O PISA é uma metodologia apresentada pelo MAPA para fomento e difusão de tecnologias de produção sustentável para propriedades rurais. Seus principais pilares são o uso de boas práticas de produção como o plantio direto, a diversificação e a rotação de culturas, a integração lavoura-pecuária. A hipótese desse estudo foi de que a aplicação da metodologia PISA é capaz de promover a intensificação sustentável da produção em sistemas leiteiros do RS. O estudo foi realizado nas Missões, nos municípios de Guarani das Missões, São Paulo das Missões, Santo Antônio das Missões, Pirapó e São Nicolau, localizados no noroeste do RS. Foram avaliadas 54 propriedades rurais que participaram do PISA e que tem a produção de leite como atividade principal. O Projeto teve início em dezembro de 2011 com a realização do diagnóstico da situação inicial de cada propriedade e se estendeu até novembro de 2014. As informações utilizadas para o presente trabalho foram capturadas em uma base de dados referente às entrevistas realizadas com os produtores no início do projeto, após o primeiro, segundo e terceiro ano, respectivamente. Os dados levantados referem-se às variáveis de produção, de ocupação do uso do solo e de manejo empregado pelos produtores, como número de vacas em lactação, média de produção por vaca, dieta ofertada, área de cada cultivo, formas de manejo das pastagens e sistemas de cultivo. A média da produção de leite diária teve um aumento significativo de 33,7% (P<0,001). O aumento da produção total de leite (L.propriedade-1.dia-1) foi relacionado ao aumento do número de vacas em lactação (P<0.001, R2=0.41), que ocorreu em 76% das propriedades. Foi observado incremento na produção de leite em 89% das propriedades avaliadas, houve modificação nas práticas utilizadas pelos produtores tanto no critério relacionado ao manejo do pasto como na forma de plantio das culturas, onde a grande maioria dos produtores (96,1%), passou a adotar o controle da altura como principal critério de manejo da pastagem. As ações de intervenção propostas pela metodologia PISA promoveram impactos positivos nas propriedades avaliadas. Os principais fatores determinantes dos aumentos produtivos foram a organização de uso das áreas e a adoção do método de pastoreio “rotatínuo”. A adoção da prática do plantio direto e do manejo adequado das pastagens constituíram as principais ferramentas utilizadas pelo PISA para promoção da qualidade dos ambientes de produção, conservação de recursos naturais e otimização do uso de nutrientes na interface solo-planta-animal. / The PISA program is a method from MAPA for promotion and diffusion of sustainable production technologies in rural area. This method lies on conservationist production technics like no-till, diversification and rotation of the crop or integrated crop-livestock systems. This study questions the success of the PISA program to promote sustainable intensification in dairy farm from the Rio Grande do Sul. We analysed data from 54 dairy farms situated that participate in the PISA program in the Missões region, North-Este of the state, including the city areas of Guarani das Missões, São Paulo das Missões, Santo Antônio das Missões, Pirapó e São Nicolau. The Project started in 2011 with a diagnostic of the initial situation of the farms and extended until November 2014. We based the present study on interviews and milk production reports conducted at the beginning of the study, two and three year later. Main variables refer to milk production (total, per head and number of animals in production), soil use (e.g. no-till vs. tillage, area for each cultivate, system of rotation) and resource management (e.g. pasture management, quantity of feed and silage offered). Between 2011 and 2014, milk mean daily production increased in 89% of the farms resulting in a significantly mean increased of 33,7% (P<0.001). This increase was significantly related to an increase in the number of dairy cattle (P<0.001, R2=0.41) that occurred in 76% of the farms. Farmers significantly change their management practices. No-till management increasing from 19 to over 70% of the cultivated areas, and grazing management based on sward height increase from one third to 96,1%. The PISA program, by successfully implementing sustainable management practices, resulted in highly significant positive result regarding milk productivity. Main practices that resulted in this success were no-till practices, a better organisation in the use of the area and rigorous grazing management based on low intensity/high frequency rotational grazing (i.e. “rotatíno"). Through these changes in management practices, the PISA program promoted more sustainable and more productive farm systems, better conservation of soil natural resources and optimisation of nutrient uses at the soil-plant-animal interface.

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O experimento foi conduzido na FZEA/USP – Pirassununga/SP de dezembro de 2002 a março de 2003, em uma área de 26,7 ha formada de capim-braquiarão. O objetivo foi avaliar as características morfofisiológicas durante a fase recuperação da planta forrageira após o pastejo. A pastagem foi submetida a quatro intensidades de pastejo representadas por níveis de oferta de forragem (5, 10, 15 e 20% - kg MS/100 kg peso animal.dia), utilizando-se o método de lotação rotacionada, sendo sete dias de ocupação e vinte e oito dias de descanso. O delineamento experimental foi em blocos completos e casualizados, com quatro repetições. Foram avaliadas as seguintes respostas: (1) características morfogênicas: intervalo de aparecimento foliar (IApF), taxa de aparecimento foliar (TApF), taxa de alongamento foliar (TAlF), taxa de senescência foliar (TSenF), taxa de alongamento de colmo (TAlC); e (2) características estruturais: número de folhas vivas por perfilho (NFVP), comprimento de folhas verdes por perfilhos (CFVP), comprimento médio de folhas verdes por perfilho (CMFVP) e comprimento de colmo (CC), dinâmica de perfilhamento, englobando, percentagem de perfilhos decapitados (PPD), número de perfilhos basais remanescentes (NPBR), número de perfilhos aéreos remanescentes (NPAR), número de perfilhos basais novos (NPBN), número de perfilhos aéreos novos (NPAN), densidade populacional de perfilhos (DPP), peso médio de perfilho seco, (PMPS) e peso médio de perfilho verde (PMVP). Pastagens submetidas a menor intensidade de pastejo apresentam maior TSenF. As condições climáticas que favorecem o processo de florescimento foram determinantes nessa TSenF. O avanço na estação de crescimento interferiu de forma negativa na TApF, aumentando automaticamente o IApF. A TAlF teve pouca influência dos tratamentos de OF, exceto na condição inicial de manejo, período de avaliação 1 (PAv.1). Nos PAv. o aumento do NFVP esteve relacionado com a diminuição de seu comprimento médio. O CC aumentou com o avançar dos PAv. A maior intensidade de pastejo condicionou o aumento na PPD, a maior DPP e o menor PMPS e PMPV. As condições climáticas tiveram papel importante na sobrevivência e aumento dos NPBR nos PAv.. A sobrevivência dos NPAR esteve condicionada aos efeitos da OF. Condições de maior intensidade de pastejo favoreceu o aparecimento de NPBN e NPAN. No avançar dos PAv., o pastejo leniente provocou diminuição do surgimento do NPAN, embora tenham aumentado durante o período de rebrotação. / The experiment was conducted in the FZEA/USP - Pirassununga/SP from December/2002 to March/2003, in a pasture of signal grass of 26.7 ha. The objective was evaluated the morphophysiological characteristics during regrowth of the plant after grazing. The pasture was submitted at grazing intensities represented by four levels of herbage allowance (5, 10, 15 and 20% - kg DM/100 kg weight animal.day), using rotational stocking method, being seven days of occupation and twenty and eight days of interval of grazing. The experimental design was in complete randomised block, with four replications. The evaluated responses were: (1) morphogenetics characteristics: leaf appearance interval (LApI), leaf appearance rate (LApR), leaf elongation rate (LElR), leaf senescence rate (LSenR), stem elongation rate (SElR); e (2) structural characteristics: number of live leaves (NLL), length of green leaf (LGL), length average green leaf (LAGL) and length of stems (LS), dynamics of tillering, percentage of decapitated tiller (PDT), number of remaining basal tiller (NRBT), number of remaining aerial tiller (NRAT), number of new basal tiller (NNBT), number of new aerial tiller (NNAT), population density of tiller (PDT), dry average weight for tiller, (DAWT) and green average weight for tiller (GAWT). Pasture submitted to lenient grazing presented higher LSenR. The climatic conditions that favour flowering process were determinant in LSenR. The advance in growth station influenced negatively in the LApR and increased automatically the LApI. The HA had little influence on the LAIR, except in the initial condition of management, period of evaluation 1 (PAv.1). In the PAv. the increase of the NLL was related with the reduction of its average length. The LS increased with advancing of the PAv.. The highest grazing intensity conditioned the increase in the PDT, the biggest PDT and lowest DAWT and GAWT. The climatic conditions were important in the survival and increase of the NRBT in the PAv.. The survival of the NRAT was conditioned to the effect of the HA. The highest grazing intensity favoured the appearance of NNBT and NNAT. With the advance of the PAv., the lenient grazing provoked reduction of the NNAT emergence, even so has increased during regrowth period.

O sucesso do tratamento com implantes dentários depende do conhecimento teórico-prático do profissional, condições biológicas do paciente, e das propriedades mecânicas dos seus componentes. Dois testes de fadiga podem avaliar as propriedades mecânicas destes materiais: ensaios monotônicos unidirecionais e testes de flexão rotacional. A vantagem do dispositivo de flexão rotacional é o ensaio mais rápido que fornece dados relevantes e uma previsão mais realista da longevidade clínica. Oliveira-Neto (2011) avaliou o dispositivo de flexão rotacional desenvolvido por Ferreira (2010), e mostrou que componentes do dispositivo necessitavam ser revistos para assegurar melhor fixação do implante, controle de temperatura, frequência e permitir modificação do momento de força aplicado aos espécimes. O objetivo deste trabalho foi confeccionar e avaliar novos componentes para o dispositivo de flexão rotacional de Ferreira (2010) e avaliar seus efeitos em sistemas de implante de hexágono externo e interno. Os grupos testados foram: Aimplantes Hexagono Externo (HE) com munhão (UCLA); B- implantes HE com Pilar Cônico; C- implantes Hexagono Interno (HI) com munhão (UCLA); D- implantes HI com Pilar Cônico. O novo método consistiu em modificações no: porta implante, porta rolamento, centralizador do implante, material de fixação (resina acrílica). As amostras foram submetidas a ciclagem em torno do seu eixo longitudinal enquanto uma extremidade estava fixada em um mandril à 45o e a outra extremidade recebia a carga. O objetivo foi determinar o nível de carga em que 50% dos espécimes sobreviveram e 50% fraturaram antes de 106 ciclos girando a 16Hz. Assim, a resistência a fadiga (F50) foi determinada através da técnica staircase analysis. Após a ciclagem, os componentes que não apresentaram falhas tiveram o destorque de remoção mensurado eletronicamente, e todas as amostras foram analisadas através de microscópio eletrônico de varredura, radiografia e fotografia digital. Os resultados mostraram que os grupos UCLA têm maior resistência à fadiga. O sistema de HI-UCLA mostrou um desempenho mais estável, com uma resistência igual ao HE. Os grupos com Pilar Cônico apresentaram falhas clinicamente melhor, permitindo a substituição de componentes protéticos. Os danos mais graves ocorreram em ambos os grupos HE, com danos aos implantes. O método de desinclusão do implante da resina precisa ser revisto visando a obtenção de imagens sem artefatos. O dispositivo de Ferreira (2010) associado às modificações propostas por Oliveira-Neto permitiu a execução do ensaio de flexão rotativa em sistema de implantes com variadas configurações, produzindo resultados clinicamente relevantes. / Implant success depends on professional ability, patient biological conditions and also mechanical properties. Two fatigue tests can study implant mechanical properties: unidirectional bend-release fatigue testing and rotational fatigue testing. Advantages of rotational bending devices include faster tests that can generate relevant data and provide more realistic prediction of clinical performance. Oliveira- Neto (2011) evaluated a rotational bending device developed by Ferreira (2010), and showed its components need to be revised to ensure better implant fixation, temperature control, frequency and also enable to increase force moment. The aim of this study was fabricate and evaluate new components to Ferreiras device and it evaluate it effects in external and internal hexagon implant systems.Following groups were tested: A-external hex (EH) implants with UCLA abutment, B- EH implants with Conical Abutment, C- internal hex (HI) implants with UCLA abutment, D- IH implants with Conical Abutment. The new methodology consisted in changes on implant holder, bearing case, implant centralizer and bone material simulator (acrylic resin). Samples were spun around their long axes while being clamped into a 45o revolving collet on one end and loaded normal to their long axis on the other end. The aim was to determine the load level at which 50% of the specimens survived- and 50% fractured before 106 cycles at 16Hz. Fatigue resistance (F50) were determined using the staircase procedure. After cycling, torque of survival components were measured electronically, and all samples were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy, x-ray and digital photography. Results showed that UCLA groups have higher fatigue resistence. The IH-UCLA system showed more stable performance, with equal resistance to EH. Conical Abutment groups failure clinically better, allowing replacement of prosthetic components. The most severe damage occurred in both EH groups, with implant damages. Ferreiras device with Oliveira-Neto changes enabled to perform a rotating bending test on implant system in numerous configurations, producing clinically relevant results.

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There are several methods avaliable to find areas of interest, but most fail at detecting such areas in cluttered scenes. In this paper two methods will be presented and tested in a qualitative perspective. The first is the darg operator, which is used to detect three dimensional convex or concave objects by calculating the derivative of the argument of the gradient in one direction of four rotated versions. The four versions are thereafter added together in their original orientation. A multi scale version is recommended to avoid the problem that the standard deviation of the Gaussians, combined with the derivatives, controls the scale of the object, which is detected. Another feature detected in this paper is rotational symmetries with the help of approximative polynomial expansion. This approach is used in order to minimalize the number and sizes of the filters used for a correlation of a representation of the orientation and filters matching the rotational symmetries of order 0, 1 and 2. With this method a particular type of rotational symmetry can be extracted by using both the order and the orientation of the result. To improve the method’s selectivity a normalized inhibition is applied on the result, which causes a much weaker result in the two other resulting pixel values when one is high. Both methods are not enough by themselves to give a definite answer to if the image consists of an area of interest or not, since several other things have these types of features. They can on the other hand give an indication where in the image the feature is found.

Contributions to the second order collision efficiency function S ⁽²⁾ (b), used in semiclassical perturbation approaches to pressure broadening of microwave and infrared spectra, due to several leading terms, dipole and quadrupole components, in the expansion of the intermolecular interaction energy are derived by method of irreducible spherical tensor operators for molecules of arbitrary symmetry. Results are given explicitly in terms of dipole and quadrupole line strengths. General expressions for dipole moment line strength in the asymmetric rotor basis as well as quadrupole moment line strength for the special case of molecules with two independent quadrupole moment components are derived. Computer programs for calculating linewidth parameters in the rotational spectrum of ¹⁴NO₂ based on Anderson and Murphy and Boggs theories are presented.

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As the energy efficiency of dishwashers continuously improves, differentmanufacturers need to find new innovative solutions to further improve thedishwashers. To do so one can divide the areas of improvement into 4 parameters,water temperature, washing time, chemical treatment and mechanical processing.In this thesis the focus lies on the mechanical processing and the washing time. The conventional spray arm of today's dishwashers sets its rotational velocitythrough the water pressure. To step away from this ASKO Appliances AB hasdeveloped a prototype with a motorized lower spray arm. The purpose of this studyis therefore to investigate how the motorized spray arm performs in terms of energyusage, wash results and sound. This when altering the factors water pressure,rotational velocity and washing time. To get reliable results with the least amount of tests, the methodology of Design ofExperiments was used through the software MODDE 7. A 3-level full factorialdesign was chosen. The three factors were varied in three levels -1, 0, 1 and fiveextra centerpoints were added resulting in a test schedule of 32 tests. To measurethe wash result a soiling method and an evaluation method was developed. Theresults of the executed test schedule was analysed through MODDEs in-builtregression model Multiple Linear Regression. The analysed test results showed that the wash time was the dominant factor forboth energy usage and wash result and the second most dominant factor was waterpressure. The rotational velocity had little to no effect on the energy usage and asmall effect on the wash result at a low water pressure but increasing effect for ahigher water pressure. The measured sound values were constant over time andincreased with both increased water pressure and rotational velocity. The optimalrunning conditions regarding wash result was investigated using MODDE and thentested. The optimal rotational velocity was the setting 1, the highest level, for allthree time settings. The optimal water pressure was in the mid to high region, andincreased with increasing wash time. The results from the three optimum tests for the prototype were then compared totests with a conventional dishwasher with a pressure driven spray arm. Theconventional dishwasher was runned with its normal running conditions for thethree different time settings. The prototype achieved a similar wash result as theconventional machine for the time setting -1 but slightly better for the time setting0 and 1. The energy usage for the prototype was a doubling of the conventionalmachines energy usage. The sound measurements were excluded due to muffelingdifferences between the machines

To add to the understanding of the structure and evolution of Delta Scuti stars, 167 Delta Scutis north of -01 degrees declination and brighter than 13th magnitude have been observed spectroscopically. A method for calculating rotational velocity values and Hydrogen-Beta color indices for the stars in the data set with no previously published values is developed, using the stars in the data set brighter than 7th magnitude. Rotational velocity values for four stars with previously unknown values and Hydrogen-Beta index values for five stars with previously unknown values are calculated.