Como publicar um artigo científico?

A escolha de uma revista onde enviar um artigo científico é baseada em diversos princípios. O primeiro deles é seguramente a temática do trabalho e a da revista. O segundo é a visibilidade da publicação: onde é que o artigo será mais vezes lido e mais vezes citado? Alguns dos fatores mais importantes na escolha de uma revista dependem então dos objetivos de publicação dos seus autores, podendo variar entre uma revista científica com um alto fator de impacto, o tempo de publicação ou o público-alvo. Fatores a considerar: tópicos publicados pela revista; público-alvo da revista; tipo de artigos publicado pela revista; restrições de tamanho; reputação da revista; average time to complete peer review; revisão pelos pares; cascading da revisão pelos pares; tempo para publicação; prépublicação online; indexação; estatísticas de leitores e circulação; acesso aberto; divulgação dos artigos

Normas para a construção de um artigo científico

O presente documento visa ser um guia orientador da construção de artigos científicos, no contexto da unidade curricular (uc) Metodologia de Investigação, do curso de Mestrado em Ciências do Consumo Alimentar (MCCA). Pretende-se, deste modo, considerar a filosofia subjacente a este trabalho, tendo em conta a natureza do artigo, bem como abordar questões formais e sua extensão, formatação, acrescida da estrutura do mesmo

Living on borrowed time – Amazonian trees use decade‐old storage carbon to survive for months after complete stem girdling

Nonstructural carbon (NSC) reserves act as buffers to sustain tree activity during periods when carbon (C) assimilation does not meet C demand, but little is known about their age and accessibility; we designed a controlled girdling experiment in the Amazon to study tree survival on NSC reserves. We used bomb-radiocarbon (14C) to monitor the time elapsed between C fixation and release (‘age’ of substrates). We simultaneously monitored how the mobilization of reserve C affected δ13CO2. Six ungirdled control trees relied almost exclusively on recent assimilates throughout the 17 months of measurement. The Δ14C of CO2 emitted from the six girdled stems increased significantly over time after girdling, indicating substantial remobilization of storage NSC fixed up to 13–14 yr previously. This remobilization was not accompanied by a consistent change in observed δ13CO2. These trees have access to storage pools integrating C accumulated over more than a decade. Remobilization follows a very clear reverse chronological mobilization with younger reserve pools being mobilized first. The lack of a shift in the δ13CO2 might indicate a constant contribution of starch hydrolysis to the soluble sugar pool even outside pronounced stress periods (regular mixing). © 2018 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2018 New Phytologist Trus

INFLUENCE OF CELL WALL CALCIUM CONTENT IN FRUIT FIRMNESS DURING THE RIPENING OF PLUMS (PRUNUS DOMESTICA L.).

‘Rainha Claudia Verde’ is a regional cultivar of Prunus domestica L. well adapted to a specific region in the south of Portugal. In order to understand the postharvest behavior of this cultivar produced in different orchards, cell wall poly-saccharides and cell wall calcium fruit content were studied during ripening in two consecutive years. During harvest period pectic fractions soluble in water, carbonate and KOH were prepared from alcohol-insoluble residue (AIR) of plums. Galacturonic and neutral sugars contents were measured during fruit ripening and fruit firmness was also evaluated. The calcium fruit level was determined in the AIR during harvest season as well as in dry matter. Fruit firmness was significantly higher in the second year and was probably related with calcium fruit content and pectic polysaccharides. There was a significant difference in calcium fruit content between orchards, and this might influence the overall fruit texture during the postharvest period. During fruit ripening water soluble pectic polysaccharides did not change significantly, which corresponded with the small decrease in tissue firmness. The occurrence in the supernatant of the cellulosic residue of highly branched polysaccharides might be the consequence of matrix material associated with microfibrilar phase. Depolymerization of the hemicellulosic fraction was not evident during plum ripening. The loss of fruit firmness is a consequence of many cellular events which are influenced by external factors. The knowledge of calcium content in the cell wall and the pectic poly¬saccharides could be of great importance to local farmers to predict fruit texture

O tempo do arquivo: a decadência do museu e a poética da história

Neste artigo, estou interessado na instituição moderna do museu ocidental. Muitos museus tiveram seu começo no século XIX e persistem até hoje influenciando, além dos centros Europeus e Norte Americanos, o desenvolvimento subseqüente de outros museus pelo mundo. Não existe uma problemática única que defina o museu, assim como temos que reconhecer que eles são variados em tipo, em escala e no alcance de suas ambições

Understanding the barriers to real estate investment in developing economies

Baum (2008a) related the number of real estate funds investing in developing economies to simple economic and demographic variables, and showed that, while the popularity of markets was explained by population and GDP per capita, some countries receive more or less investment than the model predicted. Why is this? In this paper we undertake a literature review to identify the barriers which inhibit international real estate investment. We test our initial findings by questioning property investment professionals through semi-structured interviews. By doing this we were able to verify our list of barriers, identify those barriers which are most likely to affect real estate investors, and to indicate whether there are any real estate-specific variables that create barriers which have not received any academic attention. We show that distortions in international capital flows may be explained by a combination of these formal and informal barriers

Perspectivas para o marco legal do terceiro setor

A existência de um ambiente regulatório moderno, claro e estável é fator fundamental para promover a expansão e a qualificação do investimento social privado no Brasil. Com base nessa premissa, o GIFE -- Grupo de Institutos, Fundações e Empresas desenvolve, desde 2003, ações com o objetivo de contribuir para o aperfeiçoamento da legislação brasileira do terceiro setor, construindo um ambiente mais favorável ao investimento social e à atuação das organizações da sociedade civil. Essa publicação tem como objetivo orientar a atuação de advocacy do GIFE

Native Birth: Identity and Territory in Postcolonial Guinea-Bissau, West Africa

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