Effect of ultraviolet radiation on the color of freijó wood (Cordia goeldiana Huber) after application of finishing products

A radiação ultravioleta é considerada a mais prejudicial ao uso da madeira afetando suas propriedades, sobretudo a sua cor superficial. A aplicação de produtos de acabamentos, como os vernizes, os stains, as tintas, podem minimizar a atuação dessa radiação. Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o efeito da radiação ultravioleta, relativo ao envelhecimento artificial acelerado, na coloração da madeira de freijó (Cordia goeldiana Huber) tratadas com polisten e seladora (nitrocelulose), com monitoramento por meio de um espectrocolorimetrico. As amostras da madeira foram submetidas a ciclos de radiação ultravioleta em um reator fotoquímico, em tempos de 84 e 168 horas. Os parâmetros colorimétricos (L*, a*, b* C e h*) foram medidos antes a após os tratamentos. O tratamento com polisten foi o que ofereceu maior proteção às radiações ultravioletas, dando uma maior estabilidade aos parâmetros. O tratamento com seladora foi o que apresentou uma maior alteração da cor após a simulação de envelhecimento no reator fotoquímico. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACTUltraviolet radiation is considered the most damaging radiation to wood, affecting its properties and especially its color. The application of finishing products such as varnishes, stains and inks can minimize the action of this radiation. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of ultraviolet radiation, through artificially accelerated aging, on the color of freijó wood (Cordia goeldiana Huber) treated with “polisten” and sealer (nitrocellulose), by means of spectrocolorimetric tracking. The samples of wood were subjected to cycles of ultraviolet radiation in a photochemical reactor for 84 and 168 hours. The colorimetric parameters (L*, a*, b*, C, h*) were measured before and after the treatments. The treatment with “polisten” offered greater protection against ultraviolet radiation, yielding greater stability to the parameters. The treatment with sealerled to a greater change in color after the simulation of aging in the photochemical reactor

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear un derstanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5–7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8–11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world’s most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepre sented in biodiversity databases.13–15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may elim inate pieces of the Amazon’s biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological com munities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple or ganism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region’s vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most ne glected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lostinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5,6,7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8,9,10,11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world's most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepresented in biodiversity databases.13,14,15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may eliminate pieces of the Amazon's biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological communities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple organism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region's vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most neglected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lost

Effect of ultraviolet radiation on the color of freijó wood ( Cordia goeldiana Huber) after application of finishing products

A radiação ultravioleta é considerada a mais prejudicial ao uso da madeira afetando suas propriedades, sobretudo a sua cor superficial. A aplicação de produtos de acabamentos, como os vernizes, os stains, as tintas, podem minimizar a atuação dessa radiação. Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o efeito da radiação ultravioleta, relativo ao envelhecimento artificial acelerado, na coloração da madeira de freijó ( Cordia goeldiana Huber) tratadas com polisten e seladora (nitrocelulose), com monitoramento por meio de um espectrocolorimetrico. As amostras da madeira foram submetidas a ciclos de radiação ultravioleta em um reator fotoquímico, em tempos de 84 e 168 horas. Os parâmetros colorimétricos (L*, a*, b* C e h*) foram medidos antes a após os tratamentos. O tratamento com polisten foi o que ofereceu maior proteção às radiações ultravioletas, dando uma maior estabilidade aos parâmetros. O tratamento com seladora foi o que apresentou uma maior alteração da cor após a simulação de envelhecimento no reator fotoquímico.Ultraviolet radiation is considered the most damaging radiation to wood, affecting its properties and especially its color. The application of finishing products such as varnishes, stains and inks can minimize the action of this radiation. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of ultraviolet radiation, through artificially accelerated aging, on the color of freijó wood ( Cordia goeldiana Huber) treated with “polisten” and sealer (nitrocellulose), by means of spectrocolorimetric tracking. The samples of wood were subjected to cycles of ultraviolet radiation in a photochemical reactor for 84 and 168 hours. The colorimetric parameters (L*, a*, b*, C, h*) were measured before and after the treatments. The treatment with “polisten” offered greater protection against ultraviolet radiation, yielding greater stability to the parameters. The treatment with sealer led to a greater change in color after the simulation of aging in the photochemical reactor