Since the AlGaInN alloy has a continuous direct bandgap from about 0.7 eV (InN) to 6.2 eV (AlN), nitride-based materials can cover most of the electromag netic spectrum from near-infrared to ultraviolet. Based on this feature, nitride based light-emitting diode (LED) devices have been widely used. With the first commercialization of blue LED devices in 1993, the LED industry became more and more important in the field of lighting. As a typical light-emitting material, LED devices are not only determined by their own components, but also their luminous efficiency is one of the focuses of attention. Generally speaking, the standard for measuring the luminous efficiency of LED devices is the ratio of the number of injected carriers to the number of emitted photons, that is, the external quantum efficiency (EQE). In order to obtain a higher EQE, it can be improved from three aspects, namely internal quantum efficiency (IQE), light extraction ef ficiency (LEE) and injection efficiency (IE). However, since LED devices are often grown by vapor phase epitaxy, the epitaxial growth substrate often absorbs the light emitted by the LED device, thereby reducing the EQE of the entire device and affecting the luminous efficiency. Especially as the light-emitting wavelength of LEDs becomes longer and longer, the EQE of LED devices tends to drop from more than 80% to 4% or even lower (the decline of red LEDs will be more signif icant). At the same time, as the size of LED devices decreases, the proportion of damage caused by the mesa etching process and the surface recombination area of devices (such as Micro LED devices) increases accordingly, and EQE will also show a clear downward trend. Therefore, in addition to further improving EQE through internal quantum efficiency, increasing LEE as much as possible through structural changes is also a key point to improve EQE. In our study, based on our group’s own grown red LEDs, we successfully transferred structured vertical InGaN red LEDs from Si(111) substrates to new substrates, achieving further improvements in LEE. At the same time, it also provides options for applying this technology to LED devices and micro-LED devices of various wavelengths in the future. The LED device with the vertical structure has a low turn-on work ing voltage and a small series resistance. The whole process adopts dry etching technology, which makes the process more precise and reliable. Compared to standard LED devices, the operating voltage and series resistance of LEDs are changed from 30Ω to less than 10Ω respectively, and the LEE is improved by 70%, which is mainly attributed to the removal of the light-collecting substrate and the use of metal reflective layers to improve light extraction efficiency. Furthermore, although the process is an improvement over LEE, this structure-based process improvement can be used for LEDs of various wavelengths as well as micro-LEDs in the future. This typical substrate transfer technique can transfer very thin (3 micron) LED structures from one substrate to another without damaging the device itself, thus providing a way to realize flexible substrates in the near future.

583/5000 The city grows extensively - it creates rings around it. As a result, it leads to the formation of urban sprawl in the scale of entire cities. There is a density paradox - while the city is growing, its population density is decreasing. Due to a chronic lack of intensity (which evokes a feeling of "normal") occurs at the slightest hint hallucinations. Normality becomes a powerful drug. A typical plan must reflect all the needs of Homo Civitatis. They must transform from open space offices to its original intent. In a regular interval duplication typical plan discontinued and replaced with public space.

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O tempo de vida e o desenvolvimento foliar sempre foram questões que intrigaram a humanidade, para além da questão científica, há um interesse até mesmo estético, uma vez que as folhas senescentes do hemisfério Norte e algumas do hemisfério Sul mudam sua coloração de verde para vermelho ou para um amarelo vistoso. Do ponto de vista científico o tempo de vida foliar está associado à produtividade das plantas, bem como às características estruturais das folhas. No entanto, a maioria dos trabalhos enfoca apenas a folha individualmente e não aborda o ponto que o tempo de vida foliar é, na verdade, um produto das taxas de nascimento e de mortalidade que ocorrem no nível da copa. Este é provavelmente o fator que faz com que haja um grande contraste na literatura sobre o tempo de vida foliar. Do ponto de vista ecológico analisam-se apenas as consequências do tempo de vida foliar, sem levar em consideração os mecanismos fisiológicos responsáveis pela mortalidade. Os trabalhos fisiológicos, por outro lado, enfocam em causas da mortalidade - o aumento na quantidade de hexoses e/ou mudanças nos reguladores de crescimento - sem levar em consideração as conseqüências do tempo de vida foliar. Este trabalho visa integrar estas duas visões. Como o nitrogênio é um dos minerais que possuem um efeito profundo no tempo de vida foliar, este foi usado como ferramenta para modificar o tempo de vida foliar de plantas de Senna alata, uma planta pioneira da família Leguminosae, que apresenta crescimento rápido. Foram realizados dois experimentos. No primeiro foi definida a melhor fonte de nitrogênio para o desenvolvimento da planta usando concentrações iguais de NO3, NH4 e NH4NO3. E no segundo experimento foi estudado o efeito de diferentes concentrações da melhor fonte. Em ambos os casos, a expansão, a biomassa, a fotossíntese (somente no segundo experimento) e teores e composição de carboidratos não estruturais, foram acompanhados para cada folha da planta. No primeiro experimento observou-se que ocorreu um aumento na taxa de mortalidade sem efeito na taxa de iniciação foliar, este fato levou a uma diminuição na longevidade das folhas, o que diminuiu o número de folhas na copa, mas não alterou a estrutura vertical da copa. A quantidade de hexoses na fase de senescência parece estar envolvida com o aumento na taxa de mortalidade através do mecanismo sensor de açúcares e como atuou diminuindo o tempo de senescência das folhas, levou a uma mudança no desenvolvimento foliar. No segundo experimento não houve diferença na mortalidade, mas um aumento na iniciação foliar, assim, conforme a concentração de nitrogênio aumentou, a longevidade das folhas tendeu a aumentar e o número de folhas na copa aumentou, mudando a estrutura vertical desta. Como obervado no primeiro experimento, a baixa concentração de hexoses durante a fase de maturidade pareceu ser o mecanismo que impediu a senescência foliar e que, portanto, modificou o desenvolvimento foliar por aumentar a sua fase de maturidade / Leaf life and development have always been intriguing aspects of nature. Even beyond the scientific scope, the aesthetics of such natural processes, illustrated in many different cases, such as when senescent northern hemisphere leaves (as well as some leaves found in the southern hemisphere) change colors from Green to re dor bright yellow. From a scientific standpoint, leaf life span is related to the plants′ productivity, as well as the structural characteristics of the leave themselves. Unfortunately, most current academic studies focus specifically on leaves, neglecting the fact that leaf life span is intimately related to birth and mortality rates at the canopy. This is possibly the greatest issue surrounding academic controversies and discussions regarding leaf life span. From na ecologic perspective, only the consequences deriving from leaf life are analyzed, while all mortality-related physiological mechanisms are not considered. Physiological studies, on the other hand, focus on causes of mortality - increased amount of hexoses and/or changes in growth regulators - but fail to consider the consequences of leaf life span. This article attempts to integrate both standpoints. As one of the minerals with greatest effect on leaf life span, nitrogen Will be used as a way to alter leaf life span during the experiments. In the first experiment we Will establish the most adequate nitrogen source, using the same NO3, NH4 and NH4NO3 concentrations. In the second experiment, we Will assess the effect of different concentrations in such nitrogen source. The first experiment indicated na increase in the mortality rate with no impact over the leaf initiation process, which decreased leaf life span and the amount of leaves in the canopy, but did not change the canopy vertical structure. The amount of hexoses in the senescence phase is responsible for the mortality rate increase and, by shortening the leaves′ senescence process, ultimately changed the leaves′ development. The second experiment did not indicate changes in the mortality rate, but prompted the leaf initiation process. Therefore, as the nitrogen concentratio increased, so did the leaves′ life span and the amount of leaves in the canopy, altering its vertical structure. During the maturity phase, the low hexose concentration seemed to be the mecanism responsible for hidering the leaf senescence process and, therefore, modified the leaves′ development by the increasing the maturity phase.

Basé sur l'analyse conjointe et complémentaire de ~10 ans de données altimétriques et de profils verticaux de température et de salinité acquis par les profileurs Argo, l'objectif principal de cette thèse est d'étudier en détail les caractéristiques de surface et la structure verticale des tourbillons dans les 4 grands systèmes d'upwelling mondiaux (EBUS Pérou-Chili, Californie, Canaries et Benguela), qui partagent une dynamique à grande échelle relativement similaire. Les résultats principaux montrent que l'ensemble des tourbillons détectés sur les cartes altimétriques dans les 4 EBUS ont des propriétés physiques relativement proches, avec une forte proportion de tourbillons de faibles dimensions ayant une durée de vie relativement courte. Au contraire, la faible partie des tourbillons échantillonnés par les profileurs Argo montre des dimensions bien plus grandes pour des durées de vie plus longues. La sur-représentation de ces grandes échelles dans le jeu des tourbillons échantillonnés par les profileurs Argo est donc le biais majeur des résultats obtenus sur la structure verticale des tourbillons. L'analyse des profils moyens d'anomalies de température et de salinité acquis par les profileurs Argo dans les tourbillons révèle une forte hétérogénéité entre les 4 EBUS, mais également au sein de chacun de ces systèmes d'upwelling. Les structures verticales des tourbillons sont fortement liées à l'hydrologie et à la dynamique locale. Par exemple, les tourbillons de subsurface du PCUS occupent plutôt la partie Sud du système, alors que les tourbillons intensifiés en surface sont présents à la limite Nord de la gyre subtropicale. Dans le CALUS, la présence de Cuddies se devine à la côte, les autres sous-régions contenant des tourbillons dont les anomalies sont majoritairement intensifiées à la base de la pycnocline, avec comme particularité un changement de signe lié à la salinité des couches superficielles. Le CANUS est peuplé de tourbillons très différents en fonction de leur position par rapport à la zone frontale du Cap Vert : au Nord, des tourbillons intenses en subsurface, avec la présence de quelques Meddies ; au Sud, des tourbillons très superficiels. De même dans le BENUS, la partie au Nord de 15°S contient plutôt des tourbillons intensifiés dans les couches de surface, alors qu'au Sud du front d'Angola-Benguela, les tourbillons présentent des anomalies fortes sur une grande partie de la colonne d'eau. L'extrême Sud de cet EBUS est également le lieu de passage des Anneaux des Aiguilles. Les contributions de l'advection isopycnale et du déplacement de la colonne d'eau sur la verticale nous permettent d'affiner la description de ces différentes structures. La présence de grands types de tourbillons, à la morphologie bien distincte (cœur de surface, de subsurface, grande extension verticale, tourbillons fortement intensifiés, etc.), est confirmée par l'étude des tourbillons spécifiquement générés dans la bande côtière. L'analyse Lagrangienne de ces tourbillons nous permet également de décrire l'évolution temporelle de leur structure verticale, qui montre une homogénéité temporelle inattendue. Cette thèse présente donc plusieurs outils facilement applicables dans différentes régions océaniques pour caractériser la structure thermohaline des tourbillons et fournit pour la première fois une description des grands types de tourbillons peuplant les EBUS, soulignant la grande diversité de la mésoéchelle. / Merging ~10 years of altimetry maps and vertical profiles provided by Argo floats, we aim to study in details the eddy's surface characteristics and vertical structure in the 4 major Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems (EBUS : Peru-Chile, California, Canaries and Benguela), sharing similar large-scale dynamics. Our main results show that the eddies detected on altimetry maps in the 4 EBUS have close physical properties, with a lot of small-scale structures (radius < 40km, amplitude < 1cm and lifetime < 30 days). In contrast, the few eddies sampled by Argo floats have larger dimensions (radius of ~90-140 km, amplitude of ~3-7 cm) and longer lifetimes (6-10 months). The major bias with the analyzed vertical structure is the over representation of these large-scale eddies. The temperature and salinity anomaly mean profiles acquired by Argo floats surfacing within eddies reveals a strong heterogeneity between each of the 4 EBUS, but also within them. The eddies' vertical structure is strongly influence by the local hydrology and dynamics. For example, the subsurface-intensified eddies of the PCUS tend to be located in the Southern part of this EBUS, while the surface-intensified eddies are preferentially located near the Northern boundary of the subtropical gyre. In the CALUS, we can identify Cuddies in some coastal sub-regions, but in this EBUS, most of the eddies are intensified at the base of the pycnocline, with a reversal of the salinity anomaly compared to the surface layers. In the CANUS, the Cape Verde frontal zone separates distinct subsurface-intensified eddies and some Meddies in the North, from the Southern part, where eddies are surface-intensified. In the same way, the Angola-Benguela Front of the BENUS separates the surface-intensified eddies in the North from strong, deep-reaching anomalies in the South. The Southern-most part of the BENUS is also a preferential pathway for the large Agulhas Rings and their associated cyclones. The respective contributions of isopycnal advection and vertical displacement improve the description of these very diverse structures. The presence of several eddy-types, with distinct thermohaline properties (surface or subsurface-intensified, deep vertical extend, intense or not, etc.) is confirmed by the study of eddies generated in the coastal area of each EBUS. Their Lagrangian analysis allows us to describe the temporal evolution of their vertical structure, which shows an unexpected temporal homogeneity. This manuscript presents different efficient tools used to analyze the surface characteristics, the thermohaline properties and the temporal evolution of mesoscale eddies in the 4 major EBUS, highlighting their diversity.

O tempo de vida e o desenvolvimento foliar sempre foram questões que intrigaram a humanidade, para além da questão científica, há um interesse até mesmo estético, uma vez que as folhas senescentes do hemisfério Norte e algumas do hemisfério Sul mudam sua coloração de verde para vermelho ou para um amarelo vistoso. Do ponto de vista científico o tempo de vida foliar está associado à produtividade das plantas, bem como às características estruturais das folhas. No entanto, a maioria dos trabalhos enfoca apenas a folha individualmente e não aborda o ponto que o tempo de vida foliar é, na verdade, um produto das taxas de nascimento e de mortalidade que ocorrem no nível da copa. Este é provavelmente o fator que faz com que haja um grande contraste na literatura sobre o tempo de vida foliar. Do ponto de vista ecológico analisam-se apenas as consequências do tempo de vida foliar, sem levar em consideração os mecanismos fisiológicos responsáveis pela mortalidade. Os trabalhos fisiológicos, por outro lado, enfocam em causas da mortalidade - o aumento na quantidade de hexoses e/ou mudanças nos reguladores de crescimento - sem levar em consideração as conseqüências do tempo de vida foliar. Este trabalho visa integrar estas duas visões. Como o nitrogênio é um dos minerais que possuem um efeito profundo no tempo de vida foliar, este foi usado como ferramenta para modificar o tempo de vida foliar de plantas de Senna alata, uma planta pioneira da família Leguminosae, que apresenta crescimento rápido. Foram realizados dois experimentos. No primeiro foi definida a melhor fonte de nitrogênio para o desenvolvimento da planta usando concentrações iguais de NO3, NH4 e NH4NO3. E no segundo experimento foi estudado o efeito de diferentes concentrações da melhor fonte. Em ambos os casos, a expansão, a biomassa, a fotossíntese (somente no segundo experimento) e teores e composição de carboidratos não estruturais, foram acompanhados para cada folha da planta. No primeiro experimento observou-se que ocorreu um aumento na taxa de mortalidade sem efeito na taxa de iniciação foliar, este fato levou a uma diminuição na longevidade das folhas, o que diminuiu o número de folhas na copa, mas não alterou a estrutura vertical da copa. A quantidade de hexoses na fase de senescência parece estar envolvida com o aumento na taxa de mortalidade através do mecanismo sensor de açúcares e como atuou diminuindo o tempo de senescência das folhas, levou a uma mudança no desenvolvimento foliar. No segundo experimento não houve diferença na mortalidade, mas um aumento na iniciação foliar, assim, conforme a concentração de nitrogênio aumentou, a longevidade das folhas tendeu a aumentar e o número de folhas na copa aumentou, mudando a estrutura vertical desta. Como obervado no primeiro experimento, a baixa concentração de hexoses durante a fase de maturidade pareceu ser o mecanismo que impediu a senescência foliar e que, portanto, modificou o desenvolvimento foliar por aumentar a sua fase de maturidade / Leaf life and development have always been intriguing aspects of nature. Even beyond the scientific scope, the aesthetics of such natural processes, illustrated in many different cases, such as when senescent northern hemisphere leaves (as well as some leaves found in the southern hemisphere) change colors from Green to re dor bright yellow. From a scientific standpoint, leaf life span is related to the plants&prime; productivity, as well as the structural characteristics of the leave themselves. Unfortunately, most current academic studies focus specifically on leaves, neglecting the fact that leaf life span is intimately related to birth and mortality rates at the canopy. This is possibly the greatest issue surrounding academic controversies and discussions regarding leaf life span. From na ecologic perspective, only the consequences deriving from leaf life are analyzed, while all mortality-related physiological mechanisms are not considered. Physiological studies, on the other hand, focus on causes of mortality - increased amount of hexoses and/or changes in growth regulators - but fail to consider the consequences of leaf life span. This article attempts to integrate both standpoints. As one of the minerals with greatest effect on leaf life span, nitrogen Will be used as a way to alter leaf life span during the experiments. In the first experiment we Will establish the most adequate nitrogen source, using the same NO3, NH4 and NH4NO3 concentrations. In the second experiment, we Will assess the effect of different concentrations in such nitrogen source. The first experiment indicated na increase in the mortality rate with no impact over the leaf initiation process, which decreased leaf life span and the amount of leaves in the canopy, but did not change the canopy vertical structure. The amount of hexoses in the senescence phase is responsible for the mortality rate increase and, by shortening the leaves&prime; senescence process, ultimately changed the leaves&prime; development. The second experiment did not indicate changes in the mortality rate, but prompted the leaf initiation process. Therefore, as the nitrogen concentratio increased, so did the leaves&prime; life span and the amount of leaves in the canopy, altering its vertical structure. During the maturity phase, the low hexose concentration seemed to be the mecanism responsible for hidering the leaf senescence process and, therefore, modified the leaves&prime; development by the increasing the maturity phase.

The semideciduous seasonal forests (SSF) of southeastern Brazil have a high floristic diversity, accompanied by a high beta diversity, even between nearby fragments. However, nowdays these forests have been represented by a large number of small fragments, a landscape pattern typical for this region. In addition to the processes related to fragmentation, the human impact, in particular on the remaining forests, is an important force to modify plant communities, generating spatial and temporal heterogeneity and changing the composition and community structure. To determine the floristic composition and structure of forest remnants is an important way to help the maintenance and conservation of these natural relics. The objective of this study was to increase the knowledge about the flora of semideciduous seasonal forests of the Triângulo Mineiro, through a study of the composition and structure of the tree component, in ten forest fragments located in five municipalities of region. The Triângulo Mineiro is located in the far west of Minas Gerais State, defined by the geographical coordinates 18º29 19º40 S e 47º30 - 49º53 W. The site of sampling in each fragment was an hectare plot placed as central as possible in the FES. All alive individual trees with CAP (circumference at breast height, 1.30 m) &#8805; 15 cm were sampled, identified and measured. A similarity analysis was done using the Jaccard's coefficient. A data ordination was carried out using the Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DCA). To complement this, we used a dichotomous hierarchical division by TWINSPAN. Stratification was realized by species and not by individuals, using a nonparametric statistical analysis by quartile and median. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test the differences between the soil and among fragments, and a post-hoc comparison of the means was done using the Tukey test at 5%. A structured matrix was created with the information (scores) obtained from the evaluation of the array, severity and duration of selected environmental impacts, besides the information about the environment array and of the edge type. A correlation analysis was done between the scores of the impact matrix and the variables of the tree community structure. Finally, the species were classified according to the sucessional groups, dispersal syndromes and deciduousness. The FES of the Triângulo Mineiro have a high species richness, consisting of 242 tree species, distributed in 163 genus and 58 families. Out of the 242 species, only Copaifera langsdorffii Desf. and Hymenaea courbaril L. occurred in all fragments. The levels of floristic similarity between the areas were low, indicating a high heterogeneity in relation to tree species. The classification by TWINSPAN separated the areas into two groups in the first division. The fragments of Uberaba, Água Fria and Ipiaçu formed a distinct group, due to lack of Siparuna guianensis, specie considered as an indicator for the others fragments. As for environmental groups, the FES of the Triângulo Mineiro showed a pattern formed by zoochoric species, early secondary and perennial, which coincides with the pattern found for the tropical season forests. The methodology applied in this study for stratification analysis was effective for the recognition of three tree layers. The variations found for the values of quartile and median represent the historical development of the succession of each fragment, allowing vertical variations in the occupation by species characteristic of certain strata. The analysis of the vertical structure of the FES of the Triângulo Mineiro allowed clearly to see the division of species and their ecological groups exercising their functions in each of the strata. The FES of the region are characterized by a variation in soil types and can be, divided into two groups: the areas of eutrophic and dystrophic soils. However, there was no relationship between these groups and the diversity in the fragments. Areas of extremely dystrophic soils showed high species richness. The species diversity of the fragments increased in areas characterized by intermediaries disturbances leves and / or when inserted in forest gradients. Species richness decreased with the severity of human impacts and edge effects and also with the conservation degree of the fragments. The mechanisms for generation and maintenance of the tree species richness and diversity of semideciduous seasonal forests of the Triângulo Mineiro respond to variation in levels of natural and anthropogenic disturbances, in other words, the historical use and occupation of the area, mainly by the availability for use by the owners, directly influences the natural dynamics of forest succession and allows the development to mature stages. / As florestas estacionais semideciduais (FES) da região Sudeste do Brasil apresentam alta diversidade florística, acompanhada por uma alta diversidade beta, mesmo entre fragmentos próximos. Contudo, atualmente essas florestas compõem um grande número de pequenos fragmentos, constituindo um padrão de paisagem típico para essa região. Além dos processos relacionados a fragmentação, os impactos antrópicos em particular sobre os remanescentes florestais são uma importante força capaz de modificar as comunidades vegetais por meio da heterogeneidade espacial e temporal determinando a composição e estrutura da comunidade. Determinar os padrões florísticos e estruturais desses remanescentes é uma importante meta no auxílio da manutenção e conservação desses relictos naturais. O objetivo geral deste trabalho foi o de verificar se os fragmentos de florestas estacionais semideciduais no Triângulo Mineiro são floristica e estruturalmente distintos e se eventuais diferenças são explicadas por propriedades químicas do solo ou pela natureza e intensidade de perturbações antrópicas. O estudo foi realizado em dez fragmentos localizados em cinco municípios do Triângulo Mineiro, definidos pelas coordenadas geográficas 18º29 19º40 S e 47º30 - 49º53 O. O sitio de amostragem em cada fragmento sempre perfez amostras nucleares de um hectare na formação de FES. Em Todos os indivíduos arbóreos vivos com CAP (circunferência à altura do peito, 1,30 m) &#8805; 15 cm foram amostrados, identificados e mensurados. Foi realizado uma análise de similaridade utilizando-se do coeficiente de Jaccard. Também foi utilizado uma ordenação dos dados por meio da Análise de Correspondência Destendenciada (DCA). De forma complementar, utilizou-se a divisão hierárquica dicotômica por TWINSPAN. A estratificação foi realizada por espécie e não por indivíduos, utilizando-se uma análise não paramétrica, dada por quartil e mediana. Foi realizada uma análise de variância (ANOVA), para testar as diferenças entre os solos dos fragmentos, e teste de Tukey a 5% de probabilidade, para comparação de médias. Criou-se uma matriz estruturada com informações (pontuações) obtidas a partir da avaliação da extensão, severidade e duração dos impactos ambientais selecionados, além de informações sobre a matriz de entorno e o tipo de borda. Foram feitas análises de correlação entre as pontuações da matriz de impacto e as variáveis da estrutura da comunidade arbórea. Por fim, as espécies foram classificadas quanto aos grupos sucessionais, síndrome de dispersão e deciduidade foliar. As FES do Triângulo Mineiro apresentam riqueza de 242 espécies arbóreas, distribuídas em 163 gêneros e 58 famílias. Das 242 espécies, apenas Copaifera langsdorffii Desf. e Hymenaea courbaril L. ocorreram em todos os fragmentos. Os níveis de similaridade florística entre as áreas foram baixos, evidenciando uma elevada heterogeneidade regional em relação às espécies arbóreas. A classificação feita pelo TWINSPAN separou as áreas em dois grupos na primeira divisão. Os fragmentos de Uberaba, Água Fria e Ipiaçu formaram um grupo distinto, devido a ausência de Siparuna guianensis Aubl., espécie considerada como indicadora do grupo formado pelos demais fragmentos. Em relação aos grupos ecológicos, os fragmentos de FES do Triângulo Mineiro foram constituídos por espécies zoocóricas, secundárias iniciais e perenifólias, o que coincide com o padrão encontrado para as florestas tropicais estacionais. As variações encontradas para os valores de quartil e mediana representam o histórico do desenvolvimento sucessional de cada fragmento, possibilitando variações na ocupação vertical por espécies características de determinados estratos. A análise da estrutura vertical das FES do Triângulo Mineiro permitiu visualizar claramente a divisão das espécies e respectivos grupos ecológicos exercendo funções ecossistêmicas diferentes em cada um dos estratos: sub-bosque, intermediário e dossel. As FES da região são caracterizadas por uma variação nas classes de solo, sendo divididas em dois grupos: as áreas sobre solos eutróficos e aquelas sobre solos distróficos. Entretanto, não houve relação entre estes grupos com a diversidade nos fragmentos. A diversidade de espécies dos fragmentos aumentou nas áreas caracterizadas sob distúrbios intermediários e/ou quando inseridos em gradientes florestais e diminui com a severidade dos impactos e maiores efeitos de borda e também com o grau de conservação dos fragmentos. Os mecanismos de geração e manutenção da riqueza e diversidade das florestas estacionais semideciduais do Triângulo Mineiro respondem às variações nos níveis de perturbações naturais e antrópicas, ou seja, o histórico de uso e ocupação da área, principalmente pela disposição de uso pelos proprietários, influencia diretamente na dinâmica natural da floresta e possibilita a sucessão a estádios de desenvolvimentos mais maduros. / Doutor em Ecologia e Conservação de Recursos Naturais

Submitted by Nadir Basilio (nadirsb@uninove.br) on 2018-11-26T14:53:23Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Josevane Aparecida Barbosa Domingos.pdf: 936906 bytes, checksum: 1c24cff04754caf66233afb1657e9254 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T14:53:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Josevane Aparecida Barbosa Domingos.pdf: 936906 bytes, checksum: 1c24cff04754caf66233afb1657e9254 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-08-20 / The fragmentation of the network and the lack of communication of the health services lead users to a pilgrimage for health care, yet when the beneficiaries feel secure in a service, in many cases it is not able to meet all the demands that the health-disease process requires. Thinking about cancer patients, these are perhaps the ones most dependent on holistic care and an interconnected network. The objective of this study was to study the network restructuring of a supplementary health care provider, who has been implementing vertical structure in the oncological health service offered. The qualitative and quantitative approaches were adopted and the method was a single case study. In the qualitative approach, structured interviews were carried out, elaborated by a construct based on assumptions and in the theoretical reference with the managers directly involved in the vertical structure implementation. For the evaluation of the data and compilation of the results we used the content analysis, where grouping the questions by similarity categories were created. Since the health care provider has a wide network of providers in the city of São Paulo, who attend cancer patients, and requests for chemotherapy demand from these various providers and each provider practices a different value for similar care, not always contemplating all the needs of the patients, in the quantitative approach was carried out a survey of the chemotherapy requests from December 2017 to February 2018 for patients with breast and prostate cancer and compared the value of chemotherapy in network of providers and in own service. This comparison was analyzed with the help of microsoft® excel software for windows 2007. The results obtained demonstrate that the infusion of chemotherapy in service for treatment of breast and prostate cancer can be 17% and 7%, respectively, cheaper than the same service offered in an outsourced network, and that the implementation of the vertical structure in health provides a greater integration among the professionals involved, greater care responsibility and provides knowledge exchange which strengthens the service provided. / A fragmentação da rede e a falta de comunicação dos serviços de saúde levam usuários a uma peregrinação por atendimento de saúde, ainda assim, quando os beneficiários se sentem seguros em um serviço, por muitas vezes esse não é capaz de suprir todas as demandas que o processo saúde-doença exige. Pensando em pacientes oncológicos, esses sejam talvez, os que mais dependem de um cuidado holístico e de uma rede interligada. O objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar a reestruturação de rede de uma operadora de saúde suplementar, que vem implementando estrutura vertical no serviço oncológico de saúde oferecido. Foram adotadas as abordagens - qualitativa e quantitativa - e o método, um estudo de caso único. Na abordagem qualitativa foram realizadas entrevistas estruturadas, elaboradas por um construto baseado em pressupostos e no referencial teórico com os gestores diretamente envolvidos na implantação da estrutura vertical. Para a avaliação dos dados e compilação dos resultados foi utilizada a análise de conteúdo, onde agrupando as perguntas por semelhança foram criadas categorias. Uma vez que a operadora de saúde possui uma rede de prestadores ampla na cidade de São Paulo, que atendem pacientes oncológicos, e as solicitações de quimioterapia demandam desses diversos prestadores e cada prestador pratica um valor diferente para atendimento assemelhado, nem sempre contemplando todas as necessidades dos pacientes, na abordagem quantitativa foi realizado levantamento das solicitações de quimioterapia de dezembro de 2017 a fevereiro de 2018 para pacientes com câncer de mama e próstata e comparado o valor da quimioterapia em rede de prestadores e em serviço próprio. Esse comparativo foi analisado com o auxílio do software microsoft® Excel para Windows 2007. Os resultados obtidos demonstram que a infusão de quimioterápicos em serviço próprio para tratamento de câncer de mama e próstata pode ser 17% e 7% respectivamente mais barato que o mesmo serviço oferecido em rede terceirizada, e que a implantação da estrutura vertical em saúde proporciona uma maior integração entre os profissionais envolvidos, maior responsabilidade assistencial e propicia a troca de conhecimentos, o que fortalece o serviço prestado.

Master thesis of "APARTMENT BUILDING IN HUMPOLEC" is composed in the form of project documentation. The building is designed as a dweling house and it is situated in the centre of Humpolec city. The building has four floors and no basement. Supporting structure consists of a ceramic masonry and concrete elements. The drawings are processed in ArchiCAD program.

Natural forests are characterised by great vegetation diversity and create habitats for a major part of Earth’s terrestrial organisms. Plantation forests, which are mainly composed of a few genera of fast-growing trees, constitute an increasing fraction of global forests, but they only partly compensate for loss of area, habitat and ecological functions in natural forests. Plantation forests established near natural forests can be expected to serve as buffers, but they seem to be relatively poor in invertebrate species and it is not clear why. This bachelor’s degree project aimed at establishing the ecological and edaphic factors that correlate with soil invertebrate diversity in dry upland forests and surrounding plantation forests in eastern Africa. Some aspects of the above-ground vegetation heterogeneity were investigated since this was assumed to influence the heterogeneity of the soil environment, which is considered as critical for soil biodiversity. The obtained knowledge may be valuable in conservation activities in East African forests, which are threatened by destruction, fragmentation and exotic species. The study area was Karura Forest, a dry upland forest in Nairobi, Kenya. Three different sites were investigated; a natural forest site characterized by the indigenous tree species Brachylaena huillensis and Croton megalocarpus, and two different plantation forest sites, characterized by the exotic species Cupressus lusitanica and Eucalyptus paniculata, respectively. For each forest type, six plots were visited. Soil invertebrates were extracted from collected soil and litter samples by sieving and Berlese-Tullgren funnels. The invertebrates were identified, and the taxonomic diversity calculated at the order level. The ecological and edaphic factors, measured or calculated for each plot, were tree species diversity, ratio of exotic tree species, vertical structure of trees, vegetation cover, vegetation density, litter quality, soil pH, soil temperature and soil moisture. One-way ANOVA was used to compare soil invertebrate diversity and other variables between different forest types. Akaike’s Information Criterion and Multiple Linear Regression were used to establish linear models with variables that could explain measured variations of the diversity. There was some evidence for higher soil invertebrate diversity in natural forests than in surrounding plantation forests. The abundance of soil invertebrates was also clearly higher in natural forests, which indicates that natural forests are more important than plantation forests for conservation of soil invertebrate populations. Soil invertebrate diversity (in terms of number of orders present) was found to be influenced by forest type and litter quality. The diversity was higher at places with high amounts of coarse litter, which here is considered as more heterogenous than fine litter. The dependence on forest type was partly a consequence of differences in soil pH since Eucalyptus trees lower soil pH and thereby also soil biodiversity. No relation to heterogeneity of above-ground vegetation was found. For future conservation activities in Karura Forest Reserve it is recommended to continue removing exotic plant species and replanting indigenous trees, to prioritize the removal of Eucalyptus trees before Cypress trees, to only remove a few trees at a time and to establish ground vegetation when doing so.