Sexual Dysfunction In Epilepsy: Identifying The Psychological Variables.

In order to evaluate the psychological variables that affect sexual dysfunction (SD) in epilepsy, where compared 60 epileptics (Group 1) with 60 healthy individuals (Group 2), through the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Spielberger et al., 1970), Beck Depression Inventory (Beck, 1974) and Sexual Behavior Interview (Souza, 1995). Sexual dysfunction (SD), anxiety and depression were found more frequently in Group 1 than in Group 2 and were not related to sex. Variables such as the onset duration and frequency of seizures as well as the use to medication were not associated with SD. Temporal lobe epilepsy was related to SD (p = 0.035) but not to anxiety or depression. Anxiety and depression were related to SD in both groups. Perception in controlling the seizures was closely related to anxiety (p = 0) and depression (p = 0.009). We conclude that psychological factors play an important role in the alteration of sexual behavior in epileptics and that suitable attention must be given to the control of these variables.58214-2

Metodologia para determinação da peroxidase e da polifenol oxidase em plantas.

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Qualidade e diferenciação em torno do café: modelos em concorrência.

O objetivo deste trabalho consiste em discutir dois enfoques divergentes em torno da cafeicultura com vistas a fornecer elementos de análise para uma pesquisa acerca das dinâmicas territoriais, agricultura e sociedade. Cada vez mais, oportunidades se desenham para uma revalorização da cafeicultura, particularmente em sintonia com as idéias de fortalecer a agricultura familiar, de promover as dinâmicas territoriais e de preservar o meio ambiente. Porém, estas oportunidades concorrem com um modelo dominante de conceber os sistemas agro-alimentares no Brasil, no qual a agricultura consiste apenas em suporte para a produção de commodities indiferenciadas, baratas e abundantes

Identificação de dinâmicas sociais e econômicas na construção territorial de cafés de qualidade diferenciada no Sul de Minas.

O Sul de Minas é a maior região produtora de café do país e o espaço geográfico de Machado, Poço Fundo e Campestre, aí localizado, compreende um dos mais destacados conjuntos de municípios sob o ponto de vista do cultivo. A base técnica e social sob a qual a cultura do café destas três áreas se desenvolveu historicamente é caracterizada por numerosas e pequenas explorações familiares. O café é de toda evidência responsável por uma identidade territorial aí existente, o que torna pertinente uma pesquisa nestes municípios do Sul de Minas Gerais, com ênfase nos conhecimentos, práticas e representações utilizadas na produção, usos, difusão e conservação de recursos do território. O objetivo da pesquisa é buscar respostas aos problemas do desenvolvimento territorial sustentável e, para tal, destacou inicialmente o município de Poço Fundo, dentre os três mencionados. A partir da conclusão do mapeamento de projetos coletivos, atores sociais e programas públicos, esta fase da pesquisa, aqui em destaque, buscou identificar as dinâmicas sociais e econômicas capazes de caracterizar o processo de construção de território junto a gestores públicos e atores representativos dos projetos coletivos, por intermédio do uso de entrevistas apoiadas em um roteiro único semi-estruturado

A PENDULUM-BASED MODEL FOR FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION ANALYSES

In the present contribution a pendulum-based model is used to represent fluid-structure interactions. For this purpose, a theoretical and experimentalanalysis of the dynamic behavior of a viscously damped spherical non rotational single-degree-of-freedom pendulum was performed. The dampingprocess is characterized according to two different regimes: in the first, it can be seen as a viscous low Reynolds’ number flow and, in the second, it can be considered as a viscously damped system. The pendulum was tested experimentally in a large reservoir containing a Newtonian fluid for validation purposes and good agreement was found between numerical and experimental results

Dynamics of a Generalized Cosmological Scalar-Tensor Theory

A generalized scalar-tensor theory is investigated whose cosmological term depends on both a scalar field and its time derivative. A correspondence with solutions of five-dimensional Space-Time-Matter theory is noted. Analytic solutions are found for the scale factor, scalar field and cosmological term. Models with free parameters of order unity are consistent with recent observational data and could be relevant to both the dark-matter and cosmological-"constant" problems.Comment: 13 page

DRIS standards for nutritional evaluation of Phaseolus vulgaris in Cerrado, Goiás State, Brazil.

The knowledge of nutritional requirements of beans, the efficiency of soil acidity correction and the fertilization programs are essential to increase productivity. The Integrated Recommendation and Diagnosis System (DRIS) assists with nutritional diagnosis of cultivated plants based on existing interactions between nutrients and the hierarchizing of limitations. This study aimed at establishing standards using the DRIS method for areas of production of irrigated common beans and at determining the most limiting nutritional factors to production using leaf analyses interpreted by concentration ranges and DRIS. Eighteen different beanproducing areas were selected in a central pivot irrigation system, from which 82 sampling points were established to collect leaves of crop and determine their nutritional contents. The reference population had productivity of over 3,000 kg ha- 1. Using DRIS, we determined that phosphorus is the most limiting nutrient regarding its deficiency, with great sensitivity to diagnose nutritional problems of plants, especially micronutrients. Phosphorus (68.3%), molybdenum (65.9%), iron (64.6 %) and sodium (63.4%) and are nutrients with highest percentage of samples presenting levels below adequate according to sufficiency ranges for plants. Using DRIS, we can evaluate interactions among nutrients and determine of the magnitude of crop nutritional limitation whether due to deficiency or excess. These results may indicate which nutrients are limiting the crop productive capacity, allowing greater efficiency in its correction in soil

Attenuation and damping of electromagnetic fields: Influence of inertia and displacement current

New results for attenuation and damping of electromagnetic fields in rigid conducting media are derived under the conjugate influence of inertia due to charge carriers and displacement current. Inertial effects are described by a relaxation time for the current density in the realm of an extended Ohm's law. The classical notions of poor and good conductors are rediscussed on the basis of an effective electric conductivity, depending on both wave frequency and relaxation time. It is found that the attenuation for good conductors at high frequencies depends solely on the relaxation time. This means that the penetration depth saturates to a minimum value at sufficiently high frequencies. It is also shown that the actions of inertia and displacement current on damping of magnetic fields are opposite to each other. That could explain why the classical decay time of magnetic fields scales approximately as the diffusion time. At very small length scales, the decay time could be given either by the relaxation time or by a fraction of the diffusion time, depending whether inertia or displacement current, respectively, would prevail on magnetic diffusion.Comment: 21 pages, 1 figur

Zinc abundances in Galactic bulge field red giants: implications for DLA systems

Zinc in stars is an important reference element because it is a proxy to Fe in studies of damped Lyman-alpha systems, permitting a comparison of chemical evolution histories of bulge stellar populations and DLAs. In terms of nucleosynthesis, it behaves as an alpha element because it is enhanced in metal-poor stars. The aim of this work is to derive the iron-peak element Zn abundances in 56 bulge giants from high resolution spectra. These results are compared with data from other bulge samples, as well as from disk and halo stars, and damped Lyman-alpha systems, in order to better understand the chemical evolution in these environments. High-resolution spectra were obtained using FLAMES+UVES on the Very Large Telescope. We find [Zn/Fe]=+0.24+-0.02 in the range -1.3 < [Fe/H] < -0.5 and [Zn/Fe]=+0.06+-0.02 in the range -0.5 < [Fe/H] -0.1, it shows a spread of -0.60 < [Zn/Fe] < +0.15, with most of these stars having low [Zn/Fe]<0.0. These low zinc abundances at the high metallicity end of the bulge define a decreasing trend in [Zn/Fe] with increasing metallicities. A comparison with Zn abundances in DLA systems is presented, where a dust-depletion correction was applied for both Zn and Fe. Finally, we present a chemical evolution model of Zn enrichment in massive spheroids, representing a typical classical bulge.Comment: Accepted in Astronomy & Astrophysics, in press Date of acceptance: 13/05/2015. 19 pages, 14 Figs in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 201