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    Formação de recursos humanos e os novos tempos.

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    O propósito do artigo é discutir os paradigmas da política de recursos humanos para preparar os cientistas da Embrapa para os novos tempos. Fala-se muito nas dificuldades orçamentárias da Empresa. Mas, o quadro que se descreverá não diz respeito a este importante assunto. O quadro ainda é pertinente num ambiente orçamentário favorável. Ou, ainda, a Embrapa terá que se ajustar às transformações em curso, qualquer que seja o rumo que o orçamento do governo federal possa tomar. Assim, o artigo não tem como objetivo discutir novas formas de financiar a Embrapa, embora elas, naturalmente, decorrerão das transformações em andamento. Mas, sim, discutir os ajustamentos necessários.Na publicação: Eliseu Alves

    Germinação de sementes de malícia e salsa em diferentes condições de temperatura e luz.

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    Resumo também publicado em: REUNIÃO ANUAL DA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE ZOOTECNIA, 37., 2000, Viçosa, MG. Resumos dos trabalhos apresentados. Viçosa, MG: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2000. p. 98

    Germinação de sementes de plantas daninhas de pastagens cultivadas: Mimosa pudica e Ipomoea asarifolia.

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    Malícia (Mimosa pudica) e salsa (Ipomoea asarifolia) são importantes plantas daninhas que infestam áreas de pastagens cultivadas da região amazônica brasileira. Neste trabalho foram analisados os efeitos de fatores relacionados ao solo e clima na variação da germinação (percentual e índice de velocidade de germinação - IVG) de sementes dessas espécies. A germinação foi monitorada em um período de 15 dias, com contagens diárias e eliminação das sementes germinadas. Os resultados mostraram que os fatores de solo alumínio, pH, cálcio e magnésio não influenciam a germinação das duas espécies de plantas daninhas. A germinação das sementes de malícia e salsa pode ocorrer tanto na presença como na ausência de luz. A temperatura ótima de germinação (percentual e IVG) para ambas as espécies foi de 30oC contínua e 25-35oC alternada, embora as sementes de malícia tenham germinado satisfatoriamente em temperaturas contínuas superiores e inferiores a 30oC e em todas as combinações de temperaturas alternadas. Comparativamente, o índice de velocidade de germinação (IVG) foi mais sensível aos efeitos da temperatura do que o percentual de germinação. Ambas as espécies responderam negativamente ao aumento da salinidade, sendo a espécie malícia mais tolerante ao sal do que a sals

    Antimicrobial activity of propolis nanoparticles against some common meat contamination bacteria

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    Raw meat is a highly perishable product that requires a great amount of care, from its handling to the conservation conditions at low temperatures. The reduction of microbial proliferation in meat is necessary to achieve an increase of shelf life, food safety, while maintaining product features. For this reason, a technology based on natural antimicrobial agent may offer a potential alternative to protect and control the proliferation of microorganisms on food products. Propolis is a natural resinous substance collected from the leaf buds of different tree species by honeybees and known for its biological properties (antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant) (Koo et. al, 2000). The aim of this work was to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of propolis nanoparticles in comparison with ethanol-propolis extract against some common meat contamination bacteria. The ethanol-propolis extract was obtained from green propolis resin, in absolute ethanol under agitation during 15 days. To obtain the propolis nanoparticles, ethanol-propolis extract at 13.75% (w/v) was mixed with polyvinyl-alcohol solution at 0.1% (w/v). Antimicrobial activity of propolis nanoparticles and ethanol-propolis extract was tested against 8 microorganisms typically present in meat. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of both solutions were evaluated by agar-well diffusion method; all strains were susceptible and MIC values ranged from 0.57 to 2.29% (w/v) for propolis nanoparticles and from 0.68 to 6.88% (w/v) for ethanol-propolis extract. The MIC of propolis nanoparticles for Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella thompson, Listeria monocytogenes, Enterococcus faecalis, Enterobacter helveticus, Lactobacillus bucheneri and Leuconostoc mesenteroideswas 1.15%, 0.57%, 2.29%, 1.72%, 1.72%, 2.29%, 2.29%, 1.72%, respectively, and the MIC for ethanol-propolis extract to the same species was 3.44%, 0.68%, 3.44%, 3.44%, 3.44%, 6.88%, 6.88%, 3.44%, respectively. The shown antimicrobial activity of propolis nanoparticles is of potential interest for food applications (e.g. in edible coatings formulation). Therefore, results obtained in this study, set the bases for future studies, using films as support for propolis nanoparticles, for application in meat products. References Koo, H.; Gomes, B.P.F.A.; Rosalen, P. L.; Ambrosano, G.M.B.; Park, Y. K.; Cury, J. A. (2000) In vitro antimicrobial activity of propolis and Arnica montana against oral pathogens. Archives of Oral Biology 45: 141-14

    The anisotropic XY model on the inhomogeneous periodic chain

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    The static and dynamic properties of the anisotropic XY-model (s=1/2)(s=1/2) on the inhomogeneous periodic chain, composed of NN cells with nn different exchange interactions and magnetic moments, in a transverse field h,h, are determined exactly at arbitrary temperatures. The properties are obtained by introducing the Jordan-Wigner fermionization and by reducing the problem to a diagonalization of a finite matrix of nthnth order. The quantum transitions are determined exactly by analyzing, as a function of the field, the induced magnetization 1/n\sum_{m=1}^{n}\mu_{m}\left (jj denotes the cell, mm the site within the cell, μm\mu_{m} the magnetic moment at site mm within the cell) and the spontaneous magnetization 1/n∑m=1n<Sj,mx,>1/n\sum_{m=1}^{n}\left< S_{j,m}^{x},\right> which is obtained from the correlations <Sj,mxSj+r,mx>\left< S_{j,m}^{x}S_{j+r,m}^{x}\right> for large spin separations. These results, which are obtained for infinite chains, correspond to an extension of the ones obtained by Tong and Zhong(\textit{Physica B} \textbf{304,}91 (2001)). The dynamic correlations, <Sj,mz(t)Sj′,m′z(0)>\left< S_{j,m}^{z}(t)S_{j^{\prime},m^{\prime}}^{z}(0)\right>, and the dynamic susceptibility, χqzz(ω),\chi_{q}^{zz}(\omega), are also obtained at arbitrary temperatures. Explicit results are presented in the limit T=0, where the critical behaviour occurs, for the static susceptibility χqzz(0)\chi_{q}^{zz}(0) as a function of the transverse field hh, and for the frequency dependency of dynamic susceptibility χqzz(ω)\chi_{q}^{zz}(\omega).Comment: 33 pages, 13 figures, 01 table. Revised version (minor corrections) accepted for publiction in Phys. Rev.
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