Rural tourism as an object of study in post graduate school for tourism: the state of the art Rural tourism as an object of study in post graduate school for tourism: the state of the art

A atividade turística no campo é uma alternativa econômica para o homem do meio rural, o tema tem sido discutido e estudado por sua possibilidade de incremento na renda das propriedades, independente de seu tamanho e foco de produção. Existem vários segmentos turísticos na área rural, possuindo tipologias e nomenclaturas diversas. Esse trabalho busca discutir as diferentes conceituações entre Turismo Rural, Turismo Sertanejo e Agroturismo verificando ainda a relação com o Agronegócio, sendo objetivo principal levantar e analisar o estado da arte nas pós-graduações em Turismo existentes no Brasil. Através da pesquisa onde foram analisadas dissertações defendidas entre os anos 2004 e 2009 identificou-se que o Turismo Rural tem sido objeto de interesse e estudo nos mestrados.Rural Tourism is an economic option for landowners in rural areas, this subject has been discussed and studied because of its potential growth opportunities, independent of the size or focus of production. There are many industries associated with rural tourism with diverse names and classifications. This essay tries to explore the concepts of Rural Tourism and Agritourism and its relationship with agritainment, with a main objective of analyzing the latest trends and research of the post graduate colleges of Tourism in Brazil. This research analyzes theses and dissertations presented from 2004 to 2009. Rural Tourism was identified as the main subject of study in the theses

A summary of the Brazilian Paraná Basin Ordovician

The study of the Ordovician of Paraná Basin culminated on the three-fold lithostratigraphic subdivision of the Rio Ivaí Group as follows: Alto Garças, Iapó and Vila Maria formations. The history of deposition of these rocks is linked to the transition from a marine fluvial environment into the glacial diamictites and shales with dropstones, overlain by post-glacial transgressive shales, siltstones and sandstones. The OrdovicianâSilurian transition is marked by a glacial and an extinction event that impacted the marine diversity of life and the permanence of the first land plants. At least three sections, designated as the sections 1, 2 and 3 below, had their sedimentary facies, taphonomy, organic carbon content and thermal maturation analysed as well as their macro- and microfossil assemblages recognized. All studied sections were productive for macro- and microfossils, although the section 1 has limited occurrence and lower preservation of palynomorphs. The greatest fossil diversity was recovered from the section 2. To date, the diversity recovered from the OrdovicianâSilurian of the Paraná Basin comprises 12 fossil groups, namely ostracods, brachiopods, bivalves, gastropods, cryptospores, fungi, acritarchs, chitinozoans, prasinophyte algae, scole­codonts, a possible graptolite and, more recently, a trilobite of the order Dalmanitidae. 51 species of palynomorphs of terrestrial and marine origin were recognized. This is the highest diversity reported from the glacialâpostglacial transition in the OrdovicianâSilurian boundary interval of Brazil. 18 species of cryptospores, acritarchs and fungi occur in the basal diamictites (the Iapó Formation) as well as the discinoid Kosoidea australis. In the upper part of these diamictites, the palynomorph assemblage comprises 26 taxa, most of which persist also in the postglacial shales. Still, in the shales with dropstones of the Iapó Formation, brachiopods (K. australis, infaunal lingulids, ?Palaeoglossa and rhynchonelliformeans), endemic ostracods such as Satiellina paranaensis and pyritized specimens of a widely common Hirnantian index species Harpabollia harparum occur together with indeterminable ostracod species. At least two different species of bivalve mollusks were also found as well as a gastropod species (Bucanellasp.). Observing the palynomorph assemblage, it was possible to record also chitinozoans restricted to the lowermost portion of the Vila Maria Formation. This part of the formation was observed in the outcrops 2 and 3 and contains postglacial chitinozoan assemblages that are not younger than the earliest Rhuddanian. Some centimeters above this interval but still in the lower part of the Vila Maria Formation, the occurrence of Spinachitina debbajae followed by Spinachitina silurica refer to the Silurian in the Paraná Basin. In the section 1, the recovery of a trilobite thorax configures the oldest record of this group in Brazil and shows that this ancient sea was also thriving with life even after the glaciation-related Hirnantian extinction event

Qualidade do ovo de galinhas poedeiras criadas em galpões no semi-árido paraibano Quality of eggs of laying hens reared in poultry houses in the semi-arid Paraiba

Avaliar índices ambientais dos galpões e os zootécnicos em aves de postura leve da linhagem Lohamann, em condições de verão e inverno de 2005 na região do semi-árida paraibana, foi o objetivo primordial deste trabalho, no qual se utilizaram 34.500 aves com diferentes idades: 32, 50, 60 e 71 semanas, acondicionadas em quatro galpões. Avaliaram-se os índices ambientais temperatura do ar, umidade relativa do ar, índice de temperatura do globo negro e umidade, carga térmica de radiação e velocidade do vento; e os produtivos (produção total de ovos, peso do ovo, peso do albúmen, peso da gema e peso das cascas), parâmetros geométricos (área e volume) e a unidade Haugh (UH) do ovo, em função da idade. Quanto ao ambiente no interior dos aviários, não houve diferença significativa na media dos índices ambientais, que ficaram dentro da zona de conforto. A idade das aves teve influência nos índices produção total, peso do ovo e peso da gema. A maior produção foi obtida com aves mais jovens, enquanto o peso do ovo e da gema foi com aves de maior idade. Os parâmetros geométricos volume e área do ovo não foram influenciados pela idade das aves. Conforme a UH os ovos de melhor qualidade se referem aos das aves com 32 e 50 semanas.<br>The objective of this research was to evaluate production indexes for laying hens of the Lohamann lineage, under the summer and winter conditions of 2005, in São José da Mata district of Campina Grande, which is located in the Paraíban semi-arid region. 34.500 hens were used with ages of 32, 50, 60 and 71 weeks, and which were reared in four poultry houses. The production indexes (total production of eggs, egg weight, albumen weight, egg yolk weight, and rinds weight), geometric parameters (area and volume) and Haugh unit of egg were calculated as a function of hen age. The production indexes in all rearing systems followed the technical recommendations. The age of the hens influenced the indexes of total production, egg weight and also egg yolk weight. The highest production of eggs was obtained with the youngest birds. On the other hand, egg weight and the egg yolk weight were obtained with the oldest birds. The geometric parameters (volume and area) were not influenced by the age of the hens. According to Haugh unit index, the best evaluated hen eggs were the ones that were between 32 and 50 weeks

O turismo rural como objeto de estudo na pós-graduação em turismo: o estado da arte

Rural Tourism is an economic option for landowners in rural areas, this subject has been discussed and studied because of its potential growth opportunities, independent of the size orfocus of production. There are many industries associated with rural tourism with diverse names and classifications. This essay tries to explore the concepts of Rural Tourism and Agritourism and its relationshipwith agritainment, with a main objective of analyzing the latest trends and research of the postgraduate colleges of Tourism in Brazil. This research analyzes theses and dissertations presented from 2004 to 2009. Rural Tourism was identified as the main subject of study in the theses