Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance and carcass characteristics of cattle breed Aberdeen Angus steers of small and medium frame score slaughtered the same degree of completion of housing (average 6.39 mm). To 18 steers were used with age and weight of 298 days and 202.17 kg at entry into the confinement. The animals were confined for 158 days and slaughtered at average live weight of 430 days and 428.94 kg. The feed was composed of sorghum silage and concentrate in the ratio of 60:40 in the dry matter in the first 63 days and after 50:50 until slaughter. The frame was calculated using the formula F=-11, 548+0,4878*h*0,0289*ID+0,0000146*ID²+0,0000759*h*ID. Steers with medium frame score showed superiority in important aspects of marketing, as the initial weight (y=107.87+250.04B; P=.0002), final (y=308.14+32.07B; P=.0001), the empty body (y=255.07+30.74B; P<.0001) and hot carcass (y=153.91+21.09B; P<.0001) and cold (y=150.29+20.78B; P<.0001). Measures of muscle content as the Longissimus dorsi area in relation to cold carcass weight (ȳ=32.64-1.53; P=.0477) and empty body (ȳ=16.3-0.55B; P=.0419) were lower in of the carcass. Carcass conformation (P=.4660) Longissimus dorsi area in cm² (P=.6999),cushion thickness (P=.3578) were similar between the small and medium frame score. The commercial cuts, forequarter (ȳ=54.93+7.84B; P<.001), rib (ȳ=21.33+3.31B; P=.009) and back (ȳ=74.02+9.64B; P=.0003) in kg was higher in medium frame score. As a percentage cut back fell .18% with the incrase in frame score (ȳ=49-.18B P.0404). Weight tissue constituents of the carcass increased with the frame score of the steers, as on the percentage muscle tissue decreased by .57% (ȳ=61.63-.57B; P=.0410). The meat of Longissimus dorsi muscle of steers Aberdeen Angus of small and medium frame score showed intramuscular fat with a mean average of 10.11 points (P=.7034), red color with an average of 4.33 points (P=.3724), fine texture with a tendency to thin with an average 4.61 points (P=.3075) and the shear force with an average of 2.72 kg/cm² (P=.4004). Composition chemical of beef Longissimus dorsi muscle frame score steers Aberdeen Angus presented moisture with 72.27% (P=4355), crude protein of 19.34% (P=4150), lipid with 3.96% (P=9071), minerals with 4.43% (P=9842) and cholesterol to 50.25 mg/100g of meat (P=.2375). The small and medium frame score did not influence trhe fatty acids palmitic (P=.0790), stearic (P=.2455), oleic (P=.3046), linoleic (P=.9456), occurring change in the composition fatty acids myristic (y=1,85+0,12F; P=.043). The introduction of the frame score in studies of meat composition may be important in determining the frame score of steers with the nutritional features of the best meat. The medium frame score of Aberdeen Angus steers had higher head weight (y=9.35+.49B; P=.0212), feet (=5.38+.57B; P=.0059), tongue (y=.93+.05B; P=.0154), heart (y=1.45+.07B; P=.0183), inguinal adipose tissue (y=1.79+.21B; P=.0336) and adipose tissue is not part of the carcass plus to this in the meat (y=88.5+3.70B; P=.0086). Steers with small frame score were more (y=1.46-.08B; P=.0407) in the participation of the lungs in relation to empty body weight Aberdeeen Angus Steers. The small and medium frame score did not affect the participation of the rumen-reticulum, abomasums, omasum, intestines and contents of the gastrointestinal tract weight in relation to body weight an empty body weight. / O trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar o desempenho, as características da carcaça, da carne e os componentes não integrantes da carcaça de bovinos da raça Aberdeen Angus superjovens de biótipo pequeno e médio abatidos o mesmo grau de acabamento da carcaça (média de 6,39 mm). Foram utilizados 18 novilhos com idade e peso no ingresso no confinamento de 298 dias e 202,17kg. Os animais foram confinados durante 158 dias, abatidos com idade e peso vivo médio de 430 dias e 428,94kg. A alimentação foi composta por silagem de sorgo e concentrado, na relação volumoso:concentrado de 60:40 na matéria seca, nos primeiros 63 dias e após 50:50 até o abate. O biótipo foi calculado utilizando a fórmula B=-11,548+0,4878*h*0,0289*ID+0,0000146*ID²+0,0000759*h*ID. Os novilhos com biótipo médio apresentaram superioridade nos aspectos importantes de comercialização, como o peso inicial (y=107,87+250,04B; P=0,0002), final (y=308,14+32,07B; P=0,0001), de corpo vazio (y=255,07+30,74B; P<0,0001), de carcaça quente (y=153,91+21,09B; P<0,0001) e fria (y=150,29+20,78B; P<0,0001). As medidas de musculosidade da carcaça como a área de Longissimus dorsi em relação ao peso de carcaça fria (ȳ=32,64-1,53; P=0,0477) e de corpo vazio (ȳ=16,3-0,55B; 0,0419) foram menores nos novilhos de biótipo médio. A conformação da carcaça (P=0,4660), área de Longissimus dorsi em cm² (P=0,6999), espessura de coxão (P=0,3578) foram semelhantes entre os biótipos pequeno e médio. Os cortes comerciais, dianteiro (ȳ=54,93+7,84B; P<0,0001), costilhar (ȳ=21,33+3,31B; P=0,009) e traseiro (ȳ=74,02+9,64B; P=0,0003) em kg foi superior para o biótipo médio. Em percentagem o corte traseiro foi maior no biótipo pequeno (ȳ=49,00-0,18B; P=0,0404). Em peso os tecidos constituintes da carcaça aumentaram com o biótipo do novilho, à percentagem o tecido muscular apresentou queda de 0,57% (ȳ=61,63-0,57B; P=0,0410). A carne do músculo Longissimus dorsi de bovinos superjovens da raça Aberdeen Angus de biótipo pequeno e médio apresentou gordura intramuscular média com média de 10,11 pontos (P=0,7034), coloração vermelha com média de 4,33 pontos (P=0,3724), textura fina com tendência a muito fina com valor médio de 4,61 pontos (P=0,3075) e macia pelo força ao cisalhamento com média de 2,72 kgf/cm² (P=0,4009). O biótipo pequeno e médio apresentaram na carne do músculo Longissimus dorsi proporções de umidade com 72,27% (P=0,4355), de proteína bruta com 19,34% (P=0,4150), de lipídios com 3,96% (P=0,9071), de minerais com 4,43% (P=0,9842) e de colesterol com 50,25 mg/100g de carne (P=0,2375). O biótipo pequeno e médio não influenciaram nos ácidos graxos palmítico (P=0,0790), esteárico (P=0,2455), oléico (P=0,3046), linoléico (P=0,9456), ocorrendo alteração na composição do acido graxo mirístico (y=1,85+0,12B; P=0,043). A introdução do biótipo em estudos da composição da carne pode ser importante na determinação do biótipo de novilhos com melhores características nutraceuticas da carne. O biótipo médio dos novilhos Aberdeen Angus superjovens apresentaram maior peso de cabeça (y=9,35+0,49B; P=0,0212), das patas (y=5,38+0,57B; P=0,0059), da língua (y=0,93+0,05B; P=0,0154), do coração (y=1,45+0,07B; P=0,0183), do tecido adiposo inguinal (y=1,79+0,21B; P=0,0336) e do tecido adiposo não integrante da carcaça somado ao presente na carne (y=88,85+3,70B; P=0,0086). Os novilhos com biótipo pequeno apresentaram superioridade (y=1,46-0,08B; P=0,0407) na participação dos pulmões em relação ao peso de corpo vazio.Os novilhos Aberdeen Angus de biótipo pequeno e médio não alteraram a participação do rúmen-retículo, abomaso, omaso, intestinos e conteúdo do trato gastrointestinal em peso, em relação ao peso vivo e ao peso de corpo vazio.

This study is done from an autobiographical perspective. It focuses on three issues: myths, the resurrection of Jesus from death, and the canon. It approaches the traditional ecclesiastical and confessional teachings from the perspective of a postmodern hermeneutics of suspicion. Being autobiographical, the study is in the first place relevant for its author. In the second place, because he is a researcher, the study has also relevance for the scholarly community. The faith community also asks their questions. Then there is the institutionalized church that is a watchdog for the dogma, and, lastly there is the secular community who is also interested in the debate. The study aims to find answers to the question how the myth of Easter faith developed into kerygma, which became a text with canonical status? It is a search for the relationship between myth, resurrection and canon. On the issue of myth, the study concludes that myth is just as important to postmoderns as it were to their pre-modern ancestors. The Christ myth is a first century Mediterranean version of an ancient inherited subconscious archetypal myth. It represents stories in the language, symbols, and metaphors of the cultures and peoples in which it originated. It is language recycled. On the question about the resurrection, the study concludes that the Christ cult and its narratives developed within a mythological worldview. First, there was the kerygma of a dying and resurrected Christ. Then narratives, as material for preaching in the early congregations emerged around the figure of the historical Jesus. The resurrection as the content of the kerygma is perceived as mythical speech that serves as the foundational myth for the Christ cult. The third issue was about the documents called canon and questions such as how did it emerge, and how did it become authority bearing? To recap the argument: In the beginning, there was the kerygma! The content of this kerygma was the death and resurrection of Christ. During the development stages of the Christ myth, this kerygma was linked to the life and death of the historical Jesus. His story became a mythical narrative that serves as the foundational myth for the Christ cult. It explains its reason for existence and its rituals. As this faith community grew and became more and more institutionalized it produced more and more literature. Orthodoxy in early Christianity decided which of these writings contain the truth and the right teaching. They are the books, which became the index of what is called the Christian Bible today. The author of this study believes in a canon behind the canon. For him, the Jesus figure is the “vehicle” that makes the content of the kerygma accessible. He is a mythological figure, with historical roots that has become the observable face of God to Christians. The New Testament represents kerygmatic narrative with an invitation to its readers and hearers to join in this mythological experience and encounter with God. / Thesis (DD (New Testament))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / New Testament Studies / unrestricted

The following problem has been known for its beauty and elementary character. The Erd˝os Szekeres problem[7]: For any integer k ≥ 3, determine if there exists a smallest positive integer N(k) such that any set of atleast N(k) points in general position in the plane(i.e no three points are in a line) contains k points that are the vertices of a convex k-gon. The finiteness of (k)is proved by Erd˝os and Szekeres using Ramsey theory[7]. In 1978, Erd˝os [6] raised a similar question on empty convex k-gon (convex k-gon without out any interior points) and it has been extensively studied[18]. Several other variants like the convex k-gon with specified number interior points[2] and the chromatic variant[5] have been well studied. In this thesis, we introduce the following two player game variant of the Erd˝os Szekeres problem: Consider a two player game where each player places a point in the plane such that the point set formed will not contain a convex k-gon. The game will end when a convex k-gon is formed and the player who placed the last point loses the game. In our thesis we show a winning strategy forplayer2inthe convex5-gongame and the empty convex5-gongame and argue that the game always ends in the 9th step. We also give an alternative proof for the statement that any point set containing 10 or more points contains an empty convex 5-gon.

[pt] Neste trabalho estendemos os resultados em (12) e (22), sobre a minimalidade de uma das folheações estável ou instável forte), para o caso de atratores robustamente transitivos parcialmente hiperbólico e com direção central unidimensional. No nosso contexto a hiperbolicidade parcial esta definida somente no atrator. Algumas consequências são obtidas tais como a verificação de que estes atratores são robustamente) classes homoclínicas, possuem robustamente) interior vazio e admitem uma decomposição espectral. Resultados similares ainda valem no caso de atratores genericamente transitivos. / [en] In this work we extend the results in (12) and (22) about the minimality of one of the strong foliations (stable or unstable), for the case of robustly transitive attractors that is partially hyperbolic with one dimensional center bundle. In our context the partial hyperbolicity is defined only in the attractor. Some consequences are obtained as the verification that these attractors are (robustly) homoclinic classes, have (robustly) empty interior and admit a spectral decomposition. Similar results still holds in the case of generically transitive attractors.

This diploma thesis deals with pause identification with degraded speech signal. The speech characteristics and the conception of speech signal processing are described here. The work aim was to create the reliable recognizing method to establish speech and non-speech segments of speech signal with and without degraded speech signal. The five empty pause detectors were realized in computing environment MATLAB. There was the energetic detector in time domain, two-step detector in spectral domain, one-step integral detector, two-step integral detector and differential detector in cepstrum. The spectral detector makes use of energetic characteristics of speech signal in first step and statistic analysis in second step. Cepstral detectors make use of integral or differential algorithms. The detectors robustness was tested for different types of speech degradation and different values of Signal to Noise Ratio. The test of influence different speech degradation was conducted to compare non-speech detection for detectors by ROC (Receiver Operating Characteristic) Curves.

The doctoral thesis deals with the topic of exihibiting empty gallery space. The purpose is to clarify the specifics that accompany the exhibited empty gallery and to define the essence of more general patterns of exposition in the gallery space. Doctoral thesis also presents the special simple void that generates art itself. Finally, the text reopens a polemic within the institutional theory of art. Doctoral thesis criticizes the established terminology related with exposition of the empty gallery.

Orientador: Antonio Cezar Leal / Resumo: A partir da Revolução Verde, o modelo agrário-exportador se consolida no Brasil, tornando-o um dos maiores consumidores mundiais de agrotóxicos. Substâncias estas relacionadas à degradação ambiental e à suscetibilidade de populações às intoxicações e variadas doenças. Dessa forma, os agrotóxicos geram, como mais um impacto ambiental potencial, as embalagens vazias de agrotóxicos. Tais embalagens, de acordo com a Lei 9.974 de 2000, devem ter destinação final ambientalmente adequada a partir da logística reversa que é gerenciada pelo Instituto Nacional de Processamento de Embalagens Vazias (inpEV), formado, entre outros, por fabricantes de agrotóxicos. De acordo com o inpEV, 94% das embalagens vazias de agrotóxicos geradas tem destinação final adequada, seja por meio da reciclagem ou incineração. Porém, o sistema e estrutura gerido pelo inpEV facilita a devolução de embalagens vazias de agrotóxicos de produtores rurais capitalizados, tendo o pequeno agricultor familiar maiores dificuldades para a devolução das mesmas. Nesse sentido, a presente dissertação de Mestrado tem como objetivo principal analisar o gerenciamento de embalagens vazias de agrotóxicos e dificuldades enfrentadas por agricultores familiares para a devolução na região do Pontal do Paranapanema, a partir do estudo de caso junto a produtores rurais no assentamento rural São Bento, composto por 182 lotes, no município de Mirante do Paranapanema. Para tanto, realizou-se trabalhos de campo em unidades de recebimento... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Since the Green Revolution, the agricultural export model was consolidated in Brazil, making it one of the largest world consumers of pesticides. These substances are related to environmental degradation and the populations susceptibility to intoxications and various diseases. Thus, pesticides, as another potential environmental impact, generate empty pesticide packaging. Such packaging, according to Brazilian Law 9.974 of 2000, must have an environmentally appropriate final destination based on the reverse logistics that is managed by the National Institute for the Processing of Empty Packaging, formed, among others, by pesticide manufacturers. According to inpEV, 94% of the empty pesticide packaging generated has an appropriate final destination, either through recycling or incineration. However, the system and structure managed by inpEV facilitates the return of empty pesticide packaging from capitalized rural producers, with small family farmers having greater difficulties in returning them. In this sense, the main objective of this Master's thesis is to analyze the management of empty pesticide packaging and the difficulties faced by family farmers to return it in the Pontal do Paranapanema region, from the case study with rural producers in the São Bento rural settlement, consisting of 182 lots, in the municipality of Mirante do Paranapanema. To this end, fieldwork was carried out in receiving units in Paraguaçu Paulista, Bilac and Adamantina; in pesticide dealers in Pr... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Diploma thesis named "The Evolution of Media Representation of Squatting Theme in Czech Mainstream and Alternative Print" is describing the changes and tendencies of media representation of squatting theme in czech printed media based on the most medialized cases in selected media titles. Theme is analysed with the method of quantitative content analysis (partly together with qualitative) of national daily newspapers Mladá fronta DNES and Právo, social magazines Respekt and Reflex and culture periodics A2 and Literární noviny. The results of analysis include the description of media surface dedicated to this topic as well as the frequency and opinion outcome. And especially, which topics were connected to squating the most.

Värmevärden AB is an energy company that distributes district heating. One of their challenges today is to reduce the energy losses and wear that occur in the plant's scrapper conveyor unit. The conveyor belt is in constant motion whether it is transporting fuel or going unloaded at idle. An understanding of the module's energy flow needs to be mapped. An energy flow behavior model for the scrapper conveyor unit is presented. The energy flow in the startup sequence when the belt runs at idle and at full load is simulated. The simulations visualize the velocity and acceleration of the belt as a function of time and the current flow in the engine when getting started. The model allows changes on various parameters such as engine velocity, current limitations, work efficiency and enables the calculation of necessary material to achieve a desired power delivery. With a current-limited engine of 140 [A], a lower acceleration is obtained as the belt transports the fuel masses. Energy losses are also reduced as the belt is started by their own mass when transportation is needed. This means that the wear on the components of the plant decreases as transportation takes a more controlled form. / Värmevärden AB är ett energibolag som distribuerar fjärrvärme. En av deras utmaningar idag är att minska energiförlusterna och slitaget som uppstår i anläggningens skrapstransportörs modul. Transportbandet är i konstant rörelse vare sig det transporterar bränsle eller går olastad i tomgång. Förståelse för modulens energiflöde behöver kartläggas. En beteendemodell för skraptransportörens modul presenteras. Genom analys av energiflödet i systemet simuleras startförloppet när bandet körs i tomgång och vid full last. Simuleringarna visualiserar bandets hastighet och acceleration som funktion av tid och även motorns strömförlopp under uppstartsfasen. Modellen tillåter ändringar på diverse parametrar såsom motorns varvtal, strömbegränsning, verkningsgrad och möjliggör även framräkningen av nödvändigt material för att uppnå en viss leverans uteffekt. Med en strömbegränsad motor på 140 [A] fås en lägre acceleration när bandet transporterar bränslemassorna. Energiförlusterna minskar också eftersom bandet sätts igång av massornas egenvikt när transporteringen behövs. Detta medför att slitaget på anläggningens komponenter minskar i och med att transporten sker i mera kontrollerade former.

The purpose of my thesis is to explore and assess recent efforts by Direct Reference Theorists to explain the phenomenon of empty names. Direct Reference theory is, roughly, the theory that the meaning of a singular term (proper name, demonstrative, etc.) is simply its referent. Certain sentences, such as negative existentials ("Santa does not exist"), and sentences in contexts of fiction ("Holmes lived on Baker Street"), present the following challenge to DR Theory: Given that the semantic value of a name is simply its referent, how are we to explain the significance and truth-evaluability of such sentences? There have been various approaches DR Theorists have taken to address this problem, including the Pragmatic Strategy, Pretense Theory, Abstract Object Theory, and the Metalinguistic Strategy. All of these views are analyzed and assessed according to their various strengths and weaknesses. It is concluded that, overall, a Metalinguistic Strategy, supplemented by the notion of pretense, best deals with negative existentials and normal-subject predicate occurrences of empty names, Abstract Object Theory best deals with empty names in meta-fictional contexts, and Pretense Theory best deals with empty names in object-fictional contexts.