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In viticulture, early-season estimation of average number of grape bunches per vine is crucial for vineyard planning, investments and marketing (Laurent et al., 2021). Although sampling is widely carried out to estimate grape bunches per vine, there is no clearly established sampling protocol that can be used as a reference when performing these estimations. Each practitioner therefore has their own sampling protocol. In this work, the effect of differences between sampling protocols in terms of estimation errors were investigated to give some recommendations on the best possible sampling practices.

Religiões ayahuasqueiras como o Santo Daime, Barquinha e União do Vegetal são consideradas legitimamente brasileiras porque sincretizam elementos cristãos, espíritas e afrodescendentes. Pretendemos estabelecer uma reflexão que se inicia por uma cosmologia udvista, perpassa por elementos éticos, epistemológicos e chegam a uma filosofia da linguagem com fundamentos panenteístas da teologia da UDV, tentaremos compreender a União do Vegetal como um sistema religioso e filosófico e demonstrar como a sabedoria popular cabocla está permeada de ideias herméticas e hermenêuticas antigas. Ainda que tenha sido fundado por uma pessoa quase analfabeta, como foi o caso do Mestre Gabriel, os discípulos deste mestre se utilizam do enteógeno Ayahuasca se mostram capazes de desenvolver seus graus de memória para recordar detalhes desde a infância até as vidas passadas, ou seja, desdobrando-se como parte de uma concepção cristã de uma forma de espiritismo. Estes são conhecimentos bem semelhante ao que Pitágoras, Sócrates e até mesmo dos pressupostos teológicos de Santo Agostinho. Logo, tentaremos abordar uma visão geral do aspecto ritual da UDV, bem como uma visão mais crítica dos princípios que fazem esta sociedade se estabelecer como a maior religião hoasqueira brasileira com dezenas de milhares de adeptos. Nos utilizaremos de uma metodologia baseada em revisões bibliográficas, bem como de uma análise de uma história oral de como os ensinos conseguem ser preservados e fiéis a doutrina do Mestre Gabriel que por fim, serão contextualizados numa perspectiva hermenêutica da religiosidade hoasqueira.

This article presents the results of a research on toponyms of cities in the state of Tocantins, Brazil, in Brazilian Sign Language (Libras). Signs were collected from observation and interviews with deaf people. The state of Tocantins consists of 139 municipalities and, so far, we have surveyed 61 toponyms. Signs were categorized into (1) native, (2) initialized and (3) fingerspelled (exclusive categories). Regarding motivation, toponyms categorized as iconic motivation, covering (1) material and (2) cultural and Portuguese language motivation, covering (3) calque and (4) writing. The spelling motivation is the most prevalent in the toponyms of the cities of Tocantins, also combining with other types of motivation, such as (5) material and spelling, (6) cultural and writing, and (7) calque and spelling. We bring further considerations on these categories and suggest forearm as a productive point of articulation for toponymic signs in the context of Tocantins.

- Schools reproduce scientific knowledge uncritically. - Schools should provide educational opportunities for students’ action, reflection, and interaction. - Participatory approach allows students to expand their agency around climate change. - Participatory approach promotes students’ knowledge of their community’s environmental problems. Purpose: This paper explores the potential of students’ participation in the HW educational intervention programme based on participatory methodologies in promoting their environmental citizenship. Design/methodology/approach: Using a quasi-experimental design, 126 students were randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups and filled out questionnaires before and after the HW intervention to evaluate environmental citizenship dimensions. Findings: The psychometric properties of a 16-item instrument to measure youth environmental citizenship were validated. After the HW intervention, the students’ intervention group had a significant improvement in their sense of environmental efficacy. Research limitations/implications: The cross-sectional design of this study does not allow causal inferences to be made; further research should conduct longitudinal studies. Practical implications: Schools must promote educational experiences where students have opportunities for reflection and action in interaction in a climate of openness to dialogue and diversity with the involvement of different actors.

Abstract Background Most genomic prediction applications in animal breeding use genotypes with tens of thousands of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). However, modern sequencing technologies and imputation algorithms can generate ultra-high-density genotypes (including millions of SNPs) at an affordable cost. Empirical studies have not produced clear evidence that using ultra-high-density genotypes can significantly improve prediction accuracy. However, (whole-genome) prediction accuracy is not very informative about the ability of a model to capture the genetic signals from specific genomic regions. To address this problem, we propose a simple methodology that detects chromosome regions for which a specific model (e.g., single-step genomic best linear unbiased prediction (ssGBLUP)) may fail to fully capture the genetic signal present in such segments—a phenomenon that we refer to as signal leakage. We propose to detect regions with evidence of signal leakage by testing the association of residuals from a pedigree or a genomic model with SNP genotypes. We discuss how this approach can be used to map regions with signals that are poorly captured by a model and to identify strategies to fix those problems (e.g., using a different prior or increasing marker density). Finally, we explored the proposed approach to scan for signal leakage of different models (pedigree-based, ssGBLUP, and various Bayesian models) applied to growth-related phenotypes (average daily gain and backfat thickness) in pigs. Results We report widespread evidence of signal leakage for pedigree-based models. Including a percentage of animals with SNP data in ssGBLUP reduced the extent of signal leakage. However, local peaks of missed signals remained in some regions, even when all animals were genotyped. Using variable selection priors solves leakage points that are caused by excessive shrinkage of marker effects. Nevertheless, these models still miss signals in some regions due to low linkage disequilibrium between the SNPs on the array used and causal variants. Thus, we discuss how such problems could be addressed by adding sequence SNPs from those regions to the prediction model. Conclusions Residual single-marker regression analysis is a simple approach that can be used to detect regional genomic signals that are poorly captured by a model and to indicate ways to fix such problems.

Carabid beetles of the tribe Licinini use their asymmetric mandibles to open the shells of land snails. Prey handling of large snails has been described in a few Licinini species. We observed for the first time how a male of Licinus depressus (Paykull, 1790) opens the shells of small prey snails (Chondrina arcadica (Reinhardt, 1881)) and eats their soft bodies. The beetle holds the conical snail shell with its forelegs and breaks the wall of the right-hand coiled shell. In doing so, the beetle rotates the shell counter-clockwise opening it stepwise along the dorsal part of the whorls towards the apex. After some bites, the beetle interrupts the opening process and begins to feed on the snail’s soft tissue. Then the beetle continues to break up the shell, shortly after which there is another feeding phase. The alternating sequence of shell breaking and feeding ends after 2 to 2.5 whorls when the beetle can no longer hold the prey’s remaining intact shell. We compare this previously unknown way of prey handling with the reported predatory behaviour in large snails by other Licinini species. Our observations confirm the high plasticity of predatory behaviour in Licinini beetles.

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Predloženi teološki model čitanja znakova vremema sastoji se od promatranja sadašnjega trenutka Crkve i suvremenoga društva. Crkva koju se ima pred očima poslijekoncilska je Crkva, a društvo je poslijemoderno društvo. U članku se uzima u obzir razmišljanja i uvide nekolicine suvremenih autora, različitih svjetonazora, prepoznavajući u njima znakove vremena i izazove suvremenoj teološkoj misli. Među takvim znakovima vremena posebno se ističe nezadovoljstvo spomenutih mislilaca s posvemašnjim materijalizmom, s izostankom nutarnjega života, s onesposobljenošću za transcendentno. Unutar globalnoga liberalnoga kapitalizma takvi oblici duhovnoga nezadovoljstva imaju nultu toleranciju prema fizičkom izvanjskom nasilju i nasilju sustava, kao i težnju prema multikulturalnosti, pa se vide kao posebni znakovi pogodni za teološko čitanje. U zaključku članka ističe se da na isti način valja i kršćanskoj teologiji vratiti proročku dimenziju koja će biti temeljna i u gajenju suvremenih oblika svetosti.

U radu se istražuju toponimi sadržani u hrvatskome stupcu Hrvatsko-francuskoga rječnika Jeana Dayrea, Mirka Deanovića i Rudolfa Maixnera i to u pretisku objavljenome 1996. (prema 2. izdanju iz 1960.). O tome se rječniku dosad pisalo s obzirom na njegova jezična obilježja, a isticala se i njegova prilično ekstenzivno obrađena onimijska sastavnica. Uz klasifikaciju i sistematizaciju toponima, u ovome se radu istražuju leksikografski postupci i kriteriji za uvrštavanje toponima u rječnički korpus. Opisom toponimijske sastavnice u ovome dvojezičniku želi se dati doprinos promišljanju mjesta toponima u dvojezičnoj leksikografiji.

Confrontés à des menaces nouvelles et de fortes intensités, la disponibilité opérationnelle des systèmes d’armes terrestres devient une priorité d’amélioration continue, qui passe par la mise en place d’une maintenance prévisionnelle pour l’ensemble des industriels concernés (systémiers, intégrateurs et équipementiers). Partagés étroitement avec leurs clients, les innovations technologiques dans ce domaine sont nombreuses et s’inscrivent pour l’essentiel dans le cadre d’une maintenance dite 4.0, avec l’avènement du numérique et la démocratisation des outils d’intelligence artificielle. Soucieux de maintenir efficacement les fonctions techniques très complexes de ses produits, Nexter met en place une stratégie HUMS au niveau des équipements critiques, dont les performances de fiabilité sont largement altérées par des conditions d’usage incertaines et de sévérités accrues. Cette politique HUMS équipement est gouvernée autour d’un processus d’ingénierie d’essais, normalisé à l’AFNOR sur la période 2011-2021 [1, 2, 3, 4 et 5] et intégrée récemment dans les référentiels normatifs internationaux OTAN [6] et EDSTAR [7] pour le secteur défense. Mots-clefs – Maintenance prévisionnelle, MCO, NF ISO 13374, HUMS, NF X50-144-3, MBD, SRE et SDF.

Occasionally, the biblical term גר has been taken to refer to a “dependent worker” or “client” based on the thought that household membership can be gained through work provided to the household. Mention of household membership tests the identity of the sojourner in the ancient world as stranger or foreigner; a social category listed with widows and orphans—whose status is also defined by the household— as deserving of protection. Given its centrality as a basic social unit in the ancient Near East, we might expect that purchase in a household would grant a status that dissolves the social distance and attendant consequences (fragility of income, lack of patrimony, object of suspicion) thought to be borne by גרים. In what sense, then, is a “dependent worker” who secures membership in the household a גר ? This article reconsiders how distant a person must be from the society within which he resides to make him a ,גר shifting the semantic emphasis of this term away from origin and towards social integration.

The crisis of the par condicio creditorum accentuated by the increase of new privileges to the detriment of unsecured creditors accompanies the application of the new value distribution rules in the CCII concordat in continuity. The composition agreement in continuity is approved if approved by all classes, but failing that even if approved by only one class of creditors who would be at least partially satisfied by respecting the legal rules of graduation.

Abstract Background Early simulations indicated that whole-genome sequence data (WGS) could improve the accuracy of genomic predictions within and across breeds. However, empirical results have been ambiguous so far. Large datasets that capture most of the genomic diversity in a population must be assembled so that allele substitution effects are estimated with high accuracy. The objectives of this study were to use a large pig dataset from seven intensely selected lines to assess the benefits of using WGS for genomic prediction compared to using commercial marker arrays and to identify scenarios in which WGS provides the largest advantage. Methods We sequenced 6931 individuals from seven commercial pig lines with different numerical sizes. Genotypes of 32.8 million variants were imputed for 396,100 individuals (17,224 to 104,661 per line). We used BayesR to perform genomic prediction for eight complex traits. Genomic predictions were performed using either data from a standard marker array or variants preselected from WGS based on association tests. Results The accuracies of genomic predictions based on preselected WGS variants were not robust across traits and lines and the improvements in prediction accuracy that we achieved so far with WGS compared to standard marker arrays were generally small. The most favourable results for WGS were obtained when the largest training sets were available and standard marker arrays were augmented with preselected variants with statistically significant associations to the trait. With this method and training sets of around 80k individuals, the accuracy of within-line genomic predictions was on average improved by 0.025. With multi-line training sets, improvements of 0.04 compared to marker arrays could be expected. Conclusions Our results showed that WGS has limited potential to improve the accuracy of genomic predictions compared to marker arrays in intensely selected pig lines. Thus, although we expect that larger improvements in accuracy from the use of WGS are possible with a combination of larger training sets and optimised pipelines for generating and analysing such datasets, the use of WGS in the current implementations of genomic prediction should be carefully evaluated against the cost of large-scale WGS data on a case-by-case basis.

Les Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ont une importance grandissante dans des secteurs qui sont concernés par le droit d'auteur, comme l'art, les jeux ou les métavers. Ce domaine du droit est donc particulièrement impacté par ce nouveau phénomène. Cet article tente de répondre aux principales questions qui se posent dans ce contexte, comme la protection de l'auteur en cas de création d'un NFT ou le transfert de droits patrimoniaux lors du transfert d'un NFT. -- Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs) gewinnen in Bereichen, die vom Urheberrecht betroffen sind, zunehmend an Bedeutung, etwa in der Kunst, bei Spielen oder im Metaversum. Dieses Rechtsgebiet ist daher besonders stark von diesem neuen Phänomen betroffen. Der vorliegende Artikel versucht, die wichtigsten Fragen zu beantworten, die sich in diesem Zusammenhang stellen, wie beispielsweise der Schutz des Urhebers oder der Urheberin bei der Schaffung eines NFT oder die Übertragung von Vermögensrechten bei der Übertragung eines NFT.

Le suivi de l’état hydrique de la vigne à l’échelle régionale est un enjeu majeur (Willwerth and Reynolds, 2020). Cependant, il existe peu d’outils disponibles à cette échelle (Rienth and Scholasch, 2019). La collecte collaborative d’observations est une alternative intéressante mais nécessite une quantité et une qualité de données collectées suffisantes (Rechenberger et al., 2015). Le projet ApeX-Vigne démontre que cette approche est pertinente pour cartographier l’état hydrique de la vigne à l’échelle régionale.