L’eau et la vie sont inégalement réparties. Ceci entrave le développement des sociétés, et fait apparaître des situations de tension,dont l’intensité et la fréquence varient selon le contexte climatique, la densité des populations et donc de la demande. Avec le changement climatique en cours et la hausse des besoins en eau (dont la « réserve » à laisser aux milieux naturels), le niveau des tensions est susceptible de s’élever, et la fréquence des très basses eaux de s’accroître. Dans le sud-est de la France, l’aire soumise au climat méditerranéen est particulièrement concernée par la fragilité des ressources en eau en période estivale (une saison très peu arrosée et une forte attractivité touristique, etc.). De plus, une modification du régime climatique (diminution des apports pluviométriques, extrêmes plus marqués, etc.) affectera nécessairement davantage les bassins alimentés par des ressources très locales, tels les cours d’eau et les bassins de vie ne bénéficiant pas de l’influence des grands fleuves allogènes à l’aire climatique méditerranéenne (Rhône, Durance, etc.). La réflexion sur le manque ou la pénurie en eau, de qualité propre pour satisfaire les usages sur ces territoires, peut dès lors être portée sur la façon dont un tel risque se construit (succession des étapes, retentissement d’un facteur sur les autres, etc.), et sur la façon dont l’évolution des éléments structurels et des forçages extérieurs conduit ou non à s’approcher d’une situation indésirable.La démarche engagée ici propose de décliner cette approche particulière aux basses eaux. Il s’agit alors de répondre à un triple objectif : (1) identifier et compiler au sein d’une base de données spécifique les informations essentielles pour appréhender le phénomène ; (2) caractériser l’état moyen des basses eaux à partir de situations locales et par le biais de descripteurs statistiques robustes ; (3) déterminer les modalités de son évolution vers des états critiques. Ce travail conduit dans un premier temps au développement d’une modélisation probabiliste, laquelle est conçue pour être déployée dans différentes échelles spatiales et dans différentes temporalités. La réflexion est ensuite étendue aux modalités méthodologiques et techniques pour l’élaboration d’indicateurs analytiques et d’indices synthétiques d’évaluation de la situation de tension sur la ressource.La démarche aboutit enfin à des outils numériques simples et intuitifs, mobilisables à des fins opérationnelles comme support d’aide à la décision pour la mise en place de mesures d’anticipation et de régulation, et transposables à tout territoire méditerranéen. / Water and life are unequally distributed. This hinders the development of societies, and leads to situations of tension, whoseintensity and frequency vary according to climatic conditions, population density and according therefore to demand. With theongoing climate change and the rising water requirements (the stock dedicated to the natural environment), the level of tensionis likely to rise, such as the frequency of very low water. The French Mediterranean territories are particularly concerned withthe fragility of water resources during summertime (a little watered season, a strong tourist appeal, etc.). In addition, everymodification in the climate regime (the decreasing of rainfall inputs, etc.) would necessarily affect more the small catchmentwith very local resources, such as rivers and living areas which don’t benefit from the influence of major rivers (Rhone, Durance,etc.).The reflection on water scarcity can therefore be focused on the structure of such a risk (sequence of steps, the impact of onefactor on the others, etc.), and on the conditions that make the system reach an undesirable situation.The approach adopted here suggests to decline this particular approach to low water. Three objectives are here stated: (1) identifyand compile, within a specific database, the essential information to understand the phenomenon; (2) characterize the meanstate of low water from local situations and through robust statistical descriptors; (3) determine the terms of its evolution tocritical states.The whole work leads first to the development of a probabilistic modeling, which is designed to be deployed in different spatialscales and in dfferent times. The reflection is then extended to the methodological and technical arrangements that would allowthe development of analytical indicators and synthetic indexes for assessing the resource level of tension.The approach finally results in simple and intuitive digital tools, that can be mobilized for operational purposes such asdecision-making support for the implementation of anticipatory measures and regulation, and that can transferable to anyMediterranean territory.

The main objective of this work is to analyze the prices of pork in selected EU countries in the period 2003-2013. This work consists of several parts. In the first part dealt with theoretical issues - agriculture sector, and therefore the Czech agriculture, the issue of the pricing in agriculture. The last part of the theoretical part contains a comparison of costs and revenues on a pig.The second part is called the methodology, this section contains instructions for calculations that are performed in solutions and results. The third part contains the results of calculations, because the prices of agricultural producers were used per 100 kg live weight and average annual wages. At the end of the work are collected all the results obtained in this work results.

The knowledge of the leaf area is required every time the sugarcane is subjected to evaluation in which different varieties are compared or submitted to different environmental conditions, managements or fertilizations, therefore evidently showing alteration in dimensions of the plant leaves, so affecting the photosynthetic process. Although the higher breathing-photosynthesis balance increases the amount of the assimilates available to vegetative growth (Net assimilation rate), the preferential carbon allocation for the different fractions of the leaf-plant, stalks, and root system, that is conditioned by the medium and/or management, can change the growth indexes. Thus, the estimates of those indexes can supply subsidies for understanding the adaptations of the plants under different medium conditions: light, temperature, moisture and soil fertility. The growth analysis is considered as standard method, since it is fundamentally based on the fact that about 95% on average of the dry matter accumulated by plants during growth rather result from the photosynthetic activity (Benincasa, 2003). The remaining comes from the absorption of mineral nutrients. Although at lower amounts, the mineral nutrients are indispensable to the vegetal growth and development, since they are absorbed and incorporated into every vegetative biomass. On direct or indirect way, they participate into production of the organic compounds as well as in sucrose´, that is produced from the phosphates-trioses transported from the chloroplast to cytosol and is mainly exported to the vacuoles. The present study was carried out to evaluate the methods for estimation of the leaf area, population density, growth and yield of two sugarcane cultivars provided with high productive potential and fertilized with different phosphorus doses in the cane plant cycle. The randomized block experimental design was used with five replicates under a factorial scheme 2 x 6, and the treatments were composed by the cultivars RB867515 and RB92579 under six P doses (0, 30, 60, 90, 120 and 150 kg ha-1). At planting time, all plots were given amounts corresponding to 33 and 200 kg ha-1 N and K, respectively. When beginning the rainy season at 210 DAP, either side-dressing fertilization and the micronutrient fertilization at the doses 67; 6; 6; and 7 kg ha-1 N, Cu, Mn and Zn, respectively were accomplished along the cropping line. Nine evaluations were performed with plants collected within 2.4 m2 at 30-days average intervals for estimation of the leaf area by two methods, plant population and dry matter accumulation in either photosynthetically active leaves and the whole plant. The tenth sampling was accomplished at 458 DAP in order to determine the yield of the apparent sucrose. After obtaining the data, the statistical analysis was accomplished, by using the program SISVAR. The estimate of the leaf area by using just the leaf +3 is an alternative to the conventional estimate method, when determining the foliar area for sugarcane crop. The increased phosphate fertilization contributes to increment the leaf area in the sugarcane crop, specially for the RB92579 cv. The phosphate fertilization widely affected the leaf area index (IAF), dry matter accumulation in plant, crop growth rate (TCC), relative growth rate (TCR), net assimilation rate (TAL), and both stalk and sucrose yields. During the period from 280 to 310 DAP, the highest IAF and TCC occurred, whereas the RB92579 cv. showed higher values. The RB92579 cv., showed higher yield of dry matter, industrializable stalks and apparent sucrose. / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / O conhecimento da área foliar se faz necessário toda vez em que a cana-deaçúcar é submetida a avaliações, onde se comparam variedades diferentes, ou submete-as a condições ambientais, manejo ou de adubação diferentes, que possam manifestar notadamente alterações nas dimensões das folhas das plantas influindo no processo fotossintético. Maior balanço fotossínteserespiração, aumenta a quantidade de assimilados disponíveis para o crescimento vegetal (Taxa de assimilação líquida), entretanto, a alocação preferencial de carbono pelas diferentes frações da planta-folha, colmos e sistema radicular, condicionada pelo meio e/ou manejo, pode alterar os índices de crescimento. Desta forma, as estimativas desses índices podem fornecer subsídios para o entendimento das adaptações experimentadas pelas plantas sob diferentes condições de meio: luz, temperatura, umidade e fertilidade do solo. A análise do crescimento é considerada um método padrão pois se baseia fundamentalmente no fato de que cerca de 95%, em média, da matéria seca acumulada pelas plantas, ao longo do seu crescimento, resultam da atividade fotossintética (Benincasa, 2003). O restante provém da absorção de nutrientes minerais. Embora em quantidades de menor expressão, os nutrientes minerais são indispensável ao crescimento desenvolvimento vegetal, visto que os mesmos são absorvidos e incorporados em toda biomassa vegetal. Estes participam direta ou indiretamente na produção de compostos orgânicos, bem como de sacarose, que é produzida a partir de trioses-fosfatos transportadas do cloroplasto para o citossol é exportada principalmente para os vacúolos. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo estudar métodos de estimativa de área foliar, densidade populacional, crescimento e a produção de duas variedades de cana-de-açúcar de alto potencial produtivo adubadas com diferentes doses de fósforo, em ciclo de cana planta. O delineamento foi em blocos casualizados com cinco repetições em esquema fatorial 2 x 6, sendo os tratamentos compostos pelas variedades RB867515 e RB92579 sob seis doses de P (0, 30, 60, 90, 120 e 150 kg ha-1). Por ocasião do plantio, todas as parcelas receberam quantidades equivalentes a 33 e 200 kg ha-1 de N e K, respectivamente. No início do período chuvoso, aos 210 DAP, realizou-se a adubação de cobertura e adubação com micronutrientes nas doses de 67; 6; 6; e 7 kg ha-1 de N, Cu, Mn e Zn, respectivamente, ao longo da linha da cultura. Foram realizadas nove avaliações com coletas de plantas em 2,4 m2, em intervalos médios de 30 dias, para estimativas da área foliar, por dois métodos, da população de plantas e do acúmulo de matéria seca nas ativas folhas fotossinteticamente e em toda planta. A décima amostragem foi realizada aos 458 DAP para determinar a produção de sacarose aparente. De posse dos dados realizou-se a análise estatística por meio do programa SISVAR. A estimativa de área foliar apenas com utilização da folha +3, constitui-se em uma alternativa ao método convencional de estimativa, na determinação da área foliar para a cultura da cana-de-açúcar. O aumento da adubação fosfatada contribui com o incremento de área foliar na cultura da cana-de-açúcar, sobretudo para a variedade RB92579. A adubação fosfatada influenciou grandemente no índice de área foliar (IAF), acúmulo de matéria seca na planta, taxa de crescimento da cultura (TCC), taxa de crescimento relativo (TCR), taxa de assimilação líquida (TAL), e produção de colmos e de sacarose. Os maiores IAF e TCC, ocorreram no período de 280 a 310 DAP, tendo a variedade RB92579 apresentada valores maiores. A variedade RB92579, apresentou maiores produções de matéria seca, colmos industrializáveis e sacarose aparente.

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Submitted by Hudson Fiorot Ilha (hudsonfiorot@yahoo.com.br) on 2011-09-13T05:27:07Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Hudson Fiorot Ilha.pdf: 558881 bytes, checksum: 8ad4b1a5811f239f6cd9ad05d63e0905 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Suzinei Teles Garcia Garcia (suzinei.garcia@fgv.br) on 2011-09-13T13:11:05Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Hudson Fiorot Ilha.pdf: 558881 bytes, checksum: 8ad4b1a5811f239f6cd9ad05d63e0905 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Suzinei Teles Garcia Garcia (suzinei.garcia@fgv.br) on 2011-09-13T13:15:31Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Hudson Fiorot Ilha.pdf: 558881 bytes, checksum: 8ad4b1a5811f239f6cd9ad05d63e0905 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2011-09-13T13:16:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Hudson Fiorot Ilha.pdf: 558881 bytes, checksum: 8ad4b1a5811f239f6cd9ad05d63e0905 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-19 / O objetivo dessa pesquisa foi testar a relação entre a volatilidade da variação real de índices de ações e eventos raros (positivos e negativos) no PIB real e, adicionalmente, a relação entre a volatilidade das taxas de juros reais e da variação das taxas de câmbio real efetiva e a ocorrência de tais eventos. Para testar essas relações foi utilizado o modelo GARCH, com o objetivo de modelar a volatilidade das variáveis consideradas (índices de ações, taxas de câmbio real efetiva e taxas de juros), inclusive regredindo a volatilidade contra variáveis dummy que indicassem a ocorrência de eventos raros. O teste foi realizado para os seguintes países: Estados Unidos, Canadá, Reino Unido, Coréia do Sul, Japão e Brasil. Foram encontradas evidências de que a ocorrência de eventos raros negativos (desastres raros) impacta positivamente a volatilidade tanto da variação real de índices de ações quanto da variação da taxa de câmbio real efetiva. Entretanto, os resultados não indicaram que existe um impacto de eventos raros positivos na volatilidade dessas variáveis. Para a volatilidade da taxa de juros real, os testes não indicaram a existência de relação com eventos raros, porém esses resultados podem ter sido influenciados pelo fato da amostra ser pequena. / This research test the relationship between the volatility of real returns in stock indexes and rare events (positive and negative) in real GDP and, additionally, the relationship between the occurrence of such events and the volatility of real interest rates and of growth in real effective exchange rates. To test these relationships I use the GARCH model, with the goal of modeling volatility of the considered variables (stock indexes, real effective exchange rates and interest rates) and regressing volatility against dummy variables that measures the occurrence of rare events. The test was performed for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan and Brazil. I found evidence to suggest that the occurrence of negative rare events (rare disasters) impacts positively the volatility of real returns in stock indexes and of growth in real effective exchange rate. However, the results don’t indicate that there is a relationship between positive rare events and the volatility of these variables. In respect to the volatility of real interest rates, the tests did not indicate the existence of a relationship with rare events, but these results may have been influenced by the fact that the sample is small.

This dissertation deals with theme: Aggregate measures of companies´ financial positions and their utilization. This work is divided into five parts: importence of classification company´s financial position, systems of indexes in company´s practice, site and bankruptcy indexes - merits and deficiencies, indexes of financial health use in operational programme and concrete analyses of firm´s financial position by chosen models. First part deals with importance of financial position monitoring and gives description of financial analysis, it´s usage and user. Second part displays types of indexes system, which are used in practice. Third part characterizes site and bankruptcy index and apprise of chosen models in more details. Final part contains process financial position analyses of firm Zemědělské služby Dynín, a. s by concrete methods.

The aim of the study was to determine whether there is a relationship between organisational culture and occupational health. The General Health Questionnaire and the South African Culture Instruments were used for this purpose. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used for this purpose. The study focused on clarifying the two concepts and their impact on the organisation. The effects of general health factors were determined in the organisation under investigation. The existing organisational culture was also investigated. In conclusion, the assumption that occupational health can have an impact on organisational health, or vice versa, was confirmed. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / MCom (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

Síndrome dos Ovários Policísticos (PCOS), caracterizada por disfunção ovulatória e hiperandrogenismo, é a endocrinopatia mais frequente entre mulheres em idade reprodutiva, afetando aproximadamente de 6 a 19% desta população, conforme o critério diagnóstico empregado. Além dos distúrbios reprodutivos, as mulheres com PCOS frequentemente apresentam maior prevalência de fatores de risco cardiometabólico como obesidade abdominal, dislipidemia, hipertensão, tolerância diminuída à glicose e diabetes mellitus tipo 2. A resistência insulínica e a hiperinsulinemia compensatória são consideradas como o ponto central destas alterações metabólicas. Os critérios atuais para diagnóstico de PCOS, a partir do Consenso de Rotterdam, indroduziram diferentes fenótipos. Os mais frequentes são o fenótipo “clássico” (hiperandrogenismo e anovulução, com ou sem a aparência policística do ovário), e o fenótipo “ovulatório” (hiperandrogenismo e aparência policística do ovário). Evidências sugerem que as mulheres com PCOS fenótipo “clássico” tenham alterações metabólicas mais severas comparadas às mulheres com o fenótipo ovulatório. Em razão disto, o objetivo do primeiro artigo original foi avaliar o desempenho da circunferência abdominal, da razão cintura-estatura, do índice de conicidade, do produto da acumulação lipídica (LAP) e do índice de adiposidade visceral (VAI) com base no modelo de homeostasia de à insulina (HOMA-IR)≥ 3,8 como padrão de referência para rastreamento de alterações Este estudo mostrou que, dentre os índices de adiposidade avaliados, os que apresentaram maior acurácia foram o LAP entre as mulheres com PCOS fenótipo “clássico” e o VAI entre as com fenótipo “ovulatório”. Aplicando o ponto de corte do LAP< 34, identificamos um subgrupo de pacientes sem alterações cardiometabólicas no grupo de mulheres com PCOS com fenótipo “clássico”, população com maior risco de hipertensão, de dislipidemia e de tolerância diminuída à glicose. Dentre as mulheres com PCOS classificadas com o fenótipo “ovulatório”, VAI≥ 1,32 foi capaz de detectar mulheres com pressão arterial significativamente mais alta e variáveis glicêmicas e lipídicas menos favoráveis em relação às mulheres com PCOS com fenótipo “ovulatório” com VAI abaixo deste ponto de corte. Atualmente, mudanças de estilo de vida (dieta e/ou exercício físico) são consideradas como primeira opção de tratamento não farmacológico nas mulheres com PCOS. Embora a prática de, pelo menos, 30 minutos por dia de exercício físico estruturado seja recomendada e tenha mostrado um potencial efeito na melhora da resistência insulínica e das variáveis antropométricas e hormonais, a manutenção deste hábito a longo prazo permanece como um ponto crítico. Neste sentido, o objetivo do segundo artigo foi avaliar o efeito da atividade física habitual (AFH) nos perfis metabólico e hormonal de mulheres com PCOS e controles pareadas por idade e índice de massa corporal (IMC). A AFH das participantes foi avaliada por meio de pedômetro digital e, conforme o número de passos diário, a participante foi classificada como ativa (≥ 7500 passos/dia) ou sedentária (< 7500 passos/dia). Mulheres ativas, em ambos os diagnósticos, apresentaram menor IMC, circunferência abdominal e LAP. No grupo PCOS, as mulheres ativas apresentaram menores valores de testosterona total, androstenediona e índice de androgênios livres (IAL) em comparação às sedentárias. Além disto, o aumento de 2000 passos foi um preditor independente de redução do IAL nas mulheres com a síndrome. Este estudo mostrou que ser mais ativa foi associado a um perfil antropométrico e metabólico mais saudável, portanto encorajar um estilo de vida mais ativo pode ser benéfico para mulheres com PCOS, especialmente para as obesas e sedentárias. / Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is characterized by ovulatory dysfunction a hyperandrogenism. The prevalence of PCOS in women of reproductive age range from 6- 19%. Women with PCOS present higher prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors as abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension, impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes mellitus type 2. These metabolic abnormalities have been primarily linked to insulin resistance. Currently, the diagnosis of PCOS is confirmed according the Rotterdam Consensus. The more frequent phenotypes are the classic phenotype (hyperandrogenism and anovulation with or without polycystic ovary appearance), and the ovulatory phenotype (hyperandrogenism and polycystic ovary appearance). Evidence suggests that women with classic PCOS phenotype present more severe metabolic alterations compared to women with ovulatory PCOS phenotype. The aim of the first study was to evaluate the performance of the waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio, conicity index, lipid accumulation product (LAP), and visceral adiposity index (VAI) based on homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA- IR)≥ 3.8 as standard reference for screening preclinical metabolic alterations and cardiovascular risk factors in classic PCOS and ovulatory PCOS phenotypes. Among these indexes, LAP had the best accuracy for screening metabolic alterations in classic PCOS phenotype, while VAI had the best accuracy for ovulatory PCOS phenotype. cardiometabolic alterations in the group with classic PCOS, a phenotype which is characterized by higher risk for hypertension, dyslipidemia, and impaired glucose tolerance. In ovulatory PCOS, VAI≥ 1.32 was useful to detect women with significantly higher blood pressure and less favorable glycemic and lipid variables as compared to ovulatory PCOS with lower VAI. In addition, lifestyle intervention (diet and/or exercise) is the first-line treatment for PCOS. Although structured exercise (at least 30 minutes daily) has been recommended and has shown a potential effect on improving insulin resistance, anthropometric, and hormonal variables, the long-term maintenance of exercise remains a critical point. Therefore, the aim of the second study was to objectively examine the effect of habitual PA on metabolic, hormonal, BMI, and anthropometric variables of women with PCOS and a control group, matched by age and BMI. The PA was assessed by digital pedometer, and according to the number of steps/day, participants were classified as active (≥ 7500 steps) or sedentary (< 7500 steps). This study showed that BMI, WC, and LAP were lower in active women in both groups. In the PCOS group, total testosterone, free androgen index (FAI), and androstenedione levels were lower in active when compared to sedentary women. Besides that, a 2,000 daily step increment was an independent predictor of the FAI reduction in PCOS group. The present study showed that a more active lifestyle is associated with healthier anthropometric and metabolic profile, and may be beneficial to women with PCOS, especially for those which are obese and sedentary.

The purpose of my graduation theses on the theme ? sheep breending at the ecological farm? was toanalyze the level of uses properities sheep and economic indicators at the ecological farm Račín situated in mountain part of Šumava. The detail information from studies of the technical literature specialized on ecological agriculture were brought out to analyze the whole questions of sheep breending at the ecological farm Račín. Meat yield was evaluated . The evaluation of reproduction was based on four basic reproductive indexes. The weight of 100 days old sheep and the production of wool were detected by scaling. Detected values were lower in most of indexes than published indexes. This fact is connected with detected inadequacies of lairage, nutrition and breending organization. Steps were suggested to eliminate these inaquacies and to innovate the level of breending in conclusion.

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A Análise Fatorial (AF) permitiu uma análise mais aprofundada das características sobre essa vertente, expurgando as correlações específicas entre elas e construindo fatores não correlacionados. A partir desse cenário, cinco índices foram construídos para refletir os fatores extraídos da AF, permitindo que estes fossem relacionados com o valor e desempenho das firmas por intermédio de regressões múltiplas, a citar: Remuneração variável, fixa, dedicação do membro ao conselho, formação básica do conselheiro e grau de instrução stricto sensu (mestrado e doutorado). Os resultados foram divididos em três seções: i) caracterização dos conselhos de administração no Brasil, para permitir uma melhor compreensão desse ambiente empresarial no país; ii) determinação das principais características desses conselhos, ou seja, quais características que mais explicam a variância dos dados, por intermédio da Análise Fatorial e; iii) relação entre os índices construídos com o retorno, retorno anormal, Q de Tobin, ROA e ROE, no sentido de verificar se as características que sintetizam o ambiente dos conselhos são enxergadas pelos investidores como importantes no momento do investimento. Os achados indicam que a remuneração dos conselheiros é responsável por explicar cerca de 40% da variância dos dados referentes aos conselhos, sugerindo que essa característica é de grande importância no espectro da governança corporativa, especialmente no que tange os conselhos de administração das empresas. Identificou-se também que o fator remuneração fixa influencia de forma negativa e significante no retorno anormal e no Q de Tobin. A relação entre os outros fatores e as variáveis dependentes também foram testadas e os resultados sugerem que a dedicação dos membros ao conselho é significante para explicar o Q de Tobin e o nível de instrução dos membros explicam significantemente o retorno, o retorno anormal e o Q de Tobin. / This study aimed to identify what are the key attributes that characterize the Boards of Directors (BoD) in Brazil, thus allowing for a better understanding of their influences on the capital market. I have been found that there is a high degree of correlation between the 31 analyzed characteristics, suggesting that other researches on the topic could have evidenced the relationships of some variables that probably were reflecting many other strongly correlated characteristics. The main target was to better understand the environment in which the Boards of Directors are situated in order to define, in fact, what are the key attributes of these Boards based on the variance of a larger set of characteristics. The factor analysis (FA) allowed a deeper analysis of these characteristics, getting rid of the specific correlations between them and then building non-correlated factors. From this scenario, five indexes were built to reflect the factors extracted from the FA, allowing them to be related to the value and performance of firms through multiple regressions; these factors are: variable and fixed remuneration, dedication of the members to the Board, basic training and degree of the BoD members (Master and PhD degree). The results were divided into three sections: i) characterization of the Boards of Directors in Brazil, to allow a better understanding of the BoD´s environment in the country; ii) determination of the key characteristics of these Boards, in other words, which are the characteristics that explain most of data variance, through factor analysis and; iii) the relationship between the constructed indexes and the return, abnormal return, Tobin´s Q, ROA e ROE, in order to verify if the features that summarize the environment of the BoD are perceived as important by investors at the time of the investment. In addition, I also found that the remuneration of the Directors is responsible for explaining about 40% of the data variance referring to the Boards of Directors, thus suggesting that this characteristic is of great importance in the spectrum of corporate governance, especially regarding the Boards of Directors of the firms. I also identified that the "fixed compensation" factor influences negatively and significantly both in abnormal return and Tobin´s Q. The relationship between dependent variables and other factors has also been tested and the results suggest that the dedication of the Board members is significant to explain Tobin´s Q and that the level of education of the members explains significantly the return, abnormal return and the Tobin´s Q.