A cultura do pessegueiro na região da Beira Interior: elementos caraterizadores da produção

A cultura do pessegueiro na região da Beira Interior: elementos caraterizadores da produção.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Circuitos de comercialização e valorização dos produtos locais: caso estudo do pêssego na Beira Interior

Só está disponível o resumo.A valorização dos produtos locais passa, inevitavelmente, pela implementação de estratégias de comercialização que valorizem a sua qualidade intrínseca e promovam a sua identidade junto aos consumidores. O acesso ao mercado a um preço compensador é um fator de sustentabilidade económica das explorações agrícolas e um dos vetores do desenvolvimento rural. O paradigma dos circuitos de comercialização longos, alicerçados na grande distribuição parece estar a ser substituído por um sistema misto em que, a par dos circuitos longos tradicionais, coexistem circuitos curtos adaptados a um público alvo que valoriza a proximidade, a frescura e a autenticidade dos produtos. Na Beira Interior a cultura do pessegueiro desempenha um importante papel na economia regional: de acordo com os dados do Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 2015, a área de pessegueiro é de 1.630 ha e a produção ascende às 20.206 t, sendo a principal região produtora de pêssego a nível nacional. A comercialização do pêssego apresenta algumas dificuldades que estão relacionadas com o preço de venda, variedades comercializadas e respetivo calibre, venda a granel ou em embalagem e existência ou não de marca comercial. Nesta comunicação iremos caracterizar os principais circuitos de comercialização do pêssego na Beira Interior e referir as estratégias de comercialização adotadas pelos produtores no sentido de valorizar a sua produção.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

O dinamismo da cultura do pessegueiro na região da Beira Interior.

Comunicação da qual só está disponível o resumo.A Beira Interior é a principal região produtora de pêssego em Portugal, concentrando 45,15% da área (1 630 ha) e 49,22% da produção (20 206 t) em 2014. Esta posição foi consolidada nos últimos 10 anos já que, em 2005, era a segunda região mais importante, atrás do Ribatejo e Oeste apresentando nesse ano 29,96% da área e 28,77% da produção (INE, 2015). De forma a caraterizar a fileira do pêssego na Beira Interior, foi realizado, em 2015, um inquérito ao produtor com o apoio de duas associações de produtores da região: APPIZÊZERE e AAPIM. O estudo abrangeu 51 produtores que exploram uma área de pessegueiro de 1.007,7 ha, correspondendo a 61,82% da área total contabilizada pelo INE em 2014. Na comunicação será analisada a importância da cultura do pessegueiro na região da Beira Interior. Um dado importante a reter é o facto de 58,82% das explorações analisadas ter aumentado a área de pêssego desde o Recenseamento Agrícola 2009, sendo que 19,61% das explorações iniciaram a atividade agrícola após 2009, tratandose na sua maioria de jovens agricultores. Tendo em conta que, nos próximos 2 anos, 27,45% dos produtores pensa aumentar e 47,06% pensa reconverter a área de pessegueiros, é de prever que se continue a assistir a um forte dinamismo da cultura na região.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Automating the processing steps for obtaining bone tissue engineered substitutes : from imaging tools to bioreactors.

Bone diseases and injuries are highly incapacitating and result in a high demand for tissue substitutes with specific biomechanical and structural features. Tissue engineering has already proven to be effective in regenerating bone tissue but has not yet been able to become an economically viable solution due to the complexity of the tissue which is very difficult to be replicated, eventually requiring the utilization of highly labour-intensive processes. Process automation is seen as the solution for mass production of cellularized bone tissue substitutes at an affordable cost by being able to reduce human intervention as well as reducing product variability. The combination of tools such as medical imaging, computer-aided fabrication and bioreactor technologies, which are currently used in tissue engineering, shows potential to generate automated production ecosystems which will in turn enable the generation of commercially available products with widespread clinical application.The authors would like to acknowledge the partial support by the European Network of Excellence EXPERTISSUES (NMP3-CT-2004-500283). Pedro Costa would also like to acknowledge the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology for his PhD grant (SFRH/BD/62452/2009)

Effect of modified atmosphere on polyphenols during storage of pasteurised strawberry purees

The minimum loss of processed fruit nutritional quality must been guaranteed during storage and the atmosphere can be a limiting step. Strawberry pur ees flushed with gas mixtures: 10 kPa O2 þ 90 kPa N2, 100 kPa N2 and air (78 kPa N2 þ 21 kPa O2 þ 0.03 kPa CO2) were stored for 90 days at 4 and 23 C and revealed no effect in total antioxidant activity and in total phenolic content. The compounds (þ)-catechin, ( )-epicatechin and quercetin-3-rutinoside were not affected by the atmospheres for both temperatures and ellagic acid was the exception within strawberry phytochemicals, where its concentration was higher for samples stored in air. Total anthocyanin content was better preserved when strawberry pur ee was stored in 100 kPa N2 at 4 and 23 C, at which temperatures their levels decreased 24 and 77%, respectively. At 4 C cyanidin-3- glucoside presented no significant differences between atmospheres. Pelargonidin-3-glucoside and pelargonidin-3-rutinoside decreased both 27% for 100 kPa N2 and 45% for 10 kPa O2 and air. All the individual anthocyanins were not affected by the atmospheres when stored at 23 ºC.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Remnant lipoprotein cholesterol is associated with incident new onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) in renal transplant recipients:results of the TransplantLines Biobank and cohort Studies

BACKGROUND: New onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) is a frequent and serious complication of renal transplantation resulting in worse graft and patient outcomes. The pathophysiology of NODAT is incompletely understood, and no prospective biomarkers have been established to predict NODAT risk in renal transplant recipients (RTR). The present work aimed to determine whether remnant lipoprotein (RLP) cholesterol could serve as such a biomarker that would also provide a novel target for therapeutic intervention. METHODS: This longitudinal cohort study included 480 RTR free of diabetes at baseline. 53 patients (11%) were diagnosed with NODAT during a median [interquartile range, IQR] follow-up of 5.2 [4.1–5.8] years. RLP cholesterol was calculated by subtracting HDL and LDL cholesterol from total cholesterol values (all directly measured). RESULTS: Baseline remnant cholesterol values were significantly higher in RTR who subsequently developed NODAT (0.9 [0.5–1.2] mmol/L vs. 0.6 [0.4–0.9] mmol/L, p = 0.001). Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that higher RLP cholesterol values were associated with an increased risk of incident NODAT (log rank test, p < 0.001). Cox regression demonstrated a significant longitudinal association between baseline RLP cholesterol levels and NODAT (HR, 2.27 [1.64–3.14] per 1 SD increase, p < 0.001) that remained after adjusting for plasma glucose and HbA1c (p = 0.002), HDL and LDL cholesterol (p = 0.008) and use of immunosuppressive medication (p < 0.001), among others. Adding baseline remnant cholesterol to the Framingham Diabetes Risk Score significantly improved NODAT prediction (change in C-statistic, p = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates that baseline RLP cholesterol levels strongly associate with incident NODAT independent of several other recognized risk factors

Organic film thickness influence on the bias stress instability in Sexithiophene Field Effect Transistors

In this paper, the dynamics of bias stress phenomenon in Sexithiophene (T6) Field Effect Transistors (FETs) has been investigated. T6 FETs have been fabricated by vacuum depositing films with thickness from 10 nm to 130 nm on Si/SiO2 substrates. After the T6 film structural analysis by X-Ray diffraction and the FET electrical investigation focused on carrier mobility evaluation, bias stress instability parameters have been estimated and discussed in the context of existing models. By increasing the film thickness, a clear correlation between the stress parameters and the structural properties of the organic layer has been highlighted. Conversely, the mobility values result almost thickness independent

Exciton G Factor Of Type-ii Inp Gaas Single Quantum Dots

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High-density lipoprotein particles and their relationship to posttransplantation diabetes mellitus in renal transplant recipients

High concentrations of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol are likely associated with a lower risk of posttransplantation diabetes mellitus (PTDM). However, HDL particles vary in size and density with yet unestablished associations with PTDM risk. The aim of our study was to determine the association between different HDL particles and development of PTDM in renal transplant recipients (RTRs). We included 351 stable outpatient adult RTRs without diabetes at baseline evaluation. HDL particle characteristics and size were measured by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. During 5.2 (IQR, 4.1‒5.8) years of follow-up, 39 (11%) RTRs developed PTDM. In multivariable Cox regression analysis, levels of HDL cholesterol (hazard ratio [HR] 0.61, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.40–0.94 per 1SD increase; p = 0.024) and of large HDL particles (HR 0.68, 95% CI 0.50–0.93 per log 1SD increase; p = 0.017), as well as larger HDL size (HR 0.58, 95% CI 0.36–0.93 per 1SD increase; p = 0.025) were inversely associated with PTDM development, independently of relevant covariates including, age, sex, body mass index, medication use, transplantation-specific parameters, blood pressure, triglycerides, and glucose. In conclusion, higher concentrations of HDL cholesterol and of large HDL particles and greater HDL size were associated with a lower risk of PTDM development in RTRs, independently of established risk factors for PTDM development

Type-i Optical Emissions In Gesi Quantum Dots

The authors studied the optical emission of GeSi quantum dots under externally applied biaxial stress using samples grown with different temperatures varying from 430 to 700 °C. The optical emission energy of samples grown at low temperatures is rather insensitive to the applied external stress, consistent with the type-II band alignment. However, for samples grown at high temperatures we observed a large blueshift, which suggests type-I alignment. The result implies that recombination strength can be controlled by the growth temperature, which can be useful for optical device applications. © 2007 American Institute of Physics.915Brunner, K., (2002) Rep. Prog. Phys., 65, p. 27Medeiros-Ribeiro, G., Bratkovski, A.M., Kamins, T.I., Ohlbert, D.A.A., Williams, R.S., (1998) Science, 279, p. 353Wan, J., Jin, G.L., Jiang, Z.M., Luo, Y.H., Liu, J.L., Wang, K.L., (2001) Appl. Phys. Lett., 78, p. 1763El Kurdi, M., Sauvage, S., Fishman, G., Boucaud, P., (2006) Phys. Rev. B, 73, p. 195327Yakimov, A.I., Dvurechenskii, A.V., Nikiforov, A.I., Bloshkin, A.A., Nenashev, A.V., Volodin, V.A., (2006) Phys. Rev. B, 73, p. 115333Dashiell, M.W., Denker, U., Müller, C., Costantini, G., Manzano, C., Kern, K., Schmidt, O.G., (2002) Appl. Phys. Lett., 80, p. 1279Larsson, M., Elfving, A., Holtz, P.O., Hansson, G.V., Ni, W.-X., (2003) Appl. Phys. Lett., 82, p. 4785Thewalt, M.L.W., Harrison, D.A., Reinhart, C.F., Wolk, J.A., Lafontaine, H., (1997) Phys. Rev. Lett., 79, p. 269Larsson, M., Elfving, A., Ni, W.-X., Hansson, G.V., Holtz, P.O., (2006) Phys. Rev. B, 73, p. 195319Schmidt, O.G., Eberl, K., (2000) Phys. Rev. B, 62, p. 16715Tudury, H.A.P., Nakaema, M.K.K., Iikawa, F., Brum, J.A., Ribeiro, E., Carvalho Jr., W., Bernussi, A.A., Gobbi, A.L., (2001) Phys. Rev. B, 64, p. 153301Gomes, P.F., Godoy, M.P.F., Nakaema, M.K.K., Iikawa, F., Lamas, T.E., Quivy, A.A., Brum, J.A., (2004) Phys. Status Solidi C, 3, p. 547De Godoy, M.P.F., Nakaema, M.K.K., Iikawa, F., Carvalho Jr. Wilson, Evaldo, R., Gobbi, A.L., (2004) Rev. Sci. Instrum., 75, p. 194