Aplicación de fertilizantes de liberación controlada al establecimiento de Pinus radiata en Valdivia

Thiers, O.; Gerding, V. Universidad Austral de Chile, Instituto de Silvicultura. Casilla 567, Valdivia, Chile. Leiva, F. Centro Experimental Forestal CEFOR, Universidad Austral de Chile. Casilla 567, Valdivia, Chile.Se evaluó el efecto de fertilizantes de liberación controlada (FLC) (Basacote® Plus 3M, 6M, 9M, y Starter; 10 a 20 g planta-1) en el período de establecimiento de plantaciones de Pinus radiata. Se instaló un ensayo con FLC y una mezcla de fertilizantes hidrosolubles (fertilización tradicional, 87 g planta-1) en tres sitios de la comuna de Valdivia, sobre suelos rojo arcillosos de la serie Los Ulmos (Typic Palehumult). Luego del primer año de evaluación los FLC y la fertilización tradicional permitieron crecimientos mayores (P 90 %) con y sin ellos. Los valores promedio en los mejores tratamientos alcanzaron: 70±16 cm (H), 16±4 mm de diámetro de cuello (DAC) y 194±12 cm3 de factor de producción (F = DAC2xH). La ganancia promedio de los árboles con FLC fue de 12 a 36 % en H y en DAC, y de 68 a 154 % en FP. La proporción de biomasa radicular (18 %) no fue modificada con las fertilizaciones. Los tratamientos con FLC presentaron ventajas operativas y de costos con respecto a la fertilización tradicional.Con aporte de COMPO AGRO Chile y CEFOR-UACh

TOY: A System for Experimenting with Cooperation of Constraint Domains

AbstractThis paper presents, from a user point-of-view, the mechanism of cooperation between constraint domains that is currently part of the system TOY, an implementation of a constraint functional logic programming scheme. This implementation follows a cooperative goal solving calculus based on lazy narrowing. It manages the invocation of solvers for each domain, and projection operations for converting constraints into mate domains via mediatorial constraints. We implemented the cooperation among Herbrand, real arithmetic (R), finite domain (FD) and set (S) domains. We provide two mediatorial constraints: The first one relates the numeric domains FD and R, and the second one relates FD and S

Past, present, and future research on self-service merchandising: A co-word and text mining approach

Purpose This study aims to discern emerging trends and provide a longitudinal perspective on merchandising research by identifying relationships between merchandising-related subdomains/themes. Design/methodology/approach This study sourced 657 merchandising-related articles published since 1960, from the Scopus database and 425 from Web of Science. After processing and normalizing the data, this study performed co-word and thematic network analyses. Taking a text mining approach, this study used topic modeling to identify a set of coherent topics characterized by the keywords of the articles. Findings This study identified the following merchandising-related themes: branding, retail, consumer, behavior, modeling, textile and clothing industry and visual merchandising. Although visual merchandising was the first type of merchandising to be used in-store, only recently has it become an emerging topic in the academic literature. There has been a further trend over the past decade to understand the adoption of simulation technology, such as computer-aided design, particularly in supply chain management in the clothing industry. These and other findings contribute to the discussion of the merchandising concept, approached from an evolutionary perspective. Research limitations/implications The conclusions of this study hold implications at the intersection of merchandising, sectors, new technologies, research methodologies and merchandising-practitioner education. Research trends suggest that, in the future, virtual reality and augmented reality using neuroscientific methods will be applied to the e-merchandising context. Practical implications The different dimensions of merchandising can be used to leverage store managers’ decision-making process toward an integrated store-management strategy. In particular, by adopting loyalty merchandising tactics, the store can generate emotional attachment among consumers, who will perceive its value and services as unique, thanks to merchandising items designed specifically with that aim in mind. The stimulation of unplanned purchases, the strategic location of products and duration of each merchandising activity in the store, the digitalization of merchandising and the application of findings from neuroscience studies are some of the most relevant practical applications. Originality/value This study provides the first-ever longitudinal review of the state of the art in merchandising research, taking a holistic perspective of this field of knowledge spanning a 60-year period. The work makes a valuable contribution to the development of the marketing discipline.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

Birnbaum-Saunders spatial modelling and diagnostics applied to agricultural engineering data

Applications of statistical models to describe spatial dependence in geo-referenced data are widespread across many disciplines including the environmental sciences. Most of these application assume that the data follow a Gaussian distributions. However, in many of them the normality assumption, and even a more general assumption of symmetry, are not appropriate. In non-spatial applications, where the data are uni-modal and positively skewed, the Birnbaum-Saunders distribution has excelled. This paper proposes a spatial log-linear model based in the Birnbaum-Saunders distribution. Model parameters are estimated using the maximum likelihood method. Local influence diagnostics are derived to assess the sensitivity of the estimators to perturbations in the response variable. As illustration, the proposed model and its diagnostics are used to analyse a real-world agricultural data-set, where the spatial variability of phosphorus concentration in the soil is considered- which is extremely important for agricultural management

Clinical, hematological and coagulative changes consequent to antibody level increase in horses destined to antivenom production

El objetivo del trabajo consistió en estudiar los efectos clínicos, hemáticos y coagulativos, así como la producción de anticuerpos en tres equinos inmunizados para la producción de suero antiofídico monovalente contra Bothrops alternatus y evaluar los resultados obtenidos correlacionando la respuesta inmune humoral con el estado de salud de los animales. Los resultados indicaron que la inmunización de los equinos con el protocolo utilizado, indujo alteraciones clínicas menores y cambios en ciertos parámetros del hemograma y pruebas coagulativas. Se registraron variaciones de la capacidad neutralizante sobre distintos componentes del veneno, en especial las toxinas que afectan la coagulación de la sangre. Asimismo, se constató una correlación directa entre las tasas séricas de leucocitos y la producción de inmunoglobulinas. Los resultados indicaron que el período de descanso de un trimestre resulta extenso y causa una franca disminución del título de anticuerpos, perdiendo el suero capacidad neutralizante de la toxicidad del veneno; no obstante, al reanudar las inoculaciones los equinos presentaron una rápida reposición de los anticuerpos anti-toxinas de B. alternatus, tolerando altas dosis de veneno en el segundo período de inmunización.The aim of this work consisted to study the clinical and hematological effects that included blood coagulation and antibody production of a group of three horses immunized for the production of monovalent serum against Bothrops alternatus venom, in order to correlate the results with the humoral immune response of the animals. The results showed that immunization of horses with the essayed protocol induce slight clinic alterations and discrete changes in some parameters of the hemogram. Results also showed variations in the neutralizing capacity of the serum on different venom components, particularly toxins that affect blood coagulation. Also, it was verified a direct relationship between the rate of white blood cells and serum immunoglobulin production. Furthermore, they also indicate that the three-month rest period may be considered as too long as it causes a marked decrease in antibody titles, losing the serum its neutralizing capacity to venom compounds. Nevertheless, after re-administration of venom horses provided a rapid reposition of anti-toxins against B. alternatus venom, tolerating high venom doses during this second period of immunization.Fil: Bogado, F.. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Cs.veterinarias; ArgentinaFil: Núñez, S.. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Cs.veterinarias; ArgentinaFil: Mussart, Norma Beatriz. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Cs.veterinarias; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Leiva, L.. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Naturales y Agrimensura; ArgentinaFil: Acosta, Ofelia Cristina. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Cs.veterinarias; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

Reciclado de residuos cerámicos en materiales absorbentes acústicos

The scope of this investigation is to develop a material mainly composed (80% w/w) of ceramic wastes that can be applied in the manufacture of road traffic noise reducing devices. The characterization of the product has been carried out attending to its acoustic, physical and mechanical properties, by measuring the sound absorption coefficient at normal incidence, the open void ratio, density and compressive strength. Since the sound absorbing behavior of a porous material is related to the size of the pores and the thickness of the specimen tested, the influence of the particle grain size of the ceramic waste and the thickness of the samples tested on the properties of the final product has been analyzed. The results obtained have been compared to a porous concrete made of crushed granite aggregate as a reference commercial material traditionally used in similar applications. Compositions with coarse particles showed greater sound absorption properties than compositions made with finer particles, besides presenting better sound absorption behavior than the reference porous concrete. Therefore, a ceramic waste-based porous concrete can be potentially recycled in the highway noise barriers field.El objetivo de este trabajo es desarrollar un material absorbente acústico compuesto fundamentalmente por residuos cerámicos (80% p) que se pueda utilizar en la fabricación de dispositivos reductores de ruido de carretera. La caracterización del producto se ha llevado a cabo atendiendo a sus propiedades acústicas, físicas y mecánicas, determinando el coeficiente de absorción acústica a incidencia normal, porosidad abierta, densidad y resistencia a compresión. La absorción acústica de un material poroso está fuertemente determinada por el tamaño de poro y por la longitud dela probeta sometida a ensayo. De este modo, se ha analizado la influencia del tamaño de partícula del residuo cerámico y del espesor de las muestras estudiadas en las propiedades del producto final. Los resultados obtenidos se han comparado con los obtenidos para un hormigón poroso elaborado con árido grueso, que se ha tomado como producto de referencia tradicionalmente empleado en este tipo de aplicaciones. Las composiciones elaboradas con el residuo de mayor tamaño de partícula han mostrado mayor absorción acústica, incluso mayor que las del hormigón poroso comercial. Por tanto, un hormigón poroso elaborado con residuos cerámicos puede ser potencialmente empleado como material en la fabricación de barreras acústicas de carretera