on the direct pair production of the heavier top squark state ([Formula: see text]) followed by the decay to the lighter top squark state ([Formula: see text]) via [Formula: see text], and for [Formula: see text] pair production in natural gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking scenarios where the neutralino ([Formula: see text]) is the next-to-lightest supersymmetric particle and decays producing a [Formula: see text] boson and a gravitino ([Formula: see text]) via the [Formula: see text] process.

Este artigo discute os resultados de um estudo de caso que investigou a compreensão sobre amostra por uma professora polivalente ao utilizar o software TinkerPlots. Buscou-se identificar a compreensão da professora a respeito de três aspectos básicos do conceito de amostra: tamanho, tipo e representatividade. O estudo também analisou as influências das ferramentas do TinkerPlots na compreensão desses três aspectos. A professora passou por uma entrevista inicial sobre o conceito de amostra; uma sessão de apresentação do software; realizou duas atividades de amostragem no TinkerPlots; e ao final respondeu a uma entrevista que teve o objetivo de identificar possíveis mudanças na compreensão sobre o conceito de amostra. As etapas da pesquisa foram registradas em áudio e vídeo e as transcrições geraram protocolos. Observou-se que a professora apresentou mudanças na compreensão sobre o tamanho e a representatividade em algumas amostras. Ela pode identificar tamanhos e preocupar-se com vieses em amostras pequenas, a partir de simulações usando a ferramenta Sampler, e da manipulação de dados usando a ferramenta Plot. As análises sugeriram que as atividades de amostragem desenvolvidas com esse software facilitaram compreensões sobre amostra. This paper discusses the results of a case study that investigated the understanding of sampling by a teacher while using the software TinkerPlots. The aim was identifying the teacher's understanding about the three basic aspects of sample concept: size, type and representativeness. The study also examined the influence of TinkerPlots tools in understanding these three aspects. The teacher answered an initial interview about her knowledge concerning the concept of sample; than the researcher presented the software; she developed two activities with the TinkerPlots about sampling; and at the end she answered an interview that aimed to identify possible changes in her understanding about sampling. The stages of the research were recorded in audio and video and their transcripts generated protocols. The analysis indicated that the teacher presented changes about her understanding of size and representativeness in some cases. She can identify sizes and worry about biases in small samples from simulations using the Sampler tool and data manipulation using the Plot tool. The data analysis suggested that activities related to sampling using the TinkerPlots facilitated the understanding about sampling.

The article deals with the socio-cultural phenomena of advertisement which is an integral part of modern society. Such advertisements functioning in the community are characterized by specific structural and semantic features that are in dependence on both a target group and purpose. To evaluate the specifics of the correlation between verbal and non-verbal components in an advertising text we adjusted the classification of advertising in terms of the theory of language and the degree of a prolonged person’s exposure. Thus, the division into informational and image advertising makes it possible to see that advertising is both the source of information about a product and a trigger of the complex psychological programming arrangements and the means of influencing a person. В статье рассматривается социально-культурный феномен рекламы, являющейся частью современного общества. Также анализируются структурные и смысловые особенности функционирующих в социуме рекламных сообщений в зависимости от целей и таргетной группы. Оценивая специфику корреляционной зависимости соотношения «вербальный-невербальный» выводится уточнённая типологизация рекламных текстов с позиции теории языка и степени пролонгированного воздействия на индивида. Таким образом, предложенное нами разделение рекламы на информационную и имиджевую типы рекламы позволяет учесть тот факт, что рекламный текст являются не только источником информации о товаре или услуге, но и запускает сложный механизм психологического программирования и влияния на человека. Russian Linguistic Bulletin, Выпуск 2 (22) 2020