Throughout the United States occupation of Haiti from 1915 to 1934, the U.S. government and its supporters were forced to defend the legitimacy of American action. In order to justify it to the American public, officials and journalists created a dichotomy of capacity between an inferior Haiti and a superior U.S., and they presented the occupation as a charitable civilizing mission. This vision of Haiti and Haitians was elaborated in a racialized discourse wherein Haitians were assigned various negative traits that rendered them incapable of self-government. In examining how the New York Times, the National Geographic Magazine, and the Crisis represented Haiti, I demonstrate how race was the primary signifier, and how these representations were used to either perpetuate or challenge the American racial social hierarchy.

In early modern Sweden, intentional blasphemy was regarded as one of the most serious crimes one could commit. Blasphemy was termed “Crimen Laesae Majestatis Divinae” – “a crime against Our Heavenly Majesty” and was subject to the death penalty. From the 1680´s it was possible to be pardoned from death sentences already delivered by the courts of appeal by applying to the “Judiciary Inspection”, (Sw. Justitierevisionen) In early modern times the definition of blasphemy was influenced by the medieval scholastic view according to which God was perfect. The sourcematerial for the present thesis are 110 petitions for mercy in cases of blasphemy that came up before the council during the period 1680-1789. The cases studied can be divided into the following categories: Blasphemy against God, blasphemy against the sacraments, deliberate assignations wiht the Devil and “other blasphemies”. There was no Church law in Sweden before 1686 and a common law for the whole country did not exist before 1734. The Bible´s ten Commandments where added as an appendix to the already existing medieval laws, reiterated in 1608. An individual found guilty of blasphemy underwent both secular and church punishment. At least nine individuals (we lack information about some cases due to material that has been lost) where not pardoned by the council. The secular punishments included death by beheading or burning at stake, when the sentence was reduced some kind of corporal punishment – running the sauntlet, flogging, imprisonment on a diet of bread and water or a life time of labor. Church punishment was public shaming and meant that the accused had to sit on a special chair in church during the services and publicly ask God and the members of the congregation for forgiveness. This kind of punishment was meted out in Sweden until the late 18th century.Blasphemy is a complicated act that should be defined according to the norms of the society in which it occurs. There are two processes that have to be taken into considerations when studing the crime of blasphemy in early modern Sweden – the centralization of the government and the unification of the church according to the Lutheran creed.In the early modern society people lived in what has been called a “religious culture”, where religion was self-evident, collective concern. Within this context atheism, in the modern meaning of the word, was supposedly unimaginable.The theoretical framework of the study is inspired by Peter Burke’s theories of the reformation of popular culture. Measurements taken by the elite have usually been regarded as active and aggressive, while popular culture has been regarded a homogeneous passive mass that adjustes itself to demands from above. One of the primary aims of this thesis is to study how verbal statements, actions and attitudes reflected popular conceptions that could either be close to or far distant from the learned ideas of the elite. By dividing popular attitudes discerned in the cases studied into four groups corresponding to a kind of mental strata, a more varied image of popular culture is achieved. Blasphemy in early modern Sweden was a crime committed mainly by men, especially when it comes to expressing ideas about the Devil or attempting to contact him. Very few women were accused of blasphemy; of 117 individuals accused, only nine were women.

This thesis examines the mixing times for one-dimensional interacting particle systems. We use the coupling method to study the mixing rates for particle systems on the circle which move according to specific permutations e.g., transpositions and 3-cycles. / Graduation date: 2008

Between 1969 and 1980 Edvard Radzinskii wrote three ‘historico-political’ plays which were later published as a trilogy entitled ‘Theatre of the Times …’. This thesis attempts to unravel the nature of time in the trilogy and invokes Mikhail Bakhtin’s notion about the forms of time and the chronotope in literary narratives to do that. Bakhtinian concept of the chronotope provides a suitable strategy for reading a trilogy that aims to re-present ‘real’ time, place and human beings. The concept also provides a vantage point from where the trilogy can be read both from within the time-space of its main protagonists and from that of its author, readers, performers and spectators. ¶ Both ‘Dialogues with Socrates' and 'Lunin …’ are structured around the chronotope of the prison which is associated with the chronotope of the acropolis in ‘Dialogues with Socrates’ and with the chronotope of the masked-ball in ‘Lunin …’. In ‘Theatre of the Times of Nero and Seneca’ the circus-theatre functions as the main chronotope. All these chronotopes serve as plot-constitutive devices and provide appropriate space in which the lives and times of the main protagonists can be adequately re-presented. However, the use of the concept of the chronotope in reading the trilogy does not imply that it can be read meaningfully only from within the time-space of its protagonists. The trilogy reconstructs the historical time-space but also engages in a substantial way with contemporary Soviet reality. This is achieved through an interaction between literary and real chronotopes. There is little doubt that most Soviet readers, performers and spectators negotiatied the chronotopes of the prison and the circus-theatre and the motifs of show-trial and execution from within their own time-space, their own historical experience. The thesis discusses a large number of reviews published in Soviet media to show that most critics read the trilogy from within the discourses about positive hero and socialist realism, because of which Socrates and Lunin were also turned into positive heroes. ¶ One of the most intriguing aspect of the three plays is the ‘play within a play’ structure which achieves its maximum potential in the final play of the trilogy where it is combined with the theme of metamorphoses and multiple role playing. The trilogy, like Pirandello’s trilogy about theatre, is able to foreground its own theatricality and explore the role of theatricality and role playing in and outside theatre. In ‘Theatre of the Times of Nero and Seneca’ the boundary between role playing in life and in theatre becomes so blurred that history begins to resemble the writing and staging of a play. ¶ Apart from exploring the nature of theatricality, the trilogy also questions the conventions of its genre. The three plays do not follow the conventional framing devices employed by dramatic texts and foreground the presence of a mediating narrator. This ‘novelisation’, is more evident in ‘Lunin …’ in which the frequent use of verbs in the past tense in the extra-dialogic text can be linked to the presence of a mediating narrator.

Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2004. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis examines the development of film criticism in Cape Town's daily press from 1928 to 1930, using film reviews from the newspapers the Cape Times and Die Burger as sources. The study starts with an overview of studies concerning early South African film history, and characterizes it as a rather underdeveloped field of study. The character of film criticism in the period under discussion is explained by using a description of the general function of film criticism as a basis and taking film criticism in the Weimar Republic of Germany as an example for the following comparison. The basis for the comparative analysis is a list of films screened in three selected cinemas in Cape Town from 1928 to 1930. Part of the analysis is an empirical study to examine the quantitative development of film reviews in the period under discussion. Length ranges with which to characterize film reviews are defined and the preferred average lengths of reviews for both newspapers as well as for films screened at the particular cinemas are listed. The qualitative part of the study is a content analysis of two selected groups of films: 1. films which received average-size reviews and 2. films which ran longer than average and received above-average size reviews. The survey reveals that the Cape Times followed a "quantitative strategy", reviewing all films screened and that Die Burger had a "qualitative The reviews strategy", in both reviewing specially selected films only. newspapers can be characterized as functionalistic. The Cape Times displayed their business orientation by publishing mostly advertisement-like reviews; Die Burger's political orientation was reflected in comments about the language in sound films, including film and cinema into the language struggle. The study demonstrates that newspapers are a valuable source for research concerning early South African film history. The existing standard reference, Thelma Gutsche's The History and Social ,Significance of Motion Pictures in South Africa 1895-1940 can be fruitfully complemented by using Afrikaans newspapers, as well as the writings of the Afrikaner film critic Hans Rompel. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis ondersoek die ontwikkeling van rolprentresensies in die pers van Kaapstad in die jare 1928 tot 1930 en gebruik daarvoor resensies van die nuuskoerante Cape Times en Die Burger. Die ondersoek begin met 'n oorsig van die vroeë Suid Afrikaanse rolprentgeskiedenis. Die karakter van rolprentresensie in die gegewe periode word verduidelik deur 'n beskrywing van die algemene funksie om rolprentresensie as "n basis te gebruik en rolprentresensies in die Duitse Weimar Republiek as 'n voorbeeld vir die opvolgende vergelyking te neem. Die basis vir die vergelykende analise is 'n lys van rolprente wat in drie geselekteerde bioskope in Kaapstad gedurende die periode van 1928 tot 1930 gewys is. 'n Gedeelte van die analise behels 'n empiriese studie om die kwantitatiewe ontwikkeling van rolprentrensensies gedurende die gegewe periode te ondersoek. Lengte reekse word gedefinieer om die resensies te karakteriseer, en die verkose gemiddelde lengtes van resensies word gelys vir beide nuuskoerante as ook vir films wat by die geselekeerde cinemas gewys is. Die kwalitatiewe gedeelte van die studie is 'n inhoudanalise van twee geselekteerde groepe van rolprente: 1. rolprente wat resensies van gemiddelde lengte ontvang het en 2. rolprente wat langer as gemiddeld gewys is en resensies van bo-gemiddelde lengte ontvang het. Die ondersoek wys uit dat die Cape Times 'n "kwantitatiewe strategie" gevolg het deur alle rolprente te resenseer, terwyl die Die Burger 'n "kwalitatiewe strategie" gevolg het deur net gekeurde rolprente te resenseer. Die resensies in albei nuuskoerante kan as funkionalisties beskryf word. Die Cape Times lig sy besigheidsgeorienteerde houding uit, deur grotendeels advertensie-gelyke resensies te skryf; Die Burger demonstreer sy politiese orientering deur kommentaar oor die taalgebruik in klankrolprente te lewer en sluit so rolprente en bioskope in die taalstryd in. Die studie demonstreer dat koerante 'n waardevolle inligtingsbron vir navorsing oor die vroeë Suid Afrikaanse rolprentgeskiedenis lewer. Die bestaande standaardverwysing, Thelma Gutsche se The History and Social Significance of Motion Pictures in South Africa 1895-1940 kan suksesvol gekomplimenteer word deur gebruik te maak van Afrikaanse koerante, as ook van die tekste van die Afrikaanse filmkritikus, Hans Rompel.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / The production of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) in Brazil is booming, in emphasis there is the south with an acreage of 17% with the oilseed. The performance of sunflower is directly related to the choice about many factors like sowing date, genotype, the appropriate management and soil fertility, crop rotation, crop succession and especially environmental factors. This culture adapts to different soil and edaphoclimatic conditions and can be cultivated in almost all over Brazil. On this basis, the aim of this work was to evaluate the cultivation environment influence and sowing date on phonology and morphology traits of sunflower. Besides identifying the main stages of culture development within sowing dates tested. It also aimed to build a model based on multiple linear regression equations that express the growth of sunflower under field conditions. And this way can be used as a tool to estimate the potential yield of sunflower to the Northwestern of RS, based on the projection of meteorological variables for the period and management since the establishment to harvest this important oilseed. For this, was evaluated the genotypes Hélio 250, 251, 358, 884 and 885 in the 2008-09 harvest and genotypes Hélio 250, 251, 253, 360, 211, and HLA 211, and Paraíso 33 in the 2009-10 harvest in three seasons (August, October and December). The experiment was conducted in Random Block Complete with four replications on the UFSM Campus in Frederico Westphalen, in Northwestern Brazil. The morphological traits measured were plant height, chapter size, a thousand seeds weight and yield. Phenological characters were days of sowing emergence (S-E), days from emergence to early flowering (E-FI) days from initial flowering to full flowering (FI-FP) and days of full flowering to physiological maturity (FP-MF). Individual analysis and combined and the averages compared by Tukey test at 5% were realized. The models estimated form multiple linear regression equations, using, the method Backward in the 5% level of error probability. The independent variables in models of entry were: TM, Tmin, Tmax, PP and GD of each phonologic stage. The phonologic stage and yield were the dependent variables. Based on results, concludes that the morphological traits plant height, is influenced by the environment and sowing dates, for the chapter size there is the environment influence and was found that the yield has positively answers to environmental conditions and sowing times. For the studied phonological traits also occurs influence of environmental conditions and sowing date. With the exception onset flowering to full flowering witch presents no interference form the sowing time. When evaluated the agrometeorological variables interference, we can say that there was no interaction between them and the dependent variables, it can be said that the thermal plus and the maximum and minimum temperatures are crucial for the phonological sub-stages of sunflower, been the achene yield influenced just for the thermal plus for the sub-stages form sowing to emergence and since this with the initial flowering and full flowering. About the sowing stages, the August present an increase of the plant cycle, while in the December suggests a cycle reduction, and that the sowing in October is the culture preferred phase to Northwestern region of the RS. / A produção de girassol (Helianthus annuus L) no Brasil está em expansão, destaca-se o Sul com uma área cultivada de 17% com a oleaginosa. O desempenho do girassol está diretamente relacionado à escolha da época de semeadura, do genótipo, do manejo adequado do solo e fertilidade, sistema de rotação, da sucessão de culturas e especialmente dos fatores ambientais. A cultura que se adapta a diferentes condições edafoclimáticas, podendo ser cultivada em quase todo o Brasil. Com base nisto, o objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a interferência do ambiente de cultivo e da época de semeadura sobre caracteres morfológicos e fenológicos da cultura do girassol. Além de identificar as principais fases do desenvolvimento da cultura dentro das épocas de semeadura testadas. Também se objetivou construir um modelo com base em equações de regressão linear múltipla que expressem o crescimento da cultura do girassol nas condições de campo. E, desta forma possa ser empregado como ferramenta para se estimar o potencial produtivo da cultura do girassol para a região Noroeste do RS, com base na projeção das variáveis meteorológicas para o período e do manejo desde a implantação até a colheita desta importante oleaginosa. Para isto, foram avaliados os genótipos Hélio 250, 251, 358; 884 e 885 na safra 2008-09 e os genótipos Hélio 250, 251, 253; 360, HLA 211 e Paraíso 33 na safra 2009-10 em três épocas (agosto, outubro e dezembro). O experimento foi conduzido em blocos completos com quatro repetições no Campus da UFSM em Frederico Westphalen, na região noroeste do RS. As variáveis avaliadas foram altura de planta, tamanho do capítulo, massa de mil aquênios e o rendimento. As variáveis morfológicas avaliadas foram altura de planta (AP), tamanho do capítulo (TC), massa de mil aquênios (MMA) e o rendimento (REND). Os caracteres fenológicos foram dias da semeadura a emergência (S-E), dias da emergência a floração inicial (E-FI), dias da floração inicial a floração plena (FI-FP) e dias da floração plena a maturação fisiológica (FP-MF). Realizaram-se análises individuais e conjuntas e as médias comparadas pelo teste de Tukey a 5%. Os modelos estimados a partir de equações de regressão linear múltipla, através do método Backward, em nível de 5% de probabilidade de erro. As variáveis independentes de entrada nos modelos foram: a TM, TMin, TMax, PP, e a GD de cada fase fenológica. As variáveis dependentes foram às fases fenológicas e o rendimento. A variável morfológica altura de planta é influenciada pelo ambiente e por épocas de semeadura, para o tamanho do capítulo ocorre influência do ambiente e para o rendimento verificou-se que responde positivamente a condições ambientais e a épocas de semeadura. Para os caracteres fenológicos estudados ocorre também influência da época de semeadura, com exceção da variável início da floração a floração plena que não apresenta interferência da época de semeadura. Quando avaliado a interferência das variáveis agrometeorológicas, pode-se afirmar que não houve interação entre estas e as variáveis dependentes, podendo-se dizer que a soma térmica e as temperaturas máximas e mínimas são determinantes para os subperiodos fenológicas da cultura do girassol, sendo o rendimento de aquênios influenciado somente pela soma térmica dos subperiodos da semeadura a emergência, desta com a floração inicial e a floração plena. Quanto às épocas de semeadura, a de agosto acarreta aumento do ciclo da planta, enquanto que a de dezembro determina redução do ciclo, e que, a época de semeadura de outubro é a fase preferencial da cultura para a região Noroeste do Rio Grande do Sul.

L’étude prend pour point de départ la conquête arabo-musulmane de l’Égypte (641) qui a mis pour la première fois en contact le monde arabo-musulman avec la Nubie alors dominée par le royaume chrétien de Makouria. Notre enquête se prolonge jusqu’à l’effondrement de ce dernier qui disparaît, dans des circonstances encore nébuleuses, vers la fin du XVe siècle. Durant cette longue période se sont nouées des relations inédites entre l’une des principales puissance du monde musulman et un royaume chrétien installé aux portes du dār al-islāmmais qui ne fut pourtant jamais conquis. Les deux parties de ce mémoire de thèse s’articulent autour de la prise de la citadelle de Qaṣr Ibrīm par Šams al-Dawla Tūrānšāh en 1173 qui marque la fin de l’âge d’or des relations égypto-nubiennes et ouvre une période d’ingérence accrue de l’État égyptien dans les affaires de Nubie. Ce travail se fonde principalement sur l’analyse critique du corpus des sources historiographiques arabes (annales, chroniques, biographie…) que nous avons confronté, le cas échéant, aux sources épigraphiques et documentaires nubiennes. Notre approche se veut aussi attentive au contenu des récits qu’aux conditions de leur élaboration et de leur transmission qui déterminent pour une large part leur compréhension. / Our study begins with the Arab Muslims’ conquest of Egypt in 641, as it was the first ever contact established between the Arab-Muslim world and Nubia, which was – at the time – under the yoke of the Christian kingdom of Makuria. Our enquiry then follows through to the very fall of the aforementioned kingdom, around the end of the fifteenth century, under circumstances that remain hazy to this very day. Throughout this lengthy period of time, groundbreaking ties were forged between one of the foremost powers in the Muslim world and a Christian kingdom that, although located right at the doorstep the dār al-islām, wasnever conquered. The two distinct parts that make up this doctoral dissertation are structured around the 1173 takeover of the Qaṣr Ibrīm citadel by Šams al-Dawla Tūrānšāh, which signaled the end of the golden age of peaceful relations between Egypt and Nubia as well asushered in a phase of increased Egyptian interference into the running of the Nubian State. This work hinges on a critical analysis of the corpus of Arab historiographical sources (annals, chronicles, biographies…) that we have compared, whenever possible, to Nubian epigraphic and documentary sources. Our approach aims at paying just as much attention to the contents of the various accounts we have gathered as to the conditions in which they were recorded and transmitted, as the latter plays a major part in how they should be consideredand understood

Submitted by Maria Medeiros (maria.dilva1@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-06-08T11:39:56Z No. of bitstreams: 1 JULLIANNA VITÓRIO VIEIRA DE AZEVEDO - DISSERTAÇÃO (PPGRN) 2015.pdf: 2576177 bytes, checksum: a2d2205824cb66d177cc7165ce092601 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-08T11:39:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JULLIANNA VITÓRIO VIEIRA DE AZEVEDO - DISSERTAÇÃO (PPGRN) 2015.pdf: 2576177 bytes, checksum: a2d2205824cb66d177cc7165ce092601 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-27 / Neste trabalho objetivou-se avaliar os efeitos das variações sazonais do clima na incidência de doenças respiratórias por influenza (PI) na população idosa de 65 anos ou mais nas localidades de Campina Grande, Região Metropolitana de João Pessoa (RMJP), Monteiro e Patos. Para isso, foram usados modelos lineares generalizados a partir da regressão de Poisson para relacionar a variável dependente configurada como os registros de internações por causas associadas à influenza e as variáveis independentes (precipitação pluvial, temperatura média do ar e umidade relativa do ar), para análise das relações instituídas pela modelagem foi aplicada a análise de variância ANOVA com nível de significância de 0,05 para determinar que variáveis independentes eram mais significativas na modelagem. Também foram analisados os resíduos gerados pelo ajuste dos modelos no intuito de identificar a distribuição que melhor se ajustasse aos dados. Foi aplicado o teste não-paramétrico de Mann-Kendall para análise de tendência da série temporal de internações por causas associadas a influenza como também o teste de raiz unitária de Dick-Fuller (DF) para análise de estacionariedade. Assim determinada às características da série temporal foi aplicada a metodologia de Box e Jenkins (1976), foi utilizado neste estudo o modelo ARIMA e para avaliação dos modelos autoregressivos gerados aplicou-se os índices penalizadores AIC (Akaike’s Information Criterion) e o BIC (Bayesian Information Criterion). Toda análise estática foi realizada no software R. De forma geral pode-se verificar que os maiores picos de internações por PI ocorrem no outono e inverno. Portanto, esses resultados sugerem uma associação entre o frio e as internações por PI. Na maioria dos municípios em estudo, a elevação das taxas de morbidade por influenza e causas associadas na faixa etária de 65 anos ou mais demonstram uma possível ausência de efeito das campanhas de vacinação. A modelagem estatística se apresentou como alternativa na análise e previsão de casos de internações por PI, contribuindo para políticas públicas, ajudando nas tomadas de decisão evitando desperdícios econômicos e humanos. / This work aimed to evaluate the effects of seasonal climatic variations in the incidence of respiratory diseases by influenza (PI) in the elderly population in the cities of Campina Grande, metropolitan region of João Pessoa (RMJP), Monteiro and Patos. Generalized linear models from the linear Poisson regression to relate the dependent variable set to the records of hospitalizations for causes associated with influenza and the independent variables (rainfall, average air temperature and relative humidity) to analyze the relations established by modeling has been used. Aditionally, was applied ANOVA variance test with a significance level of 0.05 of probability to determine which independent variables is more significant. Also the residual generated by adjusting the models in order to identify the distribution that best fitted the data were analyzed. The nonparametric Mann-Kendall trend analysis for the time series of hospitalizations for causes associated with influenza as well as the unit root test Dick-Fuller (DF) for stationary analysis was applied. Once determined the time series characteristics was applied to the methodology Box and Jenkins (1976), was used in this study ARIMA model and evaluation of the autoregressive models generated applied to the punitive indices AIC (Akaike's Information Criterion) and BIC (Bayesian Information Criterion). All static analysis was performed using R software. In general is possible to identify that the highest peaks of hospitalizations for PI occur in autumn and winter. Therefore, these results suggest an association between the cold and hospitalizations for IP. In most municipalities studied, the increase in morbidity rates for influenza and associated causes aged 65 and over show a possible lack of effect of vaccination campaigns. The statistical model is presented as an alternative in the analysis and prediction of cases of hospitalization due to IP, contributing to public policy, helping in decision-making avoiding economic and human losses.

The necessity of economic growth is a conventional wisdom of our time, assumed to lead to more prosperity and be a panacea for any societal problem. However, infinite economic growth is hard to reconcile with a finite planet, and there is a growing body of evidence that suggests that growth is no panacea nor inherently linked to prosperity. With the starting point that news media is of ideological importance, this study investigates how the hegemony of growth (as it has been called by Schmelzer [2016]) is perpetuated in news. Through a narrative analysis of articles from 2017, from Dagens Nyheter (DN) and Times of India (TOI) it analyses how news describes benefits of GDP growth, constructs stakeholders in relation to it, and discusses the ideological implications of these portrayals. The results show that the basic narratives are similar in both newspapers and primarily describe economic growth as desirable, without any references to contested status of the ability of growth to lead to prosperity – perpetuating the hegemony of growth. Many position the state as responsible for generating growth, others describe corporate growth as something good in and of itself, and the narratives create a ‘we’ in relation to ‘the economy’. These are narratives with implications for how societies negotiate between economic growth and competing goals, e.g. keeping within the planetary boundaries. Further, as growth cannot be assumed to automatically lead to ‘better’, this has implications for how journalistic autonomy should be perceived in relation to economic reporting.

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It is a culture of high complexity Morphophysiological with great variability in growth habit. Knowledge about factors involved in the growth and nutrition of plants allows producers proper planning of culture, contributing to a more efficient use of production area aiming to increase productivity becoming the study of the growth and accumulation of nutrients in the ground sesame seeds, but they are still few studies in the Northeast with culture. The purpose of the research was to evaluate the growth and accumulation of nutrients in sesame cultivars during their development. Two experiments were performed in Horta Didactics at UFERSA Mossoro-RN, from November 2014 to February 2015 and from April to July 2015. The experimental delineation in each experiment was a randomized complete block design with four replications. The treatments were arranged in a split plot where each experimental plot was represented by sesame cultivars: CNPA G2, CNPA G3 and CNPA G4 and the subplots consisted of the collection times, the first being conducted 21 days after sowing and the following at intervals of 14 days (35, 49, 63, 77, 91 and 105 DAS). The growth analysis characteristics evaluated were: plant height, stem diameter, leaf area, dry matter accumulation in leaves, stems, fruits and plant, leaf area index, duration of leaf area, leaf area ratio, rate absolute growth, growth rate cultivation, thousand seed weight, number of fruits per plant and grain yield. In relation to the accumulation of chemical analysis were: nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. The homogeneity of the variances was made for all variables, except for dry weight of the leaf, making it possible to carry out a joint analysis of the experiments. Independent of the cultivation period, sesame plants presented slow growth until 35 DAS, and for the time I growth intensified up to 91 DAS and for the time II until 77 DAS, where the CNPA G4 revealed higher response regarding the cultivars in two harvest time. The total accumulation of nutrients to the cycle of the final followed the decreasing order of N> K> P in the two growing seasons, where period of increased demand for nutrients occurred between 77 and 105 DAS. In relation to the cultivars, the CNPA G3 had higher accumulations at the time I, while the CNPA G4 at the time II / O gergelim é considerado a oleaginosa mais antiga em utilização pela humanidade. É uma cultura de elevada complexidade morfofisiológica, com grande variabilidade no hábito de crescimento. O conhecimento sobre os fatores envolvidos no crescimento e nutrição de plantas permite aos produtores o planejamento adequado da cultura, contribuindo para uma maior eficiência na utilização da área de produção visando à maior produtividade, tornando-se o estudo do crescimento e acúmulo de nutrientes no gergelim fundamental, porém ainda são escassos os estudos na região Nordeste com a cultura. O objetivo da pesquisa foi avaliar o crescimento e o acúmulo de nutrientes em cultivares de gergelim durante seu desenvolvimento. Dois experimentos foram conduzidos na Horta Didática da UFERSA em Mossoró-RN, no período de novembro de 2014 a fevereiro de 2015 e de abril a julho de 2015. O delineamento experimental em cada experimento foi em blocos casualizados completos, com quatro repetições. Os tratamentos foram dispostos em parcelas subdivididas, onde as parcelas foram representadas pelas cultivares de gergelim: CNPA G2, CNPA G3 e CNPA G4 e as subparcelas consistiram das épocas de coletas, sendo a primeira realizada 21 dias após a semeadura e as seguintes em intervalos de 14 dias (35, 49, 63, 77, 91 e 105 DAS). As características de análise de crescimento avaliadas foram: altura média de plantas, diâmetro caulinar, área foliar, acúmulo de massa seca nas folhas, caule, frutos e planta, índice de área foliar, duração da área foliar, razão da área foliar, taxa de crescimento absoluto, taxa de crescimento de cultivo, peso de mil sementes, número de frutos por planta e rendimento de grãos. Com relação às análises químicas de acúmulo foram: nitrogênio, fósforo e potássio. A homogeneidade das variâncias foi aceita para todas as variáveis, exceto para massa seca da folha, possibilitando a realização de uma análise conjunta dos experimentos. Independentes da época de cultivo, as plantas de gergelim apresentaram crescimento lento até os 35 DAS, sendo que para a época I o crescimento intensificou-se até 91 DAS e para a época II até 77 DAS, onde a cultivar CNPA G4 mostrou resposta superior em relação às cultivares estudadas nas duas épocas de cultivo. O acúmulo total de nutrientes ao final do ciclo obedeceu a ordem decrescente de N > K > P nas duas épocas de cultivo, onde período de maior demanda de nutrientes ocorreu entre 77 e 105 DAS. Em relação as cultivares, a CNPA G3 obteve maiores acúmulos na época I, enquanto que a CNPA G4 na época II / 2016-11-18