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This paper presents a study on the use of management practices, which can be classified as knowledge management practices, at the Technological Center of the Army, CTEx, a public research institution in Brazil. For this, a questionnaire divided into three parts was applied: the first part investigates the academic background of the members of the institution, especially inquiring about previous training in management they might have; the second part consisted of a set of twenty questions related to the different management practices existing in the institution; and the third part that included an open question about one of the existing practices that they considered that deserve special attention. The results showed that the CTEx not only does not have a structured management plan but also it does not properly apply most of the existing management practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this paper is to show an alternative for the coexistence with the salinity problem of irrigation water caused by underground dams. The quality of irrigation water is analyzed by comparing the vegetative growth of Capim Vetiver, Sempre Verde, Cana-de-Açúcar, Capim Elefante cv. Napier and Capim Elefante cv. Mercker, upstream and downstream of the underground dam located in Ibicuitinga, Ceará state in Brazil. The analysis of groundwater samples upstream and downstream of the dam have shown that both have high salinity for irrigation, recommending the use of halophytes crops. The study includes an analysis of variance for height growth variable and the Tukey test was applied. From this test it was verified that among the gramineous plants tested, only the Capim Elefante cv. Mercker was found statistically different. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]