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This experiment compared performance and health responses of feedlot cattle receiving a ymbiotic supplement, which replaced or was fed in conjunction with feed-grade antimicrobials. Angus-influenced steers (n = 192) from 4 different sources were weaned and immediately transported for 800 km. Steers arrived at the experimental feedlot on d 0, and a shrunk body weight (BW) was immediately recorded. Steers were ranked by source and shrunk BW, and allocated to 1 of 24 drylot pens (8 steers/pen). Pens received a free-choice diet containing: 1) monensin and tylosin (RT; 360 mg/steer daily from Rumensin and 90 mg/steer daily from Tylan; Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, IN), 2) yeast-derived ingredient and B. subtilis probiotic (CC; 18 g/steer daily of Celmanax and 28 g/steer daily of Certillus; Church and Dwight Co., Inc., Princeton, NJ), or 3) combination of RT and CC (RTCC). Cattle were slaughtered according to BW, and slaughter groups were balanced by treatments (33 steers on d 200, 33 steers on d 230, 63 steers on d 257, and 63 head on d 285). Feed intake during the experimental period (d 0 to slaughter) was greater (P < 0.01) in CC compared to RT and RTCC, although feed efficiency was lower in CC (P = 0.02). No treatment effects were observed for BW gain (P = 0.61), final BW (P = 0.67), or morbidity (P = 0.15). Upon slaughter, CC had higher marbling scores compared to RT (P = 0.04). Both CC and RTCC had larger Longissimus muscle area (P = 0.07) and more carcasses grading choice or better (P < 0.01) than RT. Liver abscesses tended (P ≤ 0.09) to be greater in CC compared to RTCC and RT. Hot carcass weight, dressing percentage, backfat thickness, and yield grade did not differ among treatments (P ≥ 0.20). Collectively, replacing RT with CC improved feed intake and certain carcass measures despite decreased feed efficiency, whereas combining CC with RT did not yield additional performance and health benefits.

European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, 7-12 April 2019, Vienna, Austria.-- 1 page, When continents break apart, continental crust and lithosphere is stretched until break-up occurs and seafloor spreading forms new oceanic basins. However, at settings with low magma supply the area between the oceanic and continental domain is a wide transition zone (COT) rather than a sharp boundary. This end-member type of margin has been defined as non-volcanic or magma-poor margin and type-examples are the Iberia Abyssal Plain and the conjugated Newfoundland margin. Yet, at both margins, the structure of the COT and the onset of seafloor spreading are poorly defined with available data and a matter of long debate. For instance, some authors suggested that a prominent magnetic anomaly ¿ called the J-anomaly ¿ is not marking an age-isochron, but is mimicking the onset of oceanic crust and hence seafloor spreading. Others have proposed that the COT is actually ultra-slow seafloor spreading before the J-anomaly. Here, we present results from a new seismic refraction and wide-angle profile shot in September of 2018 aboard the Spanish research vessel Sarmiento de Gamboa in the Iberia Abyssal Plain about 20 km to the south of seismic line IAM9. Thirty ocean-bottom-seismometers and hydrophones spaced at 10-12 km intervals recorded seismic shots fired along the 360 km long profile P3. The line is roughly centred at the J-anomaly, revealing the nature of crust and lithosphere on either side. Seismic travel time data were inverted to yield the P-wave seismic velocity (Vp) structure using a least-square damped tomographic inversion procedure. To assess the nature of basement, we used two features derived from the seismic velocity structure: (i) average Vp within 4 km below basement and (ii) maximum P-wave speed in the same depth range. Results show that the J-anomaly marks indeed a major change in lithology. Thus, to the west, sedimentary cover is in the order of 2 km and average crustal velocity ranges from >6 km/s to 6.7 km/s, with a maximum velocity of 6.6 to 7.5 km/s and maximum velocity ranges from 7.0 to 8.1 km/s. Therefore, the domain to the east of the J-anomaly seems to be dominated by serpentinized mantle as previously proposed, but the structure is more complex than the image obtained in previous sparser data sets. The domain of serpentinized mantle may include some bodies of magmatic crust and thus could either be interpreted as domain of un-roofed mantle, which had been affected by some magmatic activity as observed in the Tyrrhenian Sea or it may represent ultra-slow spreading lithosphere as observed in the Cayman Trough. The domain west of J may indicate magmatic crust, though it shows notable differences when compared to normal oceanic crust. The new higher resolution data set challenges the concepts built in numerous publications based on lower resolution geophysical images

29 pages, 12 figures, Marine transform faults and associated fracture zones (MTFFZs) cover vast stretches of the ocean floor, where they play a key role in plate tectonics, accommodating the lateral movement of tectonic plates and allowing connections between ridges and trenches. Together with the continental counterparts of MTFFZs, these structures also pose a risk to human societies as they can generate high magnitude earthquakes and trigger tsunamis. Historical examples are the Sumatra-Wharton Basin Earthquake in 2012 (M8.6) and the Atlantic Gloria Fault Earthquake in 1941 (M8.4). Earthquakes at MTFFZs furthermore open and sustain pathways for fluid flow triggering reactions with the host rocks that may permanently change the rheological properties of the oceanic lithosphere. In fact, they may act as conduits mediating vertical fluid flow and leading to elemental exchanges between Earth’s mantle and overlying sediments. Chemicals transported upward in MTFFZs include energy substrates, such as H2 and volatile hydrocarbons, which then sustain chemosynthetic, microbial ecosystems at and below the seafloor. Moreover, up- or downwelling of fluids within the complex system of fractures and seismogenic faults along MTFFZs could modify earthquake cycles and/or serve as “detectors” for changes in the stress state during interseismic phases. Despite their likely global importance, the large areas where transform faults and fracture zones occur are still underexplored, as are the coupling mechanisms between seismic activity, fluid flow, and life. This manuscript provides an interdisciplinary review and synthesis of scientific progress at or related to MTFFZs and specifies approaches and strategies to deepen the understanding of processes that trigger, maintain, and control fluid flow at MTFFZs, JD acknowledges an FCT Researcher contract, an exploratory project grant ref. IF/00702/2015, and the FCT project UID/ GEO/50019/2013-IDL. LG acknowledges the bilateral ANR/TÜBITAK collaborative research project MAREGAMI (ANR-16-CE03-0010-02 and Tübitak Project 116Y371). AM acknowledges the European Research Council under the Seventh Framework Programme (grant agreement 308126, LUSI LAB) and the Research Council of Norway (Centers of Excellence funding scheme 223272)

É importante que as empresas adotem, cada vez mais, políticas ambientais como ações estratégicas para a organização, levando em consideração a preservação ambiental e a melhoria na qualidade de vida. Também para o setor produtivo é importante que se compatibilize a busca pelo desenvolvimento econômico com a preservação das condições de vida, pela integração dos sistemas de gestão da qualidade, da gestão ambiental e da gestão da segurança e saúde ocupacional e pelo exercício da responsabilidade social. O objetivo deste artigo é identificar em que estágio de sustentabilidade se encontra a empresa do ramo têxtil da cidade de Erechim/RS, por meio de um diagnóstico socioambiental. O estudo foi realizado em três etapas: contextualização e caracterização da Empresa, apresentação dos fatores da sustentabilidade organizacional e mensuração do grau de sustentabilidade organizacional a partir do Modelo MAIS. Com relação aos resultados a empresa tem tomado consciência de que sua responsabilidade social é passível de obter vantagem competitiva e até valor econômico

Ponencia presentada en: III Congreso de la Asociación Española de Climatología “El agua y el clima”, celebrado en Palma de Mallorca del 16 al 19 de junio de 2002. [ES]En el trabajo se realiza un análisis temporal del comportamiento de la precipitación en Cayo Coco, en Los Jardines del Rey, importante polo turístico al norte de Cuba, para intervalos mensuales, decenales y para periodos de cinco días, utilizando la base de datos obtenidos en la Estación Meteorológica nº 78339 del CIEC, con el objetivo de la determinación más exacta posible de los periodos poco lluvioso y lluvioso, así como los eventos y periodos más significativos, que son utilizados para la elaboración de proyectos de obras hoteleras e hidrotécnicas, riego y en la planificación de las actividades de ocio. El análisis se sustenta sobre herramientas estadísticas tradicionales de tendencias y desviaciones que satisfacen el objetivo buscado. [EN]This paper shows a temporal an´alisis of precipitation in Cayo Coco, Jardines del Rey, important turistic pole in north of Cuba, for thirty, ten and five days intervals, with utilization of data bases obtained at meteorological station No. 78339 based of the CIEC to determine as accurately as possible the less and more rainy periods as well as the more significant periods and events, which are used in hotel infraestructure projects and hidraulic engineering works and the planning of recreational activities. The analysis is supported by traditional stadistics tools of tendencies and deviations which make possible the accomplishment of our goal.

Ponencia presentada en: II Congreso de la Asociación Española de Climatología “El tiempo del clima”, celebrado en Valencia del 7 al 9 de junio de 2001 [ES]En el presente trabajo se exponen los resultados de los cálculos realizados a diferentes índices de confort que intervienen en las exigencias del turista en materia climática utilizando una base de datos obtenida durante 9 años de monitoreo sistemático. Se arriban a conclusiones interesantes que describen por vez primera el comportamiento medio de estos parámetros que contribuyen sustancialmente a definir el "ideal climático" que desean a toda costa disfrutar los veraneantes y que constituye el objetivo principal de un bien merecido descanso. [EN]The main objective of this paper is to present the results of the analysis of different confort parameters related to the tourist's demands regarding the weather prevailing in a particular region. To accomplish this objective, a data base with information obtained from nine years of systematic monitoring was used. Significant conclusions were drawn for the first time, the average behavior of these parameters is described, this fact has undoubtedly contributed to determine the ideal climate for vacationers.

Orientador: Inácio Maria Dal Fabbro Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola Resumo: A detecção e o monitoramento de fungos, nos últimos anos, passaram a dispor de métodos computacionais de análises livres, de fácil implementação, reduzindo custos e possibilitando processos não destrutivos. Este trabalho propõe analisar as alterações obtidas no Biospeckle ao monitorar fungos em suas primeiras horas de inoculação. O padrão Biospeckle surge ao incidir o raio laser em uma superfície em processo dinâmico, e observar o fenômeno de fervilhamento, isto é, quando tal superfície demostra alguma atividade biológica. Para este fim, foram utilizados três índices de atividades Biospeckle ¿ Momento de Inércia (IM), Diferenças dos Valores Absolutos (AVD) e Speckle Espaço-Tempo (STS) ¿ das imagens geradas por diferentes fungos nos primeiros dias de sua incubação, evoluindo para as primeiras horas. Os resultados obtidos foram animadores quanto ao monitoramento dos fungos em suas primeiras horas após a inoculação. A partir do isolamento dos fungos, seguido do repique em placas de Petri, observou-se o seu crescimento em diversas etapas. Na primeira etapa da pesquisa, investigou-se o crescimento os fungos durante a sua primeira semana de incubação, a curva desse desenvolvimento mostrou-se bastante coerente com o seu crescimento. Aplicou-se a seguir a distribuição gaussiana, obtendo a correção dessa curva. Na sequência realizou-se a comparação entre os fungos Aspergillus e Penicillium, na primeira semana após a incubação, e as curvas corroboraram muito para desenvolvimento da pesquisa. Procedeu-se, assim, a investigação para as primeiras horas de incubação com o fungo Aspergillus, comprovando os resultados obtidos no experimento inicial. As análises estatísticas dos índices utilizados demonstraram a consistência dos dados obtidos através de sua curva de normalidade, mostrando-se bastante profícuas e demonstrando que a essa técnica se revelou como um bom instrumento de monitorização na primeira semana de crescimento para ambos os fungos, principalmente nas 24 horas de desenvolvimento. Neste sentido, o presente trabalho de pesquisa reconhece que seja possível disponibilizar o Biospeckle como ferramenta para identificar a atividade biológica de fungos e ambiciona contribuir para disponibilizar informações sobre a viabilidade da inoculação de fungos em suas primeiras horas, sendo um excelente método rápido, não destrutivo e de baixo custo, de fácil aplicação e exequível aplicado para identificar e conservar esse grupo importante de organismos diversos e complexos, como são os fungos Abstract: The detection and monitoring of fungi, in recent years, have now available computational methods of free analysis, easy implementation, reducing costs and enabling non-destructive processes. This work proposes to analyze the changes obtained in the Biospeckle pattern, which arises when the laser beam is incident on a surface in a dynamic process, and observe the phenomenon of seizure, that is, when such surface demonstrates some biological activity. For this purpose, three activity indexes - Moment of inertia (IM), Differences of Absolute Values (AVD) and Space Time Speckle (STS) - were used for the images generated by different fungi in the first days of their incubation, evolving into the first hours. The results obtained were encouraging for the monitoring of fungi in their first hours after inoculation. From the isolation of the fungi, followed by the peal in Petri dishes, their growth was observed in several stages. In the first stage of the research, it was investigated the growth of fungi during their first week of incubation, the curve of this development showed to be quite coherent with their growth. The Gaussian distribution was then applied, obtaining the correction of this curve. A comparison between the Aspergillus and Penicillium fungi was carried out in the first week after incubation, and the curves corroborated much for the development of the research. The investigation was carried out for the first hours of incubation with the fungus Aspergillus niger, proving the results obtained in the initial tests. The applied indices statistical analysis demonstrated the consistency of the obtained data through its normality curve, proving to be quite profitable as well as demonstrating that this technique proved to be an adequate monitoring tool for the first week of growth for both fungi, 24 hours of development. In this sense, the present research recognizes that it is possible to indicate the biospeckle technique available as a tool to identify the biological activity of fungi, aiming to contribute to provide information on the fungi inoculation during its first growing hours, being an extra tool among others applied to identify this important group of diverse and complex organisms, such as fungi Doutorado Máquinas Agrícolas Doutor em Engenharia Agrícola CAPES 001

Orientador: Maria Helena Baena de Moraes Lopes Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Enfermagem Resumo: A Política Nacional de Saúde Integral da População Negra (PNSIPN) propõe-se a reduzir diferenças e atenuar os agravos que incidem nas altas e desiguais taxas de morbidade e mortalidade neste grupo populacional, combater o racismo e a discriminação nas instituições e serviços do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS). Dentre suas metas destaca-se a que diz respeito à introdução do quesito cor nos registros de saúde a fim de que dados possam ser separados por cor ou raça, com objetivo de acompanhar e analisar os indicadores com vistas a reduzir iniquidades em saúde. Objetivos: Desenvolver e avaliar estratégias para melhorar o registro do quesito cor ou raça, de acordo com o IBGE, pelos colaboradores do serviço de recepção de um hospital público do interior do estado de São Paulo. Métodos: Foi realizado um estudo descritivo qualitativo com profissionais do serviço de recepção de um hospital público que atuavam no registro dos pacientes para identificar as dificuldades dos profissionais da recepção hospitalar no registro do quesito cor ou raça, com uso da autodeclaração. Realizou-se também um estudo quase-experimental, do tipo antes e depois, para avaliar o conhecimento e as dificuldades no registro do quesito cor ou raça, por meio de um questionário e aplicado antes e após oficinas de capacitação para o registro dessa variável, de acordo com as recomendações do IBGE, das quais participaram colaboradores do serviço de recepção. A população atendida no hospital onde foi realizado o estudo foi orientada quanto à importância da coleta do quesito cor ou raça, por meio de folders e cartazes. Foi também avaliada a adequação do registro dessa variável antes e após a implantação das estratégias, fazendo-se observação no setor de recepção. Resultados: Foram realizadas e analisadas 28 entrevistas com os profissionais. O estudo permitiu identificar duas categorias: "Não sei qual é a minha cor? e "Como declarar a cor do outro se é constrangedor falar da minha". As falas dos entrevistados permitiram identificar que a autodeclaração não é um processo simples, por razões diversas, tais como: preconceito, desconhecimento e medo de represálias ou de causar constrangimentos, dificultando tanto a própria autodeclaração quanto solicitar que o outro se autodeclare. A avaliação antes e depois do treinamento mostrou que houve apreensão significativa do conteúdo por parte do grupo capacitado, no entanto não houve modificação do registro. Produziu-se material informativo que poderá ser útil para divulgar e conscientizar a população. Conclusão: A estratégia de capacitação atingiu o objetivo de modificar o conhecimento sobre o tema, contudo não houve mudança da prática do registro do quesito cor ou raça. A dificuldade do profissional do serviço de recepção hospitalar tanto de se autodeclarar quanto de indagar o quesito cor ou raça junto aos usuários pode ter contribuído para isso. Considera-se, ainda, que para o pleno alcance dos objetivos há necessidade de maior envolvimento da administração local Abstract: The National Politics of Integral Health of the Black Population (PNSIPN) sets out to reduce the differences and mitigate the grievances that occur in the high and unequal taxes of morbidity and mortality among this populational group, to combat the racism and the discrimination on the instituitions and services from the Unique System of Health (SUS). Among its own goals stands out the one that mentions the introduction of the color aspect on health records so that the data can be separated by color or race, aiming to accompany and analyze the indicators to reduce iniquities on health. Objectives: To develop and avaliate strategies to improve the registration of color or race aspect, according to IBGE, by the collaborators of reception of a public hospital in São Paulo¿s countryside. Methods: It was performed a descriptive qualitative study with reception service professionals of a public hospital that acted on registering the patients to identify their hardships to register color or race aspect, by using self-declaration. It was also performed a nearly-experimental study, following the before-and-after model, to evaluate the knowledges and the hardships to register the color and race aspect, through a questionnaire applied before and after training workshops on the registering of those variables, according to the recommendations from IBGE, which the collaborators of the reception service participated. The population attended on the hospital where the study was realized were oriented on the importance of collecting the color and race aspect by flyers and posters. It was also evaluated the suitability of the registering of that variable before and after the implantation of the strategies, making observation on the reception sector. Results: 28 interviews with professionals were held and analysed. The study allowed to identify two cateogories: "I don¿t know what my color is" and "How to state someone¿s else color if it¿s embarrassing to talk about my own". The statements from the interviewees allowed to identify that self-declaration isn¿t a simple process, for many reasons, such as: prejudice, unawareness and fear of reprisal or to cause embarrassment, hampering both self-declaration and for others to declare themselves. The evaluation before and after training showed that there was a significant apprehension of content by the qualified group, even so no change on the registers happened. A informative material was produced, which could be useful to disclose and raise awareness to the population. Conclusion: The capacitation strategy reached its goals of modifying the knowledge about the theme, however no changes happened on the practice of registering the color or race aspect. The hardships from the professionals of clinical reception service to both self-declare and to question the color or race aspect among the users may have contributed to this. It¿s regarded that for the full reaching of our goals there is a need for more engagement from the local administration Doutorado Enfermagem e Trabalho Doutora em Ciências da Saúde CAPES 01P-3377/2017