Inspection and diagnosis tests for structural safety evaluation: A case study

Diagnosis and assessment of existing structures is a developing area due to the appearance of a high number of building defects, structural and non-structural deterioration and precocious loss of quality, and, consequently, lower expected durability. With the aim of verifying the viability of rehabilitation or the need to demolish an existing fifteen year old parking building, several inspections and diagnostic non-destructive and destructive testing, visual inspection, were carried out to evaluate the structural safety conditions

Cutaneous Hyperpigmentation and Cobalamin Deficiency

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Características físico-químicas de raízes de mandioca brava (Manihot esculenta Crantz).

A caracterização e avaliação do Banco Ativo de Germoplasma (BAG) de mandioca é fundamental para a sua utilização mais eficiente nos trabalhos de melhoramento genético, portanto o objetivo deste trabalho foi caracterizar 15 genótipos de mandioca brava pertencentes ao BAG da Embrapa Amazônia Oriental. A caracterização físico-química é fator preponderante para a seleção de genótipos, pois permite definir quais genótipos apresentam características desejáveis. Após a colheita das raízes, estas passaram por lavagem, descasque e armazenamento até o momento de utilização nas analises físico-químicas percentual de proteínas variou de 0,1-0,7%; lipídios 0,3-2,1%; umidade 58,0- 65,2%; cinzas de 0,1-1,0%; fibras 0,9-1,9%, carboidratos 13,9-39,4%; acidez 1,1-2,7%; ph 6,3-6,8 e SST de 0,8-1,2. As diferenças encontradas nos resultados podem contribuir para seleção de genótipos promissores a serem utilizados em programas de melhoramento genético

Fiscal sustainability and policy implications for the euro area.

In this paper we examine the sustainability of euro area public finances against the backdrop of population ageing. We critically assess the widely used projections of the Working Group on Ageing Populations (AWG) of the EU's Economic Policy Committee and argue that ageing costs may be higher than projected in the AWG reference scenario. Taking into account adjusted headline estimates for ageing costs, largely based upon the sensitivity analysis carried out by the AWG, we consider alternative indicators to quantify sustainability gaps for euro area countries. With respect to the policy implications, we assess the appropriateness of different budgetary strategies to restore fiscal sustainability taking into account intergenerational equity. Our stylised analysis based upon the lifetime contribution to the government's primary balance of different generations suggests that an important degree of pre-funding of the ageing costs is necessary to avoid shifting the burden of adjustment in a disproportionate way to future generations. For many euro area countries this implies that the medium-term targets defined in the context of the revised stability and growth pact would ideally need to be revised upwards to significant surpluses.Population Ageing ; Fiscal Sustainability ; Generational Accounting ; Medium-term Objectives for Fiscal Policy