Circular 58

A comparative yield trial with 44 named varieties and numbered selections of potatoes was conducted at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station’s (AFES) Palmer Research Center during the 1986 growing season. This yield trial is the continuation of a potato variety testing program initiated in 1982. The trial again was conducted at the Matanuska Research Farm, located on Trunk Road near Palmer. Nonirrigated trials have been conducted each year beginning in 1982, but irrigated trials were not initiated until 1985. Results of previous trials are recorded in Circulars 49 and 54, available at the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station offices in Fairbanks and Palmer. As in past years, varieties with long production histories in Alaska (Alaska 114, Bakeking, Green Mountain, Kennebec, Superior) are included and serve as a comparative base for newly developed varieties or older varieties that in the past have escaped testing at this location. Varieties that compare favorably with the above listed standards may warrant some consideration by commercial growers. In continuance of a program that was initiated in 1985, abbreviated versions of the AFES potato yield trial were conducted at locations in various parts of the state. These off-station trials again were made possible by the willingness of cooperators to plant, tend and harvest the crop. The seven off-station sites include several where comparative testing of potato varieties has not been reported previously.Introduction -- Matanuska Farm Yield Trials: Cultural Practices - Environmental Conditions, Results, Discussion -- Trials at Other Locations in Alaska: General Procedures, Specific Site Information: Ambler, Copper Center, Delta Junction, Fairbanks, Kake, Kodiak, Noorvi

Circular 49

A program of field research relating to the commercial production o f potatoes was initiated in 1982 at the University of Alaska Agricultural Experiment Station ’s research center in Palmer. T he experimental fields are located at the Matanuska Research Farm on Trunk Road near Palmer. This program is a modified continuation of a potato research program initiated more than 30 years ago by D r. C .H . Dearborn. Whereas the major emphasis of D r. Dearborn ’s potato program w as variety development and testing, the major emphasis here is study o f general cultural practices, disease development and control, and the comparative evaluation (yield trials) o f potato varieties having commercial potential. Plans call for the comparative evaluation of thirty to forty named varieties or numbered selections each year. Varieties are selected for testing on the basis o f yield potential, general quality characteristics, and disease resistance. An attempt is made to include all varieties grow n commercially in the state, newly developed varieties from breeding program s in the U .S ., Canada, and elsewhere, as well as established varieties that have yet to be thoroughly tested in this environment. Commercial varieties with locally proven “ track record s ," such as Alaska 114, Bakeking, Green Mountain, and Superior will serve as a comparative base for m ore recently introduced varieites. New varieties will be tested for 4-5 years before being dropped , kept for further study, or recommended to commercial growers. Summarized in this circular are the results o f three years o f variety trials (1982, ’83, and ’84). Also included are summaries of environmental conditions at or near the experimental test site and some detailed information about several locally grown commercial varieties.Introduction -- Weather Data Summary: 1982 -- Weather Data Summary: 1983 -- Weather Data Summary: 1984 -- Yield Data Summary -- Variety Descriptions -- See

Circular 65

A comparative yield trial with thirty-six named varieties and numbered selections of potatoes was conducted at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station’s (AFES) Palmer Research Center during the 1987 growing season. The trial was conducted at the Matanuska Research Farm, located 6 miles west o f Palmer on Trunk Road. Nonirrigated trials have been conducted each year beginning in 1982, and irrigated trials were begun in 1985. Results of previous trials have been recorded in Circulars 49, 54, and 58, available at the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station offices in Fairbanks and Palmer. Varieties with a history of commercial production in the Matanuska Valley (including 'Alaska 114', 'Bakeking', 'Green Mountain', 'Kennebec', and 'Superior') are included and serve as a comparative base for newly developed varieties, numbered selections, or older varieties that heretofore have not been tested at this location. Varieties that com pare favorably with the above-listed standards may warrant some consideration by commercial growers. Also included in this report are the results of abbreviated versions of the AFES potato yield trial that were conducted by cooperating individuals and agencies at nine locations throughout the state.Introduction -- Matanuska Farm Yield Trials: Cultural Practices and Environmental Conditions, Results and Discussion -- Trials at Other Locations in Alaska: General Procedures, Specific Site Information: Ambler, Copper Center, Delta Junction, Fairbanks, Kake, Kenai and Soldotna, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Palmer, Trapper Cree

Circular 54

Comparative yield suitable, or potentially suitable, commercial production potato varieties were conducted during the 1985 growing season by the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Palmer Research Center. Forty names and numbered varieties were included in the 1985 trial. Numbered varieties originated in the potato-breeding program of Dr. C. H. Dearborn.Introduction -- Matanuska Valley Yield Trials -- Trial Results -- Other Yield Trial

Oregon: Round 1 - State-Level Field Network Study of the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act

This report is part of a series of 21 state and regional studies examining the rollout of the ACA. The national network ---- with 36 states and 61 researchers ---- is led by the Rockefeller Institute of Government, the public policy research arm of the State University of New York, the Brookings Institution, and the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania.Oregon has taken an overwhelmingly affirmative response to the ACA, as evidenced by its enthusiastic development and implementation of Cover Oregon and its decision to expand Medicaid. In fact, it is one of six states to receive a Model Testing award from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which will support continuing efforts to transform its health care delivery system through innovative methods

Outside the Box

Einstein wrote, "you can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created." So we decided to ask diverse groups of randomly selected Arizona citizens to consider health care reform options, rather than continuing to ask health care industry veterans and experts. The ensuing dialogues and their ultimate recommendations are likely to surprise readers as much as they surprised the citizen, civic and business leader participants

Estimates of genetic variability among topcrosses of two brachytic maize (Zea mays L.) populations

The objective of this study was to determine the relative merits of four types of testers to evaluate maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines for hybrid development and for reciprocal recurrent selection. From two brachytic (br2) maize populations, 100 S2 lines were derived and crossed to two broad-base testers (parental and opposite populations) and to two narrow-base testers (unrelated single-cross and inbred-line). In all instances, variance component estimates of lines were greater than their respective line x tester interactions. For grain yield, narrow-base testers had greater tester x location interaction than did broad-base testers. There was no trend for higher tester x line interaction in narrow-base testers than in broad-base testers. The genetic variance component among testcrosses, heritability coefficients, and percentage of coincidence of lines selected for general combining ability (GCA) were greater for narrow- than for broad-base testers when an unrelated line was used as tester. However, these estimates were lower for narrow- than for broad-base testers when the highest GCA inbred line was the tester. The parental-population tester had the most consistent discrimination of the variation among the S2 lines;The results suggest that inbred lines can be effectively used for identifying lines having good GCA. There was evidence that a line with high GCA was the poorest tester for estimating the variation among lines due to the masking effects of dominant alleles in the tester. Phenotypic and genotypic correlation coefficients between grain yield and ear height and yield and days-to-flower indicate that selection for improving grain yield will increase ear height and reduce days-to-flower. Selection for modifier genes for higher plant and ear height in br2 populations will help to overcome the negative effects of the br2 allele on grain yield;The estimates of the additive genetic variance were higher than those for normal maize populations. Relatively large genetic gains are expected in both populations, but no increase in the heterosis is expected with one cycle of reciprocal recurrent selection. The results suggested that recurrent selection methods can be effectively used to overcome the negative effects of the br2 gene on grain yield

Anatomical and morphometric aspects of adult and children hearts : importance in tachyarrhythmias and coronary diseases

Orientador: Humberto Santo NetoTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de BiologiaResumo: Neste estudo foram examinados aspectos anatômicos e morfométricos de corações humanos adultos e infantis fixados em solução de formol. O estudo foi dividido em duas partes. Na primeira foram examinados aspectos anatômicos de relevância para as arritmias cardíacas. Neste caso examinou-se a correlação entre o número de lobos da aurícula direita e a espessura da crista terminal em 154 corações adultos e 41 infantis. Baseado nos resultados observou-se que quanto maior o número de lobos da aurícula direita mais espessa a crista terminal. Considerando-se que i) crista terminal espessa favorece o aparecimento e persistência de eventos arritmogênicos e que ii) maior número de lobos auriculares predispõe eventos trombogênicos, nosso achado suporta a hipótese de que riscos de arritmia e trombose intra-atrial coexistem em um mesmo coração na população em geral. Em uma etapa seguinte 152 corações adultos foram classificados em dois grupos de acordo com a disposição dos músculos pectíneos no interior da aurícula direita: 1) músculos pectíneos uniformes (MPU) e 2) músculos pectíneos não uniformes (MPNU). Ambos os grupos tiveram a espessura da crista terminal (CT) e o gradiente de espessura da parede atrial mensurada (espessura da CT ¿ espessura da parede atrial). Observou-se que nos corações com MPNU a crista terminal foi mais espessa (p=0,04) e o gradiente de espessura foi maior quando comparado aos corações com MPU (p=0,007). Considerando-se que crista terminal espessa e gradiente de espessura da parede atrial maior favorecem o surgimento e persistência de eventos arritmogênicos, nossos achados suportam a hipótese de que indivíduos com MPNU estariam mais propensos às arritmias cardíacas originárias do átrio direito. Finalmente, a aurícula direita de 172 corações adultos e 61 infantis foram classificadas com base na morfologia externa e no número de lobos auriculares. Foram impostas as seguintes classificações: bico de papagaio, cabeça de cavalo, bigorna, barco a vela e tipo indefinido. Uma vez que a complexidade morfológica da aurícula está relacionada com a facilitação de eventos tromboembólicos, este estudo estimou os riscos dos mesmos em cada tipo de aurícula. Verificou-se que as aurículas classificadas com padrão morfológico semelhante à bigorna, barco a vela e tipo indefinido apresentavam riscos de eventos tromboembólicos 103, 115 e 126 vezes maior quando comparados ao tipo bico de papagaio. A segunda parte deste estudo referiu-se as pontes de miocárdio (PM), situação em que um ou mais feixes de miocárdio cruzam ou envolvem um segmento de artéria coronária. Inúmeras controvérsias a respeito da prevalência, causa determinante e significado das PM ainda não foram elucidadas. Nosso trabalho ocupou-se em estabelecer um padrão anatômico dos corações adultos e infantis com PM. Adicionalmente testou-se a hipótese de que a massa ventricular maior determinaria a presença de PM em corações infantis. Nossos achados mostram que i) as PM estão associadas com a presença de trifurcação da artéria coronária esquerda e presença de ramo pré-ponte, estabelecendo assim um padrão anatômico dos corações com PM; ii) a presença de massa ventricular maior parece não determinar a presença de PM em corações infantisAbstract: In this study anatomical and morphometric aspects of adult and children human hearts fixed in formalin solution were examined. The study was divided into two parts. In the first, we examined anatomical aspects of relevance for cardiac arrhythmias. In this case the correlation between the number of lobes of the right trial appendage (RAA) and the thickness of the Crista Teminalis (CT) was examined in 154 adult and 41 children hearts. Based on the results, it was observed that the higher the number of RAA lobes, the thicker the Crista Terminalis. Considering that; i) thicker CT favors the appearance and persistence of arrhythmogenic events and ii) higher number of RAA lobes predisposes thrombogenic events, our finding supports the hypothesis that risks of arrhythmia and intra-atrial thrombosis coexist in the same heart in the general population . In a subsequent step 152 adult hearts were classified into two groups according to the arrangement of the pectinate muscles within the RAA: 1) uniform pectinate muscles (UPM) and 2) non-uniform pectinate muscles (NUPM). Both groups had the CT thickness and the atrial wall thickness gradient measured (CT thickness - atrial wall thickness). It was observed that in hearts with NUPM the CT was thicker (p = 0.04) and the thickness gradient was higher in relation to hearts with UPM (p = 0.007). Considering that thicker CT and higher thickness gradient of the atrial wall favor the emergence and persistence of arrhythmogenic events, our findings support the hypothesis that individuals with MPNU would be more prone to cardiac arrhythmias originating from the right atrium. Finally, the RAA of 172 adult and 61 children hearts were classified morphologically based on the shape and number of lobes. The following classifications were imposed: parrot beak, horse head, anvil, sailboat and undefined type. Since the RAA morphology is related to the facilitation of thromboembolic events, this study estimated their risks in each type of RAA. It was verified that RAAs classified with morphological pattern similar to anvil, sailboat and indefinite type presented risks of thromboembolic events 103, 115 and 126 times higher when compared to the parrot beak type. The second part of this study referred to myocardial bridges (MB), situation in which one or more myocardial bundles cross or involve a segment of the coronary artery. Numerous controversies regarding the prevalence, determinant cause and significance of MB have not yet been elucidated. Our research aimed to establish an anatomical pattern of adult and children hearts with MB. In addition, the hypothesis that the ventricular mass greater would determine the presence of MB in children's hearts was tested. Our findings show that MB are associated with the presence of left coronary artery trifurcation and the presence of a pre-bridge branch, thus establishing an anatomical pattern of hearts with MB. The presence of larger ventricular mass does not seem to determine the presence of myocardial bridges in children's heartsDoutoradoAnatomiaDoutor em Biologia Celular e Estrutural141228/2017-2CNPQCAPE

LEVANTAMENTO DO CONHECIMENTO SOBRE GESTÃO ESTRATÉGICA ALIADA À GESTÃO DE PROJETOS NA GESTÃO UNIVERSITÁRIA

Gestão estratégica e gestão de projetos, amplamente difundidos na iniciativa privada, são instrumentos também utilizados na gestão universitária pública e privada. Estas ferramentas possibilitam uma gestão voltada para o alcance dos objetivos, da missão e da visão das organizações bem como antecipação em relação as mudanças do ambiente interno e ambiente externo. Este artigo busca demonstrar por meio de análise bibliométrica o conhecimento sobre gestão estratégica aliada à gestão de projetos na gestão universitária. Visando atender ao objetivo da pesquisa foram selecionados artigos científicos indexados na base de dados Redalyc – Rede de Revistas Científicas da América Latina, Caribe, Espanha e Portugal. Quanto aos fins esta pesquisa classifica-se como descritiva e exploratória. Quanto aos meios de investigação a pesquisa caracteriza-se como bibliográfica. O tratamento dos dados da pesquisa foi de forma qualitativa. Verifica-se nos resultados a relevância dos periódicos do portfólio bibliográfico, quais os artigos mais relevantes para o tema da pesquisa, quais periódicos concentram publicações sobre o tema, quais autores se destacam e quais palavras-chave foram mais incidentes