Ethylene-tetra-fluoro-ethylene (ETFE) is a synthetic fluoropolymer. In the form of ETFE-foil it is applied in building envelopes in a single layer or more commonly, as inflatable cushions composed of multiple layers. ETFE-foils are widely used as a lightweight building envelope where high translucency, low structural weight, and complex shape is essential. However, limited research in the field of thermal performance of ETFE-foil panels and spaces enclosed with it instigated this study. Therefore, this study investigated (I) the thermal behaviour of ETFE-foil materials and the thermal performance of spaces enclosed with ETFE cushion roofs, (II) used commercially available thermal simulation software to predict the thermal performance of spaces enclosed with ETFE cushion and glass roofs and compared this with actual monitored behaviour (III) identified strategies to improve the thermal performance of spaces enclosed with ETFE cushion roofs in current and projected climate scenarios; and finally (IV) proposed design recommendations of ETFE-foil panels/cushions as a building fabric components. Material properties were investigated in laboratory based experiments. Further data were collected from two custom built outdoor test-rigs equipped with single-, two- and three-layer ETFE-foil panels. Environmental data were collected from two case study buildings to evaluate the thermal performance of the spaces enclosed with ETFE-foil cushion roofs. In addition, building simulation was conducted using EDSL TAS version 9.3.3.b to further analyse the indoor thermal environment and compare with monitored behaviour. The study identified variable thermal-optical properties of ETFE foils caused by various percentages of fritted area and its pigment density. The results also identified that the thermal environment of the test-rigs was affected by the variations in the surface temperatures of ETFE-foils and the temperature of air volume between multiple ETFE-foils (in case of two and three layer panels) by convective and radiative heat transfer mechanisms. The results from the case study buildings identified that during hot summer days, indoor air temperature and temperature stratification was higher in the atrium space enclosed with three-layer ETFE-foil cushions compared to the space enclosed with two-layer ETFE-foil cushion covered with rain mesh. However, both of the spaces were overheated during the summer of 2015. To develop an accurate simulation model for ETFE cushion roofs, a novel approach of modelling was developed. The simulation model was validated and calibrated by comparing with measured data from test-rigs and case study buildings. A comparison of predicted results of the spaces enclosed with a multi-layer ETFE-foil cushion roof and a glass roof showed that the extent of overheating was high when spaces were enclosed with glass roofs. Among two-and three-layer ETFE-foil cushion and glass roofs, two-layer ETFE-foil cushions with 75% fritting and rain mesh effectively reduced air temperature and cooling load during the peak summer period. The findings of this study will enable designers to select and develop design strategies for applying ETFE-foils in building envelopes on the basis of thermal and optical requirements. The study also suggested to change the view of current design practice that only focused on current conditions; such as the use of ETFE-foils may require more adaptive approach to mitigate overheating problems in projected climate.

Dissertação (Mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas. / Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-17T18:36:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0Bitstream added on 2014-09-25T16:18:31Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 170118.pdf: 7675032 bytes, checksum: fd841e5d47365bc78b9ae066f313e0f5 (MD5) / Registros da Fundação Nacional de Saúde mostram que 1.523.657 adolescentes entre 13 e 19 anos engravidaram no Brasil em 1995. No Hospital Regional de São José (HRSJ), em 1998, foram realizados 870 partos em adolescentes menores de 19 anos, representando um índice de 23% dos partos realizados nesse ano. Destas adolescentes, 110 tiveram filhos com baixo peso. No Ambulatório de Adolescentes do HRSJ, foram acompanhadas pela pesquisadora, de março de 98 a maio de 99, 110 moças no período grávido-puerperal, através de reuniões mensais, utilizando-se a técnica de dinâmica de grupo. Observou-se que: 90% das adolescentes nunca havia usado preservativos,80% não estava estudando e 60% declarou conhecer métodos contraceptivos. As grávidas verbalizaram sentimentos de medo do parto e ansiedade em relação a troca de papéis. As puérperas relataram insegurança nos cuidados com o bebê, sentimento muitas vezes reforçado por figuras próximas, que acabaram assumindo a maternagem da criança. As adolescentes acostumadas ao cuidado de irmãos ou outras crianças, incorporaram rapidamente seu novo papel e algumas até faziam planos de engravidar novamente.

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. / Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-18T00:28:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0Bitstream added on 2014-09-25T18:36:26Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 177367.pdf: 14073448 bytes, checksum: bc9b231c8d08849b0a3db928c477220a (MD5) / O esplendor de Portugal de António Lobo Antunes e Lavoura arcaica de Raduan Nassar constituem o corpus desta análise que tem como objeto de estudo o desamor e o desfazer-se das relações no universo familiar. Entendida como uma tendência da ficção contemporânea, interessa-nos investigar, à luz do cronotopo idílico familiar bakhtiniano, especialmente de sua destruição, de que forma as narrativas dialogam com a complexa fragilidade dos laços familiares nos romances.

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Ciencias Agrarias / Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-16T22:59:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Foi avaliado o efeito da fração fibra (lignina e pectina) e fonte de fibra (Fibraxx) em dietas ricas ou isentas de colesterol sobre os níveis séricos de colesterol, HDL-colesterol e Triacilglicerois de ratos albinos. Foram utilizados 11 tipos de rações: comercial (tempo zero), 4 grupos controles (sem fibra ou com 5g% de celulose, com ou sem a adição de 1g% de colesterol) e 6 grupos testes (com 5g% de lignina, de pectina ou de 10g% de Fibraxx, com ou sem a adição de 1g% de colesterol). O experimento foi realizado durante 42 dias, utilizando 77 ratos. Ao final desse período, os ratos foram anestesiados e coletado o sangue por punção cardíaca. A pectina e a lignina adicionada ao colesterol dietético reduziram o colesterol total sérico; a pectina aumentou o HDL-colesterol enquanto que a lignina reduziu-o. O Fibraxx favoreceu o aumento do colesterol total e HDL-colesterol; e diminuiu o Triacilglicerol sérico.

It has been recognised for many years that children learn from direct experiences with their surrounding environments (Weinstein and David, 1987). Considering children spend the majority of their early lives occupying school buildings, the quality of this built environment is important as it is thought to have an impact on their learning, social development and well-being. The architectural design of school environments, procured over the past 15 years has been constantly evolving with the need for new and improved school buildings coupled with significant changes in education over the past few decades. In the UK, during the 2000s, there was significant investment in the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, with a desire to achieve high quality inspirational environments that enhance learning (DfES, 2003c), where design quality was considered an important factor to address issues of sustainability, flexibility and adaptability (DfES, 2002b). As such, there has been significant research undertaken into school design, which has found that certain elements of the environment may have an impact on learning and achievement. However, a change in government in 2010 led to the existing school building programmes at the time being axed and the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP) being introduced in 2011, with baseline design guidelines and the aim to make school construction more cost-effective (National Audit Office, 2017). During the economic downturn, it became apparent that some elements of school design were being omitted to reduce building costs. Considering the current situation, this poses the question: what impact does the latest wave of school buildings have on the users and their experiences in these new settings? Optimising the design of school buildings remains important, and in order to achieve this, we need to examine some of our existing and recently constructed school buildings. This thesis reviews the current situation by investigating the impact of ‘new’ primary school buildings on children’s experiences and their daily lives at school, conducting a post-occupancy investigation of four case study schools. The qualitative research targeted the end-users, the children themselves, by exploring their views on their schools. The research also highlights the potential of participatory techniques through use of creative methods, providing an understanding of primary school buildings through the children’s eyes, giving them a voice within the research. The findings identify that, from the children’s perspective, new primary schools are to an extent, providing sufficient spaces in which to learn. However, it remains that there are some environmental issues which are affecting children. The importance of the holistic school environment has been highlighted as well as desirable spaces and places for children at school, with an emphasis on outdoor spaces and the natural environment. By providing insights into their daily experiences, the findings suggest that such spaces ought to be considered higher priority in the design process. The research aims to set a precedent for architects and designers, providing an insight into four post-occupancy case studies, whilst looking forward to integrating participatory techniques in future school evaluation and design. By enriching existing knowledge in the area of school environments, it provides fresh information that will continue to aid the future design of schools by architects, which ultimately, has the potential to have a positive impact on development and well-being.

The energy demand in the oil- dependent Gulf countries in general and in Saudi Arabia in particular has been increasing sharply in the last decades as a result of the diversification plans. Tall building construction, associated with many environmental and ecological challenges, played an essential role in these plans, as a mean to attract new economies based on global placemaking and international tourism. The significant use of air conditioning to cool indoor spaces, particularly in residential buildings, accounts for more than half of all energy consumption in the country, and despite governmental efforts, the scattered conservation efforts have been largely ineffective due to factors such as lack of awareness and information, in addition to the limitation of the local energy efficiency building regulations. This research aimed to find and prioritise building envelope design solutions that can reduce high energy consumption and cooling loads while maintaining indoor environment for residential tall buildings in Saudi Arabia. In order to achieve that, a hypothesis of integrating the thermal properties and design parameters of the building envelope as a design strategy for tall buildings envelope were proposed, and to test it, a mixed method approach was followed including literature review, data collection, dynamic building simulations and parametric analysis. The main findings emphasised how combining both the thermal properties and design parameters of the building envelope can be an effective way to achieve energy efficiency in residential tall buildings in the hot climate of Jeddah. Especially in relation to solar heat gains, the highest contributor to cooling loads in this building type. The findings highlighted that while the thermal properties of the wall type can reduce up to 10% of the cooling loads, applying external shading devices can achieve a reduction of up to 30% in solar gains. Moreover, effective consideration of building orientation can significantly reduce cooling loads by 25% and solar gains by 60% for the perimeter zones. Based on this, a set of guidelines that incorporate a comparative tool were introduced to help designers to determine the thermal performance and energy use of a typical residential tall building in the early stages of the building’s design. Which also aim to enhance the effectiveness of the local building codes and energy efficiency regulations in relation to this building type.

Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Literatura, Florianópolis, 2011 / Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-26T01:17:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 297582.pdf: 620446 bytes, checksum: 6a24e657299212bea18c2507fbad9a32 (MD5) / Este trabalho procura verificar a forma pela qual se dá a presença da violência na literatura brasileira dos anos 1990, buscando entender o significado social dessa violência, passo necessário para se entender, inclusive, a relação entre a forma literária assentada na violência e a formação social do Brasil contemporâneo. Procuramos analisar o romance Agosto de Rubem Fonseca e entender seu significado como romance histórico nos anos 90, década em que se tentava encerrar de vez as aspirações nacionais dos anos 50, época narrada no livro. Igualmente imerso na temática da violência e revelador das características fragmentárias dos anos 90, temos o romance Cidade de Deus, de Paulo Lins, que, como romance etnográfico, procura dar voz a uma população normalmente silenciada e vítima do próprio processo de violenta modernização e falta de perspectivas dos anos 90. Diante das questões sobre a violência na literatura e em nossa própria sociedade, em sua faceta interpessoal e cotidiana, o estudo desses dois romances é importante para compreendermos não só os caminhos de nossa literatura, em termos de uma tradição literária, mas também a maneira como sua estrutura pode nos ajudar a entender a dinâmica de nossa própria sociedade nos anos 90. / This work intends to verify the form in which violence is present in the Brazilian literature of the 1990´s, aiming to understand the social meaning of this violence, step required to also understand the relation between the literary form grounded on violence and the social formation of contemporary Brazil. We proceed to analyze the Rubem Fonseca´s Agosto novel trying to understand its meaning as an historic novel written during the 90´s, a decade where it was bound to finish the national aspirations so the 50´s, the narrated period. Equally immersed in the violence theme and revealing the fragmentary characteristics of the 90´s, we have Paulo Lins´s novel Cidade de Deus, which, as an ethnographic novel, intend to give voice to a population usually silenced and victim of a process of violent modernization and lack of perspectives in the 90´s. Facing questions about violence in literature and violence in our own society, in its daily interpersonal display, the study of these novels are important for the comprehension of not only the paths of our literature, in terms of a literary tradition, but also the way in which its structure can help us understand the dynamics of our own society in the 90´s.

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Literatura. / Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-22T20:19:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 235220.pdf: 439199 bytes, checksum: 8a323a5939a422b024bd13fc9643d2b1 (MD5) / Nesse trabalho busca-se lançar um olhar sobre a mímesis na arte dramática, particularmente, focado na ação. Esse foco ganha maior nitidez quando se direciona a duas obras consideradas representativas para o teatro: Édipo Rei, de Sófocles, e Esperando Godot, de Samuel Beckett. Escolha que nos permite pensar questões sobre a poética clássica e contemporânea no âmbito da ação no drama. Para tal tarefa, primeiramente faz se preciso uma investigação em torno das questões que envolvem o conceito mímesis, começando na Poética, de Aristóteles. Em seus estudos, o filósofo não define o termo, mas o apreende em Platão, fazendo necessário, assim, voltar aos diálogos platônicos para compreender diferenças entre ambos.Feito isso, retoma-se a Poética, com o intuito de investigar o objeto de nosso trabalho: a ação, momento em que se aprofunda o papel da fábula, vista como uma composição das ações. O passo seguinte introduz algumas questões advindas do mundo moderno, dentre elas, destacam-se as reflexões de Hegel, que, além de acrescentar à discussão a vontade da personagem, proporciona uma especulação em torno da peça Hamlet, de Shakespeare. A seguir o trabalho centra-se sobre algumas reflexões acerca do conceito de ação no século XX, onde se escolhe perspectivas dentro de um vasto campo de produção e, em especial, conta-se com o apoio de Francis Fergusson, que realiza um estudo acerca da ação em obras importantes do teatro ocidental. A partir dessas leituras, selecionam-se algumas ferramentas que permitam estudar a ação nas duas obras escolhidas para esse trabalho.

Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras/Inglês e Literatura Correspondente. / Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-24T03:31:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 262601.pdf: 1948630 bytes, checksum: f57e28e8dcc06f446cc637516bd6fa20 (MD5) / Pesquisas recentes na área de compreensão textual têm enfocado a habilidade dos leitores em construir uma representação mental coerente daquilo que lêem. Para que a representação uniforme de um texto seja obtida, o leitor deve ser capaz de compilar as informações presentes no texto com o seu conhecimento prévio para a construção do significado - que pode não estar explícito -, através do processo de inferência. Nesse estudo, o processo de inferência foi investigado mediante a leitura de dois tipos diferentes de texto, por meio da utilização da eletroencefalografia (EEG). Os sujeitos, falantes nativos do inglês, leram parágrafos expositivos e narrativos, e julgaram a plausibilidade da sentença final de cada parágrafo, tendo como referência, a informação das três sentenças anteriores. A análise dos resultados enfocou dois potenciais relacionados a eventos (ERPs): os componentes N1 e N400, e a acuidade nas respostas comportamentais. As amplitudes do N400 revelaram que o texto expositivo exigiu mais dos sujeitos em termos de processamento semântico, enquanto que as respostas comportamentais mostraram que os sujeitos tiveram uma tendência maior a gerar inferências enquanto liam esse mesmo tipo de texto. Com relação ao envolvimento dos hemisférios esquerdo e direito no processo de inferência, não houve diferenças significativas em relação à amplitude dos ERPs, embora o hemisfério direito tenha se mostrado mais participativo no momento em que os sujeitos liam a última sentença dos parágrafos, e tinham que julgar se a mesma era coerente com as sentenças anteriores. No geral, esse estudo sugere que os dois tipos de texto são processados diferentemente pelo cérebro, conforme demonstrado pelas nuances dos componentes N1 e N400, gerados durante a leitura das duas últimas sentenças de cada parágrafo. Embora não tenha sido possível uma clara visualização com relação aos processos cerebrais subjacentes ao processo de inferência, em função dos resultados pouco robustos, o presente estudo contribui como mais um dos primeiros passos a serem dados no longo caminho, até que uma compreensão mais detalhada dos processos cognitivos inerentes à compreensão textual seja alcançada. Much of recent research on discourse comprehension has centered on the readers' ability to construct coherent mental representations of texts. In order to form a unified representation of a given text, a reader must be able to join the information presented in the text with his background knowledge to construe the meaning that may not be explicitly stated in the text, through the generation of inferences. In this is study, the process of inference making by native speakers of English while reading two different types of text was investigated, using Electroencephalography (EEG). Subjects read narrative and expository paragraphs, and judged the plausibility of the final sentence of each four-sentence long paragraph by reference to the previous information. The analysis of data focused on two ERP (Event-related brain potential) components, the N1 and the N400 and on accuracy of behavioral responses. N400 amplitudes revealed that exposition was more demanding than narration in terms of semantic processing, whereas behavioral data showed that subjects were more prone to generate inferences when reading exposition. Concerning the involvement of the right and left hemispheres in the process of inference making, there were no significant differences in terms of the ERPs amplitudes, although the right hemisphere showed a tendency for greater participation when subjects were reading the last sentence of the paragraphs and had to judge whether this sentence was coherent to the previous sentences. Overall, this study suggests that the two types of text investigated are processed differently by the brain, as revealed by the nuances showed in the N1 and N400 components across the two last sentences of the paragraphs. Even though it was not possible to delineate a clear picture in terms of brain processes, given the lack of robust results, this study might be the first of many steps towards a complete understanding of the cognitive processes involved in discourse comprehension.

Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Fitopatologia, 2008. / Submitted by Priscilla Brito Oliveira (priscilla.b.oliveira@gmail.com) on 2009-09-14T19:58:52Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2008_JaquelineBarbosaDutra.pdf: 3093274 bytes, checksum: 2acee506e33894f1e208cf904c506a2e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Guimaraes Jacqueline(jacqueline.guimaraes@bce.unb.br) on 2009-12-12T13:27:26Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2008_JaquelineBarbosaDutra.pdf: 3093274 bytes, checksum: 2acee506e33894f1e208cf904c506a2e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2009-12-12T13:27:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2008_JaquelineBarbosaDutra.pdf: 3093274 bytes, checksum: 2acee506e33894f1e208cf904c506a2e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-12 / Atualmente, o Brasil é o maior produtor mundial de maracujá-amarelo (Passiflora edulis Sims f. flavicarpa Deg.). As podridões pós-colheita, principalmente a antracnose [Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Sacc.], têm causado grandes perdas na produção desta cultura. Na maioria das vezes o controle dessa doença é realizado com fungicidas. Visando a redução do uso de agroquímicos no controle da antracnose em maracujazeiro, objetivou-se neste estudo avaliar o efeito da aplicação de fosfitos, hidrotermia e 1-metilciclopropeno (1-MCP), além da combinação destes métodos sobre a doença e qualidade dos frutos (perda de massa fresca, pH, sólidos solúveis totais e acidez titulável). O patógeno foi isolado de frutos com sintomas típicos de antracnose oriundos da Ceasa-DF, de onde também foram obtidos os frutos para a realização dos experimentos. Antes da aplicação dos tratamentos, em todos os experimentos, os frutos (estágio de 0% de desidratação e com a casca totalmente amarela) foram descontaminados em álcool 10% / 1 min, hipoclorito de sódio 10% / 2 min e água destilada esterilizada / 1 minuto. Os frutos foram marcados em quatro pontos eqüidistantes na região mediana e no centro de cada marcação realizou-se um ferimento (2mm). Posteriormente, os frutos foram inoculados (50μl de suspensão 106 conídios/ml) e mantidos em câmara úmida (incubador com iluminação diária de 12h; 25ºC / 72h). Em seguida, os tratamentos foram aplicados e os frutos mantidos em incubador (iluminação diária de 12h; 25ºC) durante cinco dias, avaliando-se diariamente o diâmetro das lesões. Ao final das avaliações, realizou-se análise físico-química dos frutos. Nos experimentos realizados com fosfitos utilizou-se inicialmente dez fosfitos nas doses recomendadas pelos fabricantes Fosfito Cu (25% P2O5 + 5% Cu – ‘Fitofós Cu’) - 2,5mL/L; Fosfito Zn (40% P2O5 + 10% Zn – ‘Phytogard Zn’) - 2,5mL/L; Fosfito K1 (40% P2O5 + 20% K2O – ‘Phytogard K’) 2,50mL/L; Fosfito Mg1 (30% P2O5 + 4% Mg – ‘Phytogard Mg’) 3,0mL/L; Fosfito Ca1 (30% P2O5 + 7% Ca – ‘Phytogard Ca’) - 3,0mL/L; Fosfito Ca2 (10% P2O5 + 6% Ca – ‘Fitofós Ca’) - 4,0mL/L; Fosfito K2 (40% P2O5 + 20% K2O – ‘Fitofós K Plus’) 1,50mL/L; Fosfito Mg2 (40% P2O5 + 6% Mg – ‘Fitofós Mg’) - 1,5mL/L, Fosfito K3 (20% P2O5 + 20% K2O – ‘Nutex Premium 00-20- 20’) – 1,75mL/L; Fosfito K4 (30% P2O5 + 20% K2O – ‘Nutex Preminum 00-30-20’) – 1,75mL/L] e Carbendazim (‘Derosal’ - 1,0mL/L) imergindo-se os frutos em soluções com estes produtos (20 min). Frutos utilizados como testemunha receberam água destilada esterilizada por igual período. Quatro fosfitos [Mg2 (40% P2O5 + 6% Mg – ‘Fitofós Mg’), Zn (40% P2O5 + 10% Zn – ‘Phytogard Zn’), Ca1 (30% P2O5 + 7% Ca – ‘Phytogard Ca’) e K1 (40% P2O5 + 20% K2O – ‘Phytogard K’)] foram utilizados em experimentos em frutos combinados com CaCl2 (2%) e em experimentos in vitro em diferentes doses (25, 50, 100 e 200%) do recomendado pelo fabricante (1,5, 2,5, 3,0 e 2,5mL/L, respectivamente). Finalizando os experimentos com fosfitos, dois dos mais comumente utilizados [fosfito de K (K2 - 40% P2O5 + 20% K2O – ‘Fitofós K Plus’) e Ca (Ca1 - 30% P2O5 + 7% Ca – ‘Phytogard Ca’] foram testados em frutos, em quatro doses diferentes (25, 50, 100 e 200%) do recomendado pelo fabricante (1,5 e 3,0mL/L, respectivamente). Nos experimentos com 1-MCP foram utilizadas diferentes doses (0, 50, 100, 200 e 300 nL/L) do gás por dois períodos de exposição (12 e 24h). Com tratamento hidrotérmico foram realizados experimentos variando-se a temperatura (43, 45, 47, 49, 51 e 53ºC por 5 min) e o tempo de exposição dos frutos (2, 3, 4, 5 e 6 min a 47ºC). Os resultados obtidos foram os seguintes: nos experimentos realizados com dez fosfitos diferentes em frutos, três deles reduziram a severidade da doença [Fosfito K1 (40% P2O5 + 20% K2O – ‘Phytogard K’), Fosfito K2 (40% P2O5 + 20% K2O – ‘Fitofós K Plus’) e Fosfito Zn (40% P2O5 + 10% Zn – ‘Phytogard Zn’)] . In vitro, todos os fosfitos em todas as doses testadas foram eficientes na redução do crescimento micelial e da produção de conídios de C. gloeosporioides, embora em frutos, associados ao CaCl2, os tratamentos com esses mesmos fosfitos não tenham sido estatisticamente diferentes da testemunha e do tratamento com fungicida no 1º experimento. No 2º experimento, os fosfitos Ca1 (30% P2O5 + 7% Ca – ‘Phytogard Ca’) e K1 (40% P2O5 + 20% K2O – ‘Phytogard K’), em associação ao CaCl2, foram eficientes na redução da severidade da doença. O 1-MCP, nas doses e tempos de exposições testadas, não reduziu a antracnose em frutos de maracujazeiro. Nos experimentos com tratamento hidrotérmico, os melhores resultados foram alcançados pelos tratamentos com temperatura de 47 e 49ºC e com tempo de exposição dos frutos de 4 e 5 min. Em função desses resultados, os experimentos combinados foram realizados aplicando-se inicialmente o tratamento hidrotérmico (47 e 49ºC/ 4 e 5 min) e em seguida imergindose os frutos por 20 min em soluções com os fosfitos K2 (FK2) e Zn (FZn). No primeiro experimento, as combinações FK2 ou FZn/47ºC/5min e FZn/47º/4min reduziram significativamente a severidade da doença em relação à testemunha e ao tratamento com o fungicida. No segundo experimento, as combinações FK2/47ºC/4 ou 5 min, FZn/47ºC/4 ou 5 min e FZn/49ºC/5min reduziram significativamente a severidade da doença em relação à testemunha e ao tratamento com o fungicida, sendo essa redução mais acentuada nas combinações FZn/47ºC/4 ou 5 min. Nenhum dos tratamentos aplicados alterou significativamente as propriedades físico-químicas analisadas. _____________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT / Currently, Brazil is the world's largest producer of passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims f. flavicarpa Deg.). The postharvest rots, mainly anthracnose [Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Sacc.] cause losses of this culture. In most cases the control of the disease is accomplished through the use of fungicides, therefore is important to reduce the use of chemicals in the control of anthracnose in passion fruits by alternative methods. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the application of phosphites, hot water treatment and 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP), and combinations of these methods on the disease intensity and on fruit quality (% of mass loss, pH, soluble solids and titratable acidity). The pathogen was isolated from a fruit with typical symptoms of anthracnose collected at CEASA-DF, where the fruits were also obtained to carry out the experiments. Before the implementation of treatments in all experiments, the fruit (stage of 0% of dehydration and the rind completely yellow) were decontaminated in 10% alcohol / 1 min, 10% sodium hypochlorite / 2 min and sterile distilled water / 1 min. The fruits were marked on four equidistant points in the median region and in the center of each mark an injury was made (2mm). Then, the fruits were inoculated (50μl of suspension 106 conidia / ml) and placed in humid chamber (incubators with lighting daily of 12h; 25ºC / 72h). The treatments were applied and the fruit stored in incubator (lighting daily of 12h; 25ºC) for five days, evaluating every day the diameter of lesions. At the end of the evaluations, it was carried out a chemical and physical analysis of the fruits. In experiments performed with phosphites was used initially ten phosphites at doses recommended by the manufacturers [Phosphite Cu (25% P2O5 + 5% Cu – ‘Fitofós Cu’) - 2,5mL/L; Phosphite Zn (40% P2O5 + 10% Zn – ‘Phytogard Zn’) - 2,5mL/L; Phosphite K1 (40% P2O5 + 20% K2O – ‘Phytogard K’) 2,5mL/L; Phosphite Mg1 (30% P2O5 + 4% Mg – ‘Phytogard Mg’) 3,0mL/L; Phosphite Ca1 (30% P2O5 + 7% Ca – ‘Phytogard Ca’) - 3,0mL/L; Phosphite Ca2 (10% P2O5 + 6% Ca – ‘Fitofós Ca’) - 4,0mL/L; Phosphite K2 (40% P2O5 + 20% K2O – ‘Fitofós K Plus’) 1,5mL/L; Phosphite Mg2 (40% P2O5 + 6% Mg – ‘Fitofós Mg’) - 1,5mL/L, Phosphite K3 (20% P2O5 + 20% K2O – ‘Nutex Premium 00-20-20’) – 1,75mL/L; Phosphite K4 (30% P2O5 + 20% K2O – ‘Nutex Preminum 00-30-20’) – 1,75mL/L] and Carbendazim (‘Derosal’ - 1,0mL/L), immersing the fruits in solutions with these products (20 minutes). Fruit used as control received sterile distilled water for an equal period. Four phosphites [Mg2 (40% P2O5 + 6% Mg – ‘Fitofós Mg’), Zn (40% P2O5 + 10% Zn – ‘Phytogard Zn’), Ca1 (30% P2O5 + 7% Ca – ‘Phytogard Ca’) e K1 (40% P2O5 + 20% K2O – ‘Phytogard K’)]were used in experiments in fruit combined with CaCl2 (2%) and in experiments in vitro at different doses (25, 50, 100 and 200%) of recommended by the manufacturer (1,5, 2,5, 3,0 e 2,5mL/L, respectively) . Finally the experiments with phosphites, two of the most commonly used (phosphite of K (K2 - 40% P2O5 + 20% K2O – ‘Fitofós K Plus’) and Ca (Ca1 - 30% P2O5 + 7% Ca – ‘Phytogard Ca’) were tested on fruits, in four different doses (25, 50, 100 and 200%) of recommended by the manufacturer (1,5 e 3,0mL/L, respectively). In experiments with 1-MCP was used different doses (0, 50, 100, 200 and 300nL/L) of the gas through two periods of exposure (12 and 24h). With hydrothermal treatment experiments were carried out to varying temperature (43, 45, 47, 49, 51 and 53ºC for 5 min) and time of exposure of fruits (2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 min at 47ºC).The results obtained were as follows: in experiments conducted with 10 different phosphites in fruits, three of them reduced the severity of the disease [Phosphite K1 (40% P2O5 + 20% K2O – ‘Phytogard K’), Phosphite K2 (40% P2O5 + 20% K2O – ‘Fitofós K Plus’) e Phosphite Zn (40% P2O5 + 10% Zn – ‘Phytogard Zn’)]. In vitro, all phosphites at all doses tested were effective in reducing the mycelial growth and production of conidia of C.gloeosporioides, although in fruits, associated with CaCl2, the treatments with those phosphites were not statistically different from control and treatment with fungicide in the first experiment. In the second experiment, the phosphites Ca1 (30% P2O5 + 7% Ca – ‘Phytogard Ca’) e K1 (40% P2O5 + 20% K2O – ‘Phytogard K’), in combination with CaCl2, were effective in reducing the severity of the disease. The 1-MCP, in the doses and times of exhibitions tested, did not reduce anthracnose in the fruits of passion. In experiments with hydrothermal treatment, the best results were achieved by treatments with temperatures of 47 and 49ºC and with time the exposure of fruits of 4 and 5 minutes. Due to these results, the combined experiments were performed applying initially the hydrothermal treatment (47 and 49ºC / 4 and 5 min) and then immersing the fruits for 20 min in solutions with the phosphites K2 (FK2) and Zn (FZn). In the first experiment, the combinations FK2 or FZn/47ºC/5min and FZn/47ºC/4min reduced significantly the severity of the disease compared to the control and the treatment with a fungicide. In the second experiment, the combinations FK2/47ºC/4 or 5 minutes, FZn/47ºC/4 or 5 min and FZn/49ºC/5min reduced significantly the severity of the disease compared to the control and treatment with a fungicide, and this reduction was more accentuated in the combinations FZn/47ºC/4 or 5 minutes. None of the treatments changed significantly the fruit physical and chemical properties analyzed.