População de referência no diagnóstico da composição nutricional (CND) em Mangueiras.

Resumo: A diagnose foliar teve início em meados do século 20; desde então, é objeto de muitas pesquisas e tem-se apresentado como a principal ferramenta para aumento da produtividade, pois permite um manejo eficiente da adubação, podendo dirimir limitações de um dado nutriente e adequar o balanço nutricional para uma determinada cultura. Objetivando contribuir com a diagnose nutricional da mangueira avaliou-se 221 talhões das variedades Palmer, Tommy Atkins e Espada, durante as safras agrícolas 2009/2010 e 2010/2011. Seguindo a proposição do Diagnóstico da Composição Nutricional (CND) e a exclusão dos dados aberrantes, foi possível definir que o ponto de inflexão que definiu as amostras com alto e baixo rendimento foi de 80,8 kg por planta. A distância de Mahalanobis foi eficiente em excluir os resultados aberrantes do banco de dados inicialmente proposto

TORSO DEFORMATION IN FRONTAL SLED TESTS: COMPARISION BETWEEN THOR NT, THOR NT WITH THE CHALMERS SD-1 SHOULDER, AND PMHS

This study compares the thoracic deformation response of the 50th percentile male THOR NT frontal crash dummy and the response of the THOR modified with the SD-1 shoulder (THOR SD-1) relative to the thoracic response of eight 50th percentile male PMHS. The prototype Chalmers University SD-1 shoulder was designed to be more human-like in terms of geometry and range of motion in comparison to the standard THOR NT shoulder. The dummies and PMHS were restrained by a three-point restraint in a driver-side configuration and were subjected to a simulated 40 km/h frontal crash. The most prominent difference between the responses of the dummies and PMHS involved motion of the lower right anterior ribcage measurement site that is the farthest lateral distance from the diagonal shoulder belt. During the impact event, this site moved substantially anteriorly and away from the spine for the PMHS. The PMHS lower right “bulge out” behavior is believed to be caused by inertial loading of the ribcage, underlying organs, and soft tissue overlying the torso. The THOR SD-1 shoulder altered the shoulder belt position relative to the thoracic deflection measurement sites resulting in a different distribution of deformation for the upper measurement sites although the average upper site deformation was similar to that recorded for the standard THOR shoulder

Which type of parent training works best for preschoolers with comorbid ADHD and ODD? A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial comparing generic and specialized programs

The present study examined whether the presence of comorbid ODD differentially moderated the outcome of two Behavioral Parent Training (BPT) programs in a sample of preschoolers with ADHD: One designed specifically for ADHD (NFPP: New Forest Parenting Programme) and one designed primarily for ODD (HNC: Helping the Noncompliant Child). In a secondary analysis, 130 parents and their 3-4 year-old children diagnosed with ADHD were assigned to one of the two programs. 44.6 % of the children also met criteria for ODD. Significant interactions between treatment conditions (NFPP vs. HNC) and child ODD diagnosis (presence vs. absence) indicated that based on some parent and teacher reports, HNC was more effective with disruptive behaviors than NFPP but only when children had a comorbid diagnosis. Further, based on teacher report, NFPP was more effective with these behaviors when children had a diagnosis of only ADHD whereas HNC was equally effective across ADHD only and comorbid ODD diagnoses. Comorbidity profile did not interact with treatment program when parent or teacher reported ADHD symptoms served as the outcome. Implications for clinical interventions are discussed and directions for future work are provided

Perceptual grouping based on iterative multi-scale tensor voting

Abstract. We propose a new approach for perceptual grouping of oriented segments in highly cluttered images based on tensor voting. Segments are represented as second-order tensors and communicate with each other through a voting scheme that incorporates the Gestalt principles of visual perception. An iterative scheme has been devised which removes noise segments in a conservative way using multi-scale analysis and re-voting. We have tested our approach on data sets composed of real objects in real backgrounds. Our experimental results indicate that our method can segment successfully objects in images with up to twenty times more noise segments than object ones.

Jones-matrix Formalism as a Representation of the Lorentz Group

It is shown that the two-by-two Jones-matrix formalism for polarization optics is a six-parameter two-by-two representation of the Lorentz group. The attenuation and phase-shift filters are represented respectively by the three-parameter rotation subgroup and the three-parameter Lorentz group for two spatial and one time dimensions. It is noted that the Lorentz group has another three-parameter subgroup which is like the two-dimensional Euclidean group. Possible optical filters having this Euclidean symmetry are discussed in detail. It is shown also that the Jones-matrix formalism can be extended to some of the non-orthogonal polarization coordinate systems within the framework of the Lorentz-group representation.Comment: RevTeX, 27 pages, no figures, to be published in J. Opt. Soc. Am.

Planning and Leveraging Event Portfolios: Towards a Holistic Theory

This conceptual paper seeks to advance the discourse on the leveraging and legacies of events by examining the planning, management, and leveraging of event portfolios. This examination shifts the common focus from analyzing single events towards multiple events and purposes that can enable cross-leveraging among different events in pursuit of attainment and magnification of specific ends. The following frameworks are proposed: (1) event portfolio planning and leveraging, and (2) analyzing events networks and inter-organizational linkages. These frameworks are intended to provide, at this infancy stage of event portfolios research, a solid ground for building theory on the management of different types and scales of events within the context of a portfolio aimed to obtain, optimize and sustain tourism, as well as broader community benefits

Tailoring temporal description logics for reasoning over temporal conceptual models

Temporal data models have been used to describe how data can evolve in the context of temporal databases. Both the Extended Entity-Relationship (EER) model and the Unified Modelling Language (UML) have been temporally extended to design temporal databases. To automatically check quality properties of conceptual schemas various encoding to Description Logics (DLs) have been proposed in the literature. On the other hand, reasoning on temporally extended DLs turn out to be too complex for effective reasoning ranging from 2ExpTime up to undecidable languages. We propose here to temporalize the ‘light-weight’ DL-Lite logics obtaining nice computational results while still being able to represent various constraints of temporal conceptual models. In particular, we consider temporal extensions of DL-Lite^N_bool, which was shown to be adequate for capturing non-temporal conceptual models without relationship inclusion, and its fragment DL-Lite^N_core with most primitive concept inclusions, which are nevertheless enough to represent almost all types of atemporal constraints (apart from covering)