Precisão posicional dos pontos de queimadas na região Centro-Oeste do Brasil.

Dada a importância estratégica dos dados de queimadas para definição das políticas de gestão ambiental nacional, este trabalho teve o objetivo de medir a precisão posicional dos dados de queimadas, produzidos pelo satélite NOAA/AVHRR e publicados pelo INPE, para avaliar a compatibilidade do uso dessa base de dados nas ações de combate e de comando e controle das queimadas na região Centro-Oeste brasileira

Object-oriented Programming Laws for Annotated Java Programs

Object-oriented programming laws have been proposed in the context of languages that are not combined with a behavioral interface specification language (BISL). The strong dependence between source-code and interface specifications may cause a number of difficulties when transforming programs. In this paper we introduce a set of programming laws for object-oriented languages like Java combined with the Java Modeling Language (JML). The set of laws deals with object-oriented features taking into account their specifications. Some laws deal only with features of the specification language. These laws constitute a set of small transformations for the development of more elaborate ones like refactorings

Estimativa da estabilidade de produção em cultivares de milho para o Estado de Minas Gerais.

Foi estudada estabilidade da produtividade de grãos de 28 hibridos de linhagens, quatro híbridos intervarietais e quatro variedades de milho (Zea mays L.), em doze regiões do Estado de Afinas Gerais. As cultivares Cargill 115, Dekalb 678, Cargill 525, Germinal ISC, Cargill 111 S e Cargill 5 11 A, apresentaram boa produtividade. De acordo com o parâmetro de estabilidade (6) as cultivares Germinal 491, Germinal 493, CMS 12, Cargill 203, Pioneer 3218, Pioneer 3216, Pioneer 6875 e Agroceres 352 F, apresentaram alta estabilidade. As cultivares Germinal 493, Cargfll 5 11 A, Pioneer 3216 e Agroceres 302 apresentaram os menores valores para os desvios da regressão (S2d). As, cultivares Cargill 511 A, Pioncer XCH 36 e Agroceres 303 apresentaram ampla estabilidade de produção de acordo com os parâmetros de estabilidade estudados. As variedades de polinização aberta CPI VI e CMS 12, CAIS 06 e IAC Maya XXI foram mais e menos estáveis na resposta ao ambiente, respectivamente

Progresso genético para produtividade e peso de 100 grãos em 14 anos do Programa de Melhoramento de Arroz Irrigado de Minas Gerais.

O objetivo deste estudo foi estimar o progresso genético e ambiental da produtividade e peso de 100 grãos do programa de melhoramento de arroz irrigado do estado de Minas Gerais no período de 1998 a 2012

Ganho genético do Programa de Melhoramento de Arroz Irrigado de Minas Gerais na década de 90.

O presente trabalho visou estimar o ganho genético alcançado com o programa de melhoramento de arroz irrigado por inundação contínua desenvolvido em Minas Gerais, pelo consórcio EPAMIG e EMBRAPA Arroz e Feijão, no período de 1990/91 a 2000/2001

Study of the interaction genotypes x environments in the selection process of upland rice.

The objectives of this study were the investigation of the interactions between upland rice lines/cultivars x planting system, years and locations. The experiments were conducted in the agricultural years of 2001/02 and 2002/03 in Lavras, Uberlandia and Patrocinio in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), Brazil, in two planting systems: conventional and no-tillage. The treatments were 20 lines/cultivars and the evaluated traits were: plant height, flowering date, grain yield and disease incidence. The absence genotype x system interaction of grain yield indicated that cultivars recommended for sowing traditional can be utilized in the no-tillage system. The interactions genotypes x locations and genotypes x years were significant. The Cruz methodology indicated that cultivar Caiapo presented adaptation in unfavourable environments and the line CNAs 8983 showed response in the environment improvement. The Annicchiarico methodology showed that Guarani and CNAs 8989 were the most stable

Frozen and Invariant Quantum Discord under Local Dephasing Noise

In this chapter, we intend to explore and review some remarkable dynamical properties of quantum discord under various different open quantum system models. Specifically, our discussion will include several concepts connected to the phenomena of time invariant and frozen quantum discord. Furthermore, we will elaborate on the relation of these two phenomena to the non-Markovian features of the open system dynamics and to the usage of dynamical decoupling protocols.Comment: 29 pages, 8 figure

BRSMG Rubelita: cultivar de arroz para cultivo em várzeas mineiras.

Minas Gerais situa-se entre os principais estados produtores de arroz do País. O arroz de terras altas e de várzeas úmidas respondem por cerca de 80 % da produção mineira. Um dos principais fatores que contribuem para melhor produção de arroz é o emprego de cultivares melhoradas, adequadas a cada modalidade de cultivo. O consórcio de pesquisa entre a EPAMIG e a Embrapa Arroz e Feijão, por meio do programa de melhoramento genético de arroz irrigado, testa a cada ano diversas linhagens e cultivares, em diferentes locais de Minas Gerais

Reliability of a tool for measuring theory of planned behaviour constructs for use in evaluating research use in policymaking

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although measures of knowledge translation and exchange (KTE) effectiveness based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) have been used among patients and providers, no measure has been developed for use among health system policymakers and stakeholders. A tool that measures the intention to use research evidence in policymaking could assist researchers in evaluating the effectiveness of KTE strategies that aim to support evidence-informed health system decision-making. Therefore, we developed a 15-item tool to measure four TPB constructs (intention, attitude, subjective norm and perceived control) and assessed its face validity through key informant interviews.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We carried out a reliability study to assess the tool's internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Our study sample consisted of 62 policymakers and stakeholders that participated in deliberative dialogues. We assessed internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha and generalizability (G) coefficients, and we assessed test-retest reliability by calculating Pearson correlation coefficients (<it>r</it>) and G coefficients for each construct and the tool overall.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The internal consistency of items within each construct was good with alpha ranging from 0.68 to alpha = 0.89. G-coefficients were lower for a single administration (G = 0.34 to G = 0.73) than for the average of two administrations (G = 0.79 to G = 0.89). Test-retest reliability coefficients for the constructs ranged from <it>r </it>= 0.26 to <it>r </it>= 0.77 and from G = 0.31 to G = 0.62 for a single administration, and from G = 0.47 to G = 0.86 for the average of two administrations. Test-retest reliability of the tool using G theory was moderate (G = 0.5) when we generalized across a single observation, but became strong (G = 0.9) when we averaged across both administrations.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>This study provides preliminary evidence for the reliability of a tool that can be used to measure TPB constructs in relation to research use in policymaking. Our findings suggest that the tool should be administered on more than one occasion when the intervention promotes an initial 'spike' in enthusiasm for using research evidence (as it seemed to do in this case with deliberative dialogues). The findings from this study will be used to modify the tool and inform further psychometric testing following different KTE interventions.</p