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    Bacia hidrográfica e sua relação com o ecossistema ripário.

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    Matas ciliares são formações florestais situadas às margens dos cursos de água e são componentes da estrutura de bacias hidrográficas. Essas comunidades florestais esempenham inúmeras funções na dinâmica de uma bacia hidrográfica e são condições básicas para a manutenção da integridade dos processos hidrológicos e ecológicos nessas unidades da paisagem. São protegidas legalmente e estudos de sua dinâmica são importantes para formar a base na gestão e planejamento dos recursos hídricos em bacias hidrográficas. Bacias Hidrográficas são exemplos de sistemas complexos, em virtude da variedade de elementos componentes e dos fluxos de interação entre estes. Em função dessa complexidade, essa região geográfica, bem delimitada, pode ser estudada aplicando-se os conceitos de ecossistema e geossistema, como estão sendo utilizados no projeto de recuperação de mata ciliar degradada do Rio São Francisco

    A note on the cylindrical collapse of counter-rotating dust

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    We find analytical solutions describing the collapse of an infinitely long cylindrical shell of counter-rotating dust. We show that--for the classes of solutions discussed herein--from regular initial data a curvature singularity inevitably develops, and no apparent horizons form, thus in accord with the spirit of the hoop conjecture.Comment: 8 pages, LaTeX, ijmpd macros (included), 1 eps figure; accepted for publication in Int. J. Mod. Phys.

    Regularization and finiteness of the Lorentzian LQG vertices

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    We give an explicit form for the Lorentzian vertices recently introduced for possibly defining the dynamics of loop quantum gravity. As a result of so doing, a natural regularization of the vertices is suggested. The regularized vertices are then proven to be finite. An interpretation of the regularization in terms of a gauge-fixing is also given.Comment: 16 pages; Added an appendix presenting the gauge-fixing interpretation, added three references, and made some minor change

    Sinorhizobium Meliloti, A Bacterium Lacking The Autoinducer-2 (AI-2) Synthase, Responds To AI-2 Supplied By Other Bacteria

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    Many bacterial species respond to the quorum-sensing signal autoinducer-2 (AI-2) by regulating different niche-specific genes. Here, we show that Sinorhizobium meliloti, a plant symbiont lacking the gene for the AI-2 synthase, while not capable of producing AI-2 can nonetheless respond to AI-2 produced by other species. We demonstrate that S. meliloti has a periplasmic binding protein that binds AI-2. The crystal structure of this protein (here named SmlsrB) with its ligand reveals that it binds (2R,4S)-2-methyl-2,3,3,4-tetrahydroxytetrahydrofuran (R-THMF), the identical AI-2 isomer recognized by LsrB of Salmonella typhimurium. The gene encoding SmlsrB is in an operon with orthologues of the lsr genes required for AI-2 internalization in enteric bacteria. Accordingly, S. meliloti internalizes exogenous AI-2, and mutants in this operon are defective in AI-2 internalization. S. meliloti does not gain a metabolic benefit from internalizing AI-2, suggesting that AI-2 functions as a signal in S. meliloti. Furthermore, S. meliloti can completely eliminate the AI-2 secreted by Erwinia carotovora, a plant pathogen shown to use AI-2 to regulate virulence. Our findings suggest that S. meliloti is capable of \u27eavesdropping\u27 on the AI-2 signalling of other species and interfering with AI-2-regulated behaviours such as virulence

    Uso de extratos de plantas aromáticas no desenvolvimento de plântulas de hortaliças.

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    O objetivo deste trabalho foi verificar se existe efeito positivo ou negativo de extratos aquosos de plantas aromáricas no desenvolvimento inicial de plantulas de rucula, tomate, pimenta e alface em condições de laboratório.ref. 14036. Edição dos Resumos do VIII Congresso Brasileiro de Agroecologia, Porto Alegre, nov. 2013

    Sistematização de experiências para a transição agroecológica no Distrito Federal.

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    Como objetivo de sistematizar algumas experiências de transição agroecológica no Distrito Federal esse trabalho foi realizado tendo como base o manejo de hortaliças em unidades familiares de produção. Foram selecionadas 07 propriedades em processo de transição agroecológica e realizado um diagnóstico em quatro fases: fase I - identificação de propriedades em transição agroecológica no DF; fase II- construção de um questionário semi estruturado para o diagnóstico das propriedades; fase III entrevista aos técnicos extensionistas e agricultores e ; fase IV análise dos dados.Trabalho 4. Seminário de Agroecologia do Distrito Federal e Entorno, Brasilia, DF

    The role of damped Alfven waves on magnetospheric accretion models of young stars

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    We examine the role of Alfven wave damping in heating the plasma in the magnetic funnels of magnetospheric accretion models of young stars. We study four different damping mechanisms of the Alfven waves: nonlinear, turbulent, viscous-resistive and collisional. Two different possible origins for the Alfven waves are discussed: 1) Alfven waves generated at the surface of the star by the shock produced by the infalling matter; and 2) Alfven waves generated locally in the funnel by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. We find that, in general, the damping lengths are smaller than the tube length. Since thermal conduction in the tube is not efficient, Alfven waves generated only at the star's surface cannot heat the tube to the temperatures necessary to fit the observations. Only for very low frequency Alfven waves ~10^{-5} the ion cyclotron frequency, is the viscous-resistive damping length greater than the tube length. In this case, the Alfven waves produced at the surface of the star are able to heat the whole tube. Otherwise, local production of Alfven waves is required to explain the observations. The turbulence level is calculated for different frequencies for optically thin and thick media. We find that turbulent velocities varies greatly for different damping mechanisms, reaching \~100 km s^{-1} for the collisional damping of small frequency waves.Comment: 29 pages, 12 figures, to appear in The Astrophysical Journa
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