Implantação de pólos agroecológicos para o desenvolvimento territorial da agricultura familiar em Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil: dificuldades e avanços.

Em virtude das demandas dos agricultores familiares de Mato Grosso do Sul, através de suas organizações, desenvolveu-se o presente projeto com o objetivo de implantar pólos regionais de pesquisa participativa com um enfoque territorial e uma abordagem agroecológica. Para isso, procurou-se incluir e envolver os agricultores familiares no processo de geração e adaptação compartilhada de tecnologias agropecuárias para o desenvolvimento sustentável da região. As ações foram desenvolvidas na Embrapa Agropecuária Oeste e no Assentamento Lagoa Grande, no município de Dourados; na área da Escola Família Agrícola de Itaquiraí; e no Assentamento Itamarati, em Ponta Porã, durante o período de 2004 a 2008. Apesar das dificuldades enfrentadas, avanços foram conseguidos no sentido da construção compartilhada de alternativas mais sustentáveis e que caminhem em direção à autonomia dos agricultores familiares frente ao modelo agrícola convencional-dominante.Edição dos anais do 6º Congresso Brasileiro de Agroecologia; 2º Congresso Latinoamericano de Agroecologia, Curitiba, nov. 2009

Sítio Agroecológico: um sistema em conversão na Embrapa Agropecuária Oeste.

bitstream/item/66247/1/31300.pdfOrganizado por: Alberto Feiden, Milton Parron Padovan, Adalgiza Inês Campolim, Aurélio Vinícius Borsato, Ivo de Sá Motta, João Batista Catto, Tércio Jacques Fehlauer

Atomic mass dependence of \Xi^- and \overline{\Xi}^+ production in central 250 GeV \pi^- nucleon interactions

We present the first measurement of the atomic mass dependence of central \Xi^- and \overline{\Xi}^+ production. It is measured using a sample of 22,459 \Xi^-'s and \overline{\Xi}^+'s produced in collisions between a 250 GeV \pi^- beam and targets of beryllium, aluminum, copper, and tungsten. The relative cross sections are fit to the two parameter function \sigma_0 A^\alpha, where A is the atomic mass. We measure \alpha = 0.924+-0.020+-0.025, for Feynman-x in the range -0.09 < x_F < 0.15.Comment: 10 pages, revtex, 2 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.

Endothelial PlexinD1 signaling instructs spinal cord vascularization and motor neuron development

How the vascular and neural compartment cooperate to achieve such a complex and highly specialized structure as the central nervous system is still unclear. Here, we reveal a crosstalk between motor neurons (MNs) and endothelial cells (ECs), necessary for the coordinated development of MNs. By analyzing cell-to-cell interaction profiles of the mouse developing spinal cord, we uncovered semaphorin 3C (Sema3C) and PlexinD1 as a communication axis between MNs and ECs. Using cell-specific knockout mice and in vitro assays, we demonstrate that removal of Sema3C in MNs, or its receptor PlexinD1 in ECs, results in premature and aberrant vascularization of MN columns. Those vascular defects impair MN axon exit from the spinal cord. Impaired PlexinD1 signaling in ECs also causes MN maturation defects at later stages. This study highlights the importance of a timely and spatially controlled communication between MNs and ECs for proper spinal cord development

Aptidão agrícola das terras do Matopiba.

Este trabalho está inserido no Projeto Especial Plano Estratégico de Atuação da Embrapa na Região do Matopiba, financiado pela Embrapa (Projeto SEG/IDEARE 05.13.25.009.00.00), e tem como objetivo avaliar a aptidão agrícola das terras do Matopiba, na escala 1:500.000, com base em informações pedoclimáticas disponíveis consubstanciadas por verificação in situ por meio de campanhas de campo para validação das interpretações de aptidão agrícola.bitstream/item/134012/1/DOC-179-Matopiba.pd

Potencialidades e limitações ao uso agrícola de solos do Matopiba.

Visando subsidiar o planejamento ambiental da área do Matopiba, está sendo realizada a avaliação da potencialidade agrícola das terras, com base em informações pedoambientais oriundas de mapas de solos compatíveis com a escala 1:1.000.000 e campanhas de campo. A partir do conhecimento das características dos solos, verificou-se, para cada classe ocorrente na área, o grau de limitações oferecidas ao uso agrícola relativamente às qualidades básicas da terra, como sejam: a capacidade de fornecimento de nutrientes, água e oxigênio às plantas; a adequação à mecanização e a resistência aos processos erosivos. Verifica-se a ocorrência de uma grande variedade de solos, sob condições climáticas diversas, com reflexos em qualidades e vulnerabilidades distintas para o uso agrícola. Ocorrem solos com grande potencial para agricultura, a exemplo de Argissolos e Latossolos e, em contrapartida, são frequentes solos de elevada vulnerabilidade à degradação, que apresentam altos conteúdos de areia (Neossolos Quartzarênicos), de cascalhos (Plintossolos Pétricos) e fortes restrições de drenagem (Plintossolos Argilúvicos e Háplicos, Gleissolos e Planossolos)

Feedback and Brightest Cluster Galaxy Formation: ACS Observations of the Radio Galaxy TN J1338--1942 at z=4.1

We present deep optical imaging of the z=4.1 radio galaxy TN J1338--1942 obtained using the ACS on-board HST. The radio galaxy is known to reside within a large galaxy overdensity (both in physical extent and density contrast). There is good evidence that this `protocluster' region is the progenitor of a present-day rich galaxy cluster. TN J1338 is the dominant galaxy in the protocluster, in terms of size and luminosity and therefore seems destined to evolve into the brightest cluster galaxy. The high spatial-resolution ACS images reveal several kpc-scale features within and around the radio galaxy. The continuum light is aligned with the radio axis and is resolved into two clumps in the i-band and z-band bands. These components have luminosities ~10^9 L_sun and sizes of a few kpc. The estimated star-formation rate for the whole radio galaxy is ~200 M_sun/yr. A simple model in which the jet has triggered star-formation in these continuum knots is consistent with the available data. An unusual feature is seen in Lyman-alpha emission. A wedge-shaped extension emanates from the radio galaxy perpendicularly to the radio axis. This `wedge' naturally connects to the surrounding, asymmetric, large-scale (~100 kpc) Lyman-alpha halo. We posit that the wedge is a starburst-driven superwind, associated with the first major epoch of formation of the brightest cluster galaxy. The shock and wedge are examples of feedback processes due to both AGN and star-formation in the earliest stages of massive galaxy formation.Comment: 41 pages, 12 figures. Accepted to Ap

Measurement of the WW Boson Mass

A measurement of the mass of the $W$ boson is presented based on a sample of 5982 $W \rightarrow e \nu$ decays observed in $p\overline{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.8~TeV with the D\O\ detector during the 1992--1993 run. From a fit to the transverse mass spectrum, combined with measurements of the $Z$ boson mass, the $W$ boson mass is measured to be $M_W = 80.350 \pm 0.140 (stat.) \pm 0.165 (syst.) \pm 0.160 (scale) GeV/c^2$.Comment: 12 pages, LaTex, style Revtex, including 3 postscript figures (submitted to PRL

Search for W~1Z~2\widetilde{W}_1\widetilde{Z}_2 Production via Trilepton Final States in ppˉp\bar{p} collisions at s=1.8\sqrt{s}=1.8 TeV

We have searched for associated production of the lightest chargino, $\widetilde{W}_1$, and next-to-lightest neutralino, $\widetilde{Z}_2$, of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at \mbox{$\sqrt{s}$ = 1.8 TeV} using the \D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. Data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 12.5$\pm 0.7$ \ipb were examined for events containing three isolated leptons. No evidence for $\widetilde{W}_1\widetilde{Z}_2$ pair production was found. Limits on $\sigma(\widetilde{W}_1\widetilde{Z}_2)$Br$(\widetilde{W}_1\to l\nu\widetilde{Z}_1)$Br$(\widetilde{Z}_2\to l\bar{l}\widetilde{Z}_1)$ are presented.Comment: 17 pages (13 + 1 page table + 3 pages figures). 3 PostScript figures will follow in a UUEncoded, gzip'd, tar file. Text in LaTex format. Submitted to Physical Review Letters. Replace comments - Had to resumbmit version with EPSF directive

Resonant Lifetime of Core-Excited Organic Adsorbates from First Principles

We investigate by first-principles simulations the resonant electron-transfer lifetime from the excited state of an organic adsorbate to a semiconductor surface, namely isonicotinic acid on rutile TiO$_2$(110). The molecule-substrate interaction is described using density functional theory, while the effect of a truly semi-infinite substrate is taken into account by Green's function techniques. Excitonic effects due to the presence of core-excited atoms in the molecule are shown to be instrumental to understand the electron-transfer times measured using the so-called core-hole-clock technique. In particular, for the isonicotinic acid on TiO$_2$(110), we find that the charge injection from the LUMO is quenched since this state lies within the substrate band gap. We compute the resonant charge-transfer times from LUMO+1 and LUMO+2, and systematically investigate the dependence of the elastic lifetimes of these states on the alignment among adsorbate and substrate states.Comment: 24 pages, 6 figures, to appear in Journal of Physical Chemistry