CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / The objective present work was to evaluate the weight earnings, the morfometric and the characteristics of carcass of two genotype of lambs fedlot hair, Santa Ines and Somalis. Two experiments were accomplished: I - for weight earnings and morfometric of males and females, in confinement, and II - for evaluation of the characteristics of carcass of the males. In the experiment I, 10 males and 10 females of the race Santa Ines, and 10 males and 06 females of the race Somalis, were used, in a completely randomized design, in factorial outline 2x2 (two races and two sexes), which totaled four treatments. The adopted alimentary handling was the supply of pricked grass-elephant and concentrated (400g/head/day), distributed in the morning and in the afternoon. The experimental period had duration of 60 days, where every fifteen days the animals were heavy and accomplished the following weight measures: withers height (HW), crop height (CH),thorax height (TH), length of the body (LB), thoracic perimeter (TP), width of the thorax (WT), width of the croup (WC), croup length (CL), ileum width (IW) and width isqueum (IW). In the experiment II, a completely randomized design, where nine males Santa Ines and six Somalis were abated when they reached an average of 28 kg of alive weight. The appraised characteristics were, the alive discount weight (DW), hot carcass weigh (HCW), cold carcass weigh (CCW), hot carcass revenues (HCR) and cold (CCR), cooling loss (CL), internal length of the carcass (CLI) and the index of compactness of the carcass (ICC). In the cold carcass they were appraised the revenue of the following commercial cuts: neck, palette, whole loin, leg, chest, rack, rib and flank. There was significant difference (P<0.05) among the races and enter the sexes so much for the corporal weight as for most of the accomplished measures, of the 150 to the 210 days of age, and the race Santa Ines was superior the race Somalis, and the superior males the females. Among the carcass characteristics, the race Somalis presented smaller averages for PR and ML (P<0.05) than Santa Ines. There were not significant differences for the other carcass characteristics, as well as for the revenues of the cuts, among the appraised races. Santa Ines presented larger weights, weight measures, internal length of the carcass and it breaks for cooling than Somalis. With relationship to the revenue of the commercial cuts accomplished in the carcass the races sheeps Santa Ines and Somalis they were similar to each other / O objetivo presente trabalho foi avaliar o ganho de peso, a morfometria e as caracterÃsticas de carcaÃa de dois genÃtipos de ovinos deslanados, Santa InÃs e Somalis. Foram realizados dois experimentos: I â para ganho de peso e morfometria de machos e fÃmeas, em confinamento, e II â para avaliaÃÃo das caracterÃsticas de carcaÃa dos machos. No experimento I, foram utilizados 10 machos e 10 fÃmeas da raÃa Santa InÃs, e 10 machos e 06 fÃmeas da raÃa Somalis Brasileiros, em um delineamento inteiramente casualizado, em esquema fatorial 2x2 (duas raÃas e dois sexos), o qual totalizou quatro tratamentos. O manejo alimentar adotado foi o fornecimento de capim-elefante picado e concentrado (400g/ cabeÃa/dia), distribuÃdos pela manhà e à tarde. O perÃodo experimental teve duraÃÃo de 60 dias, onde a cada quinze dias os animais foram pesados e realizadas as seguintes medidas corporais: altura da cernelha (ACE), altura da garupa (AGA), altura do tÃrax (ATO), comprimento do corpo (CCO), perÃmetro torÃcico (PTO), largura do tÃrax (LTO), largura da garupa (LGA), comprimento da garupa (CGA), largura do Ãlio (LIL) e largura do Ãsquio (LIS). No experimento II, foi utilizado um delineamento inteiramente casualizado, onde nove machos Santa InÃs e seis Somalis foram abatidos quando atingiram uma mÃdia de 28 kg de peso vivo. As caracterÃsticas avaliadas foram, o peso vivo ao abate (PVA), peso da carcaÃa quente (PCQ), peso da carcaÃa fria (PCF), rendimentos de carcaÃa quente (RCQ) e fria (RCF), perda por resfriamento (PR), comprimento interno da carcaÃa (ML) e o Ãndice de compacidade da carcaÃa (ICC). Na carcaÃa fria foram avaliados o rendimento dos seguintes cortes comerciais: pescoÃo, paleta, lombo inteiro, perna, peito, carrÃ, costela e fraldinha. Houve diferenÃa significativa (p<0,05) entre as raÃas e entre os sexos tanto para o peso corporal como para a maioria das medidas realizadas, dos 150 aos 210 dias de idade, sendo que a raÃa Santa InÃs foi superior a raÃa Somalis, e os machos superiores as fÃmeas. Dentre as caracterÃsticas de carcaÃa, a raÃa Somalis apresentou menores mÃdias para PR e ML (p<0,05) do que a Santa InÃs. NÃo houve diferenÃas significativas para as demais caracterÃsticas de carcaÃa, como tambÃm para os rendimentos dos cortes, entre as raÃas avaliadas. A Santa InÃs apresentou maiores pesos, medidas corporais, comprimento interno da carcaÃa e quebra por resfriamento do que a Somalis. Quanto ao rendimento dos cortes comerciais realizados na carcaÃa as raÃas ovinas Santa InÃs e Somalis foram semelhantes entre si.

COSTA, Tatiana Gouveia Pinto. Avaliação do ganho de peso, desempenho, morfometria e características de carcaça de ovinos das raças Santa Inês e Somalis brasileiro, no Estado do Ceará. 2007. xiii, 45 f. : Dissertação (Mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Ciências, Departamento de Zootecnia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zootecnia. Fortaleza-CE, 2007. / Submitted by Eric Santiago (erichhcl@gmail.com) on 2016-08-09T15:15:24Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2007_dis_tgpcosta.pdf: 433028 bytes, checksum: acc2f127c4993cc615ee5da64b171ffd (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Nádja Goes (nmoraissoares@gmail.com) on 2016-08-09T15:42:37Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2007_dis_tgpcosta.pdf: 433028 bytes, checksum: acc2f127c4993cc615ee5da64b171ffd (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-09T15:42:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2007_dis_tgpcosta.pdf: 433028 bytes, checksum: acc2f127c4993cc615ee5da64b171ffd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / The objective present work was to evaluate the weight earnings, the morfometric and the characteristics of carcass of two genotype of lambs fedlot hair, Santa Ines and Somalis. Two experiments were accomplished: I - for weight earnings and morfometric of males and females, in confinement, and II - for evaluation of the characteristics of carcass of the males. In the experiment I, 10 males and 10 females of the race Santa Ines, and 10 males and 06 females of the race Somalis, were used, in a completely randomized design, in factorial outline 2x2 (two races and two sexes), which totaled four treatments. The adopted alimentary handling was the supply of pricked grass-elephant and concentrated (400g/head/day), distributed in the morning and in the afternoon. The experimental period had duration of 60 days, where every fifteen days the animals were heavy and accomplished the following weight measures: withers height (HW), crop height (CH),thorax height (TH), length of the body (LB), thoracic perimeter (TP), width of the thorax (WT), width of the croup (WC), croup length (CL), ileum width (IW) and width isqueum (IW). In the experiment II, a completely randomized design, where nine males Santa Ines and six Somalis were abated when they reached an average of 28 kg of alive weight. The appraised characteristics were, the alive discount weight (DW), hot carcass weigh (HCW), cold carcass weigh (CCW), hot carcass revenues (HCR) and cold (CCR), cooling loss (CL), internal length of the carcass (CLI) and the index of compactness of the carcass (ICC). In the cold carcass they were appraised the revenue of the following commercial cuts: neck, palette, whole loin, leg, chest, rack, rib and flank. There was significant difference (P<0.05) among the races and enter the sexes so much for the corporal weight as for most of the accomplished measures, of the 150 to the 210 days of age, and the race Santa Ines was superior the race Somalis, and the superior males the females. Among the carcass characteristics, the race Somalis presented smaller averages for PR and ML (P<0.05) than Santa Ines. There were not significant differences for the other carcass characteristics, as well as for the revenues of the cuts, among the appraised races. Santa Ines presented larger weights, weight measures, internal length of the carcass and it breaks for cooling than Somalis. With relationship to the revenue of the commercial cuts accomplished in the carcass the races sheeps Santa Ines and Somalis they were similar to each other / O objetivo presente trabalho foi avaliar o ganho de peso, a morfometria e as características de carcaça de dois genótipos de ovinos deslanados, Santa Inês e Somalis. Foram realizados dois experimentos: I – para ganho de peso e morfometria de machos e fêmeas, em confinamento, e II – para avaliação das características de carcaça dos machos. No experimento I, foram utilizados 10 machos e 10 fêmeas da raça Santa Inês, e 10 machos e 06 fêmeas da raça Somalis Brasileiros, em um delineamento inteiramente casualizado, em esquema fatorial 2x2 (duas raças e dois sexos), o qual totalizou quatro tratamentos. O manejo alimentar adotado foi o fornecimento de capim-elefante picado e concentrado (400g/ cabeça/dia), distribuídos pela manhã e à tarde. O período experimental teve duração de 60 dias, onde a cada quinze dias os animais foram pesados e realizadas as seguintes medidas corporais: altura da cernelha (ACE), altura da garupa (AGA), altura do tórax (ATO), comprimento do corpo (CCO), perímetro torácico (PTO), largura do tórax (LTO), largura da garupa (LGA), comprimento da garupa (CGA), largura do ílio (LIL) e largura do ísquio (LIS). No experimento II, foi utilizado um delineamento inteiramente casualizado, onde nove machos Santa Inês e seis Somalis foram abatidos quando atingiram uma média de 28 kg de peso vivo. As características avaliadas foram, o peso vivo ao abate (PVA), peso da carcaça quente (PCQ), peso da carcaça fria (PCF), rendimentos de carcaça quente (RCQ) e fria (RCF), perda por resfriamento (PR), comprimento interno da carcaça (ML) e o índice de compacidade da carcaça (ICC). Na carcaça fria foram avaliados o rendimento dos seguintes cortes comerciais: pescoço, paleta, lombo inteiro, perna, peito, carré, costela e fraldinha. Houve diferença significativa (p<0,05) entre as raças e entre os sexos tanto para o peso corporal como para a maioria das medidas realizadas, dos 150 aos 210 dias de idade, sendo que a raça Santa Inês foi superior a raça Somalis, e os machos superiores as fêmeas. Dentre as características de carcaça, a raça Somalis apresentou menores médias para PR e ML (p<0,05) do que a Santa Inês. Não houve diferenças significativas para as demais características de carcaça, como também para os rendimentos dos cortes, entre as raças avaliadas. A Santa Inês apresentou maiores pesos, medidas corporais, comprimento interno da carcaça e quebra por resfriamento do que a Somalis. Quanto ao rendimento dos cortes comerciais realizados na carcaça as raças ovinas Santa Inês e Somalis foram semelhantes entre si.

Viena iš svarbiausių daugiamečio sportinio rengimo veiksmingumo sąlygų yra tikslingas profesionalus rengimo valdymas: multispektrinis ir daugiamokslinis vyksmas – tikslingas atleto sportinio parengtumo gerinimas, įgyvendinant numatytas pratybų ir varžybų programas Būtina veiksmingo sportinio rengimo valdymo sąlyga – svarbiausių veiksnių, labiausiai lemiančių jaunųjų krepšininkų sportinį parengtumą ir sportinių rezultatų gerėjimą, geriausių rezultatų siekimą, pažinimas. Tai svarbu todėl, kad krepšininkų žaidimo kokybė, sėkmė svarbiausiose varžybose priklauso nuo daugelio veiksnių. Deja, pasigendama tyrimų, nagrinėjančių pagrindinių jaunųjų krepšininkų morfologinių ir greitumo jėgos rodiklių priklausomybę, jų įtaką fiziniam jaunųjų krepšininkų parengtumui. Iškyla aktuali mokslinė problema – nustatyti jaunųjų krepšininkų morfologinių ir greitumo jėgos rodiklius, jų kaitą ir tarpusavio ryšį brendimo laikotarpiu. Tyrimo objektas – jaunųjų krepšininkų morfologiniai ir greitumo jėgos rodikliai, jų kaita ir tarpusavio ryšys. Tyrimo tikslas – nustatyti ir įvertinti jaunųjų krepšininkų morfologinius ir greitumo jėgos rodiklius, jų kaitą ir tarpusavio ryšį brendimo laikotarpiu. Tyrimo uždaviniai: 1. Nustatyti ir įvertinti pagrindinius jaunųjų krepšininkų morfologinius rodiklius ir jų kaitą. 2. Nustatyti ir įvertinti greitumo jėgos rodiklius ir jų kaitą. 3. Nustatyti morfologinių ir greitumo jėgos rodiklių tarpusavio ryšį. Tyrimo metodai Tyrimo uždaviniams spręsti buvo taikyti tokie... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / One of the most significant conditions for the effective long-term athlete training is a purposeful professional control of training: multispectral and interdisciplinary process focused on the improvement of athletic training by implementing planned programs of training sessions and competitions. An essential condition for effective athletic training is the understanding of the most important factors influencing athletic fitness and increased sport performance in young basketball players. The quality of their play and the success in the main competitions depend on a series of factors. This awareness and the lack of previous studies analysing interdependence between the key morphological characteristics and the indicators of velocity power as well as their influence on physical fitness in young players make this scientific problem to determine morphological characteristics and the indicators of velocity power in young basketball players, their change and correlation during puberty relevant. Object of the study: morphological characteristics and indicators of velocity power in young basketball players, their change and interrelations. Aim of the study is to determine and evaluate morphological characteristics and indicators of velocity power, their change and correlation during the period of puberty. Objectives of the study: 4. To determine and evaluate the main morphological characteristics in young basketball players and their change. 5. To determine and evaluate indicators... [to full text]

Resumo: O presente estudo teve por objetivo avaliar a eficácia e seletividade de herbicidas aplicados em pós-emergência, isolados e em misturas, para o controle de plantas daninhas e os efeitos sobre o crescimento e o desenvolvimento da soja convencional (M-SOY 8001) e transgênica (M-SOY 7908 RR). Também foram estudados os efeitos dos produtos sobre a atividade fotossintética e nas características morfológicas externas e internas das plantas. Foram conduzidos dois experimentos, no ano agrícola 2006/2007 e repetido em 2007/2008, em condições de campo, na Fazenda de Ensino, Pesquisa e Produção da UNESP, Câmpus de Jaboticabal, SP. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi em blocos ao acaso com quatro repetições. Os tratamentos constaram da aplicação de herbicidas isolados e em misturas: lactofen (168 g ha- 1), glyphosate (1080 g ha-1), lactofen + chlorimuron-ethyl (96 + 10 g ha-1), chlorimuron-ethyl + imazethapyr (10 + 70 g ha-1), chlorimuron-ethyl + bentazon (10 + 600 g ha-1), glyphosate + imazethapyr (900 + 70 g ha-1), lactofen + chlorimuronethyl + imazethapyr (96 + 10 + 70 g ha-1) e lactofen + chlorimuron-ethyl + imazethapyr/haloxyfop-methyl (96 + 10 + 70 / 60 g ha-1). Além disso, foram mantidas duas testemunhas sem aplicação de herbicida (capinada e mantida infestada). Concluiu-se que os herbicidas utilizados foram seletivos para a soja; exceção dos tratamentos com glyphosate na soja M-SOY 8001. Na condição de baixa infestação de plantas daninhas, os herbicidas aplicados foram eficazes no controle destas. Na área com maior infestação de plantas daninhas, a aplicação de glyphosate isolado ou em mistura com imazethapyr proporcionou melhor controle das plantas infestantes. Quanto a eficiência fotossintética máxima, apenas o cultivar convencional foi suscetível à aplicação dos herbicidas, principalmente às misturas contendo lactofen + chlorimuron-ethyl... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This research was carried out to evaluate the efficiency and selectivity postemergence herbicides applied alone and in mixtures to the weed control and the effects on the growth and the development transgenic (M-SOY 7908 RR) and conventional (M-SOY 8001) soybean. The effects of the products on the photosynthetic activity and the external and internal morphologic characteristics of the plants, also it studied. Two experiments were carried out from 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 under field conditions on Education, Research and Production Farm of UNESP in Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil. A randomized complete block experimental design with four replications was used. Herbicide treatments consisted lactofen (168 g ha-1), glyphosate (1080 g ha-1), lactofen + chlorimuronethyl (96 + 10 g ha-1), chlorimuron-ethyl + imazethapyr (10 + 70 g ha-1), chlorimuron-ethyl + bentazon (10 + 600 g ha-1), glyphosate + imazethapyr (900 g + 70 g ha-1), lactofen + chlorimuron-ethyl + imazethapyr (96 + 10 + 70 g ha-1) and lactofen + chlorimuron-ethyl + imazethapyr/haloxyfop-methyl (96 + 10 + 70 + 60 g ha-1). The tests included two nontreated (no hand weeded and hand weeded). The herbicides were selective for the soybean; exception of the treatments glyphosate applied in the M-SOY 8001 soybean. Under low weed condition, the herbicides applied were effective in the weed control. In the area with larger weed condition, glyphosate applied alone and glyphosate plus imazethapyr caused better control the weeds compared other herbicides. With respect to maximum photosynthetic efficiency response, just conventional soybean was susceptible the herbicides applied, mainly the mixtures containing lactofen + chlorimuron-ethyl and lactofen + chlorimuron-ethyl + imazethapyr / haloxifop-methyl. For total chlorophyll response, the varieties presented susceptibility to the lactofen alone and in mixture with chlorimuron-ethyl, imazethapyr... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Orientador: Pedro Luís da Costa Aguiar Alves / Coorientadora: Fabíola Vitti Moro / Banca: Dagoberto Martins / Banca: Maria Aparecida Pessoa da Cruz Centurion / Banca: Ricardo Victoria Filho / Banca: Núbia Maria Correia / Doutor

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:34:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-02-13Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:44:38Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 correa_mjp_dr_jabo.pdf: 913272 bytes, checksum: 5000bc011ba683f81e165123412cb4d8 (MD5) / Uema-Universidade Estadual do Maranhao / O presente estudo teve por objetivo avaliar a eficácia e seletividade de herbicidas aplicados em pós-emergência, isolados e em misturas, para o controle de plantas daninhas e os efeitos sobre o crescimento e o desenvolvimento da soja convencional (M-SOY 8001) e transgênica (M-SOY 7908 RR). Também foram estudados os efeitos dos produtos sobre a atividade fotossintética e nas características morfológicas externas e internas das plantas. Foram conduzidos dois experimentos, no ano agrícola 2006/2007 e repetido em 2007/2008, em condições de campo, na Fazenda de Ensino, Pesquisa e Produção da UNESP, Câmpus de Jaboticabal, SP. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi em blocos ao acaso com quatro repetições. Os tratamentos constaram da aplicação de herbicidas isolados e em misturas: lactofen (168 g ha- 1), glyphosate (1080 g ha-1), lactofen + chlorimuron-ethyl (96 + 10 g ha-1), chlorimuron-ethyl + imazethapyr (10 + 70 g ha-1), chlorimuron-ethyl + bentazon (10 + 600 g ha-1), glyphosate + imazethapyr (900 + 70 g ha-1), lactofen + chlorimuronethyl + imazethapyr (96 + 10 + 70 g ha-1) e lactofen + chlorimuron-ethyl + imazethapyr/haloxyfop-methyl (96 + 10 + 70 / 60 g ha-1). Além disso, foram mantidas duas testemunhas sem aplicação de herbicida (capinada e mantida infestada). Concluiu-se que os herbicidas utilizados foram seletivos para a soja; exceção dos tratamentos com glyphosate na soja M-SOY 8001. Na condição de baixa infestação de plantas daninhas, os herbicidas aplicados foram eficazes no controle destas. Na área com maior infestação de plantas daninhas, a aplicação de glyphosate isolado ou em mistura com imazethapyr proporcionou melhor controle das plantas infestantes. Quanto a eficiência fotossintética máxima, apenas o cultivar convencional foi suscetível à aplicação dos herbicidas, principalmente às misturas contendo lactofen + chlorimuron-ethyl... / This research was carried out to evaluate the efficiency and selectivity postemergence herbicides applied alone and in mixtures to the weed control and the effects on the growth and the development transgenic (M-SOY 7908 RR) and conventional (M-SOY 8001) soybean. The effects of the products on the photosynthetic activity and the external and internal morphologic characteristics of the plants, also it studied. Two experiments were carried out from 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 under field conditions on Education, Research and Production Farm of UNESP in Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil. A randomized complete block experimental design with four replications was used. Herbicide treatments consisted lactofen (168 g ha-1), glyphosate (1080 g ha-1), lactofen + chlorimuronethyl (96 + 10 g ha-1), chlorimuron-ethyl + imazethapyr (10 + 70 g ha-1), chlorimuron-ethyl + bentazon (10 + 600 g ha-1), glyphosate + imazethapyr (900 g + 70 g ha-1), lactofen + chlorimuron-ethyl + imazethapyr (96 + 10 + 70 g ha-1) and lactofen + chlorimuron-ethyl + imazethapyr/haloxyfop-methyl (96 + 10 + 70 + 60 g ha-1). The tests included two nontreated (no hand weeded and hand weeded). The herbicides were selective for the soybean; exception of the treatments glyphosate applied in the M-SOY 8001 soybean. Under low weed condition, the herbicides applied were effective in the weed control. In the area with larger weed condition, glyphosate applied alone and glyphosate plus imazethapyr caused better control the weeds compared other herbicides. With respect to maximum photosynthetic efficiency response, just conventional soybean was susceptible the herbicides applied, mainly the mixtures containing lactofen + chlorimuron-ethyl and lactofen + chlorimuron-ethyl + imazethapyr / haloxifop-methyl. For total chlorophyll response, the varieties presented susceptibility to the lactofen alone and in mixture with chlorimuron-ethyl, imazethapyr... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Properties of aggregates are affected by their morphological characteristics, including shape factors, angularity and texture. These morphological characteristics influence the aggregate's mutual interactions and strengths of bonds between the aggregates and the binder. The interactions between aggregates and bond strengths between the aggregate and the binder are vital to rheological properties, related to workability and friction resistance of mixtures. As a consequence, quantification of the aggregate's morphological characteristics is essential for better quality control and performance improvement of aggregates. With advancement of hardware and software, the computation capability has reached the stage to rapidly quantify morphological characteristics at multiple scales using digital imaging techniques. Various computational algorithms have been developed, including Hough transform, Fourier transform, and wavelet analysis, etc. Among the aforementioned computational algorithms, Fourier transform has been implemented in various areas by representing the original image/signal in the spatial domain as a summation of representing functions of varying magnitudes, frequencies and phases in the frequency domain. This dissertation is dedicated to developing the two-dimensional Fourier transform (FFT2) method using the Fourier Transform Interferometry (FTI) system that is capable to quantify aggregate morphological characteristics at different scales. In this dissertation, FFT2 method is adopted to quantify angularity and texture of aggregates based on surface coordinates acquired from digital images in the FTI system. This is followed by a comprehensive review on prevalent aggregate imaging techniques for the quantification of aggregate morphological characteristics, including the second generation of Aggregate Image Measurement System (AIMS II), University of Illinois Aggregate Image Analyzer (UIAIA), the FTI system, etc. Recommendations are made on the usage of aggregate imaging system in the measurements of morphological parameters that are interested. After that, the influence of parent rock, crushing, and abrasion/polishing on aggregate morphological characteristics are evaluated. Atomic-scale roughness is calculated for crystal structures of five representative minerals in four types of minerals (i.e., α-quartz for quartzite/granite/gravel/aplite, dolomite for dolomite, calcite for limestone, haematite and magnetite for iron ore); roughness ranking at atomic-scale is further compared with surface texture ranking at macroscale based on measurement results using the FTI system and AIMS II. Morphological characteristics of aggregates before and after crushing test and micro-deval test are measured to quantitatively evaluate the influences of the crushing process and the abrasion/polishing process on morphological characteristics of aggregates, respectively. / Ph. D.

Meadow bromegrass (<i>Bromus riparius</i> Rehm.) is a recently introduced pasture grass in western Canada. Its leafy production and rapid regrowth have made it the most widely used grass species for pasturing beef animals in this region. As relatively little breeding work has been done on this species, there is little information on its breeding behaviour. The main objective of this study was to estimate genetic parameters and assess breeding methodologies for meadow bromegrass. Forty-four meadow bromegrass genotypes from the three available cultivars and forty half-sib (polycross (PX) and open-pollinated (OP)) and selfed (S1) progenies were evaluated for morphological and agronomic characters, and molecular (RAPD) markers. Genetic variation for total biological yield, head weight, seed yield, harvest index, height, growth habit, spread, and volume was significant in the OP and S1 tests. Genetic variation estimates for dry matter yield were negative (PX), not significant (OP), or moderate (S1). Estimated geneticvariation for quality traits and those characters which were visually evaluated was not significant, except for growth habit (OP and S1) and acid-detergent fiber (ADF) (S1). Among progeny lines, RAPD marker variation found in the half-sib progenies accounted for about 15% of the total variation. In the S1 test the variation among progeny lines was twice that of the half-sib progenies. Correlations between the different characters demonstrated that is possible to simultaneously improve both seed and forage yield. Since leafiness was found to be correlated with dry matter yield but not with seed yield it may be possible to simultaneously improve all three characters. Rankings of progenies by the half-sib tests for forage and seed yield were not changed by the use of the synthetic parental value (SVi) which includes information from selfed progeny. The PX progeny test did not discriminate parents as well as the OP and S1 tests, which may be due to non-random pollination in the polycross. The S1 progeny test showed the highest predicted response to selection, followed by the OP test. Heritability estimates from the OP and S1 tests for total biological yield, seed yield, harvest index, and height, were similar to those found in the clonal evaluation test. Therefore, a clonal evaluation test will provide sufficient information to choose parents for breeding an improved synthetic cultivar for these characters. Observed dissimilarity of ranking of progeny lines over progeny tests for some traits (head weight, seed yield, and harvest index) was due to discrepancies between the PX and OP tests. No differences in progeny line ranking among the progeny tests were observed for all other traits. Analysis of variance on marker frequency means showed that interaction between genotypes and progeny lines was also not significant.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T17:48:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fernando_Henrique_de_Souza.pdf: 1096434 bytes, checksum: 5d8e7789a9e24f55a440b9f9c7615b45 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-08-19 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / In the tropics, livestock production is virtually dependent on pasture. In Brazil, the exploitation of pastures extraction is done by providing in this way, the progressive degradation of pastures. As a result there is a continuing search for new and even miraculous grasses to replace those that were used, without bothering to correct the problems that led to a drop in pasture productivity. Probably, the problems of reduced productivity are linked to soil fertility and pasture management. The use of nitrogen fertilizers, in animal production systems in grazing, aims to increase the sustainability of the business, by increasing the longevity of the pasture. In systems with low management level / input, the replacement of nitrogen (N) primarily aims to ensure the sustainability of plant communities. Already in production systems and improved management uprighted, N, besides working on the sustainability of grazing, becomes the main nutrient controlling the plant and animal productivity, as the increased availability of N in the medium interferes positively on the factors morphology of grasses, stimulating its growth and, consequently, contributing to increased productivity of the pasture. The aim of this study was to evaluate the morphogenesis, production and nutritional Panicum maximum cv. Millennium IPR 86 fertilized with increasing doses of nitrogen at different cutting heights. The forages studied responded very well to nitrogen fertilization showing the best response at the highest dose applied, and the height of 90 cm was obtained the best yield response, which is the recommended height for the management of this forage. However if the goal is to provide a forage with a higher nutritional value it should be handled at the height of 80 cm. / Nas regiões tropicais, a produção animal é, praticamente, dependente de pastagens. No Brasil a exploração das pastagens é feita de forma extrativista, proporcionando dessa maneira, a degradação progressiva das pastagens. Em decorrência disso observa-se uma busca continua de novas e até milagrosas gramíneas forrageiras para substituir aquelas que foram utilizadas, sem no entanto preocupar-se em corrigir os problemas que levaram à queda da produtividade da pastagem. Provavelmente, os problemas dessa queda de produtividade estão ligados a fertilidade dos solos e ao manejo das pastagens. O uso de fertilizantes nitrogenados, em sistemas de produção animal em pastejo, tem o objetivo de aumentar a sustentabilidade do negócio, por meio do aumento na longevidade da pastagem. Em sistemas com baixo nível de manejo/insumo, a reposição de nitrogênio (N) visa prioritariamente garantir a sustentabilidade da comunidade vegetal. Já em sistemas de produção verticalizados e de melhor manejo, o N, além de atuar sobre a sustentabilidade da pastagem, torna-se o principal nutriente regulando a produtividade vegetal e animal, pois o aumento na disponibilidade de N no meio interfere positivamente sobre os fatores morfológicos da planta forrageira, estimulando seu crescimento e, conseqüentemente, concorrendo para o aumento da produtividade da pastagem. O objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar as características morfogênicas, produtivas e nutricionais do Panicum maximum cv. Milênio IPR 86 adubado com doses crescentes de nitrogênio em diferentes alturas de corte. A planta forrageira estudada respondeu muito bem a adubação nitrogenada apresentando a melhor resposta na maior dose aplicada, sendo que na altura de 90 cm se obteve as melhores respostas produtivas, sendo esta a altura recomendada para o manejo desta forrageira. No entanto se o objetivo for o fornecimento de uma forragem com um maior valor nutricional este devera ser manejado na altura de 80 cm

Content: Identification and classification of leather species becomes valuable and necessary due to concerns regarding consumer protection, product counterfeiting, and dispute settlement in the leather industry. Identification and classification of leather into species is carried out by histological examination or molecular analysis based on DNA. Manual method requires expertise, training and experience, and due to involvement of human judgment disputes are inevitable thus a need to automate the leather species identification. In the present investigation, an attempt has been made to automate leather species identification using machine learning techniques. A novel non-destructive leather species identification algorithm is proposed for the identification of cow, buffalo, goat and sheep leathers. Hair pore pattern was segmented efficiently using k-means clustering algorithm Significant features representing the unique characteristics of each species such as no.of hair pores, pore density, percent porosity, shape of the pores etc., were extracted. The generated features were used for training the Random forest classifier. Experimental results on the leather species image library database achieved an accuracy of 87 % using random forest as classifier, confirming the potentials of using the proposed system for automatic leather species classification. Take-Away: Novel technique to identify leather species Non destructive method Machine learning algorithms to automate leather species identification

L’objectif de cette thèse est d’étudier la fonction argumentale afin d’élaborer une méthode pour l’acquisition automatique des termes d’une manière pertinente et efficace. Nous avons d’abord discuté du profilage du corpus et de la constitution du corpus web pour le traitement automatique des langues. Ensuite, trois méthodes ont été développées en nous fondant sur les caractéristiques morphologiques des unités lexicales et la relation d’appropriation entre les prédicats appropriés et leurs arguments. La méthode distributionnelle a pour objet d’exploiter les structures prédicat-argument pour repérer les arguments de la classe sémantique donnée. La méthode morphosémantique est développée en se fondant sur les structures internes des unités lexicales en vue d’étendre la liste de termes. La méthode combinatoire qui associe les deux premières approches permet d’améliorer la pertinence du résultat. Finalement, nous avons développé une réflexion sur la particularité de la langue, la classe sémantique, la langue de spécialité et la récursivité de la langue dans la perspective du traitement automatique des langues. / This thesis aims to study the argumental function for finding an efficient method to automatically acquire the terms. We start with a discussion on the problematic of the corpus which is: what kind of corpus should we choose and how should we construct the web corpus. Then, three methods are developed which are based on the morphological characteristics of lexical units and the relation between the appropriate predicates and their arguments. The distributional method tries to exploit the predicate-argument structures for identifying the arguments of the given semantic class. The morph-semantic method is developed on the basis of the morphological characteristics of the lexical units in order to extend the list of terms. The mixed method which combines the two precedent approaches permit to improve the result. Finally, we try to develop a statement on the natural language character, on the semantic class, on the specialized language and on the recursive nature of language in the perspective of natural language processing.