• Two hundred hectares of good business: Brazilian agriculture in a themed space 

  Brandão, Paulo R. B.; Christian, Brannstrom (Brasil, 2012)

  Geographers have recognized that trade fairs and other temporary spaces function as centers of knowledge, but we have a weak understanding of how fairs are themed spaces, similar to parades, festivals, and built environments, ...
• Theoretical aspects of binary and ternary complexes of aziridine⋯ammonia ruled by hydrogen bond strength 

  Oliveira, Boaz G.; Araújo, Regiane C. M. U. (Brasil, 2012)

  B3LYP calculations, ChelpG atomic charges, and quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) integrations were used to investigate the binary (1:1) and ternary (1:2) hydrogen-bonded complexes formed by aziridine (1) and ...
• Diet of the coati Nasua nasua (Carnivora: Procyonidae) in an area of woodland inserted in an urban environment in Brazil 

  Ferreira, Giovanne A.; Oliveira, Eduardo Nakano; Genaro, Gelson; Chaves, Adma K. Lacerda (Brasil, 2013)

  Coatis are omnivores whose diet consists of small vertebrates, invertebrates, and fruit. In urban areas, they may ingest food waste that has been discarded in deposits near their habitat, or they may consume food offered ...
• Contaminant discharge and uncertainty estimates from passive flux meter measurements 

  Klammler, Harald; Hatfield, Kirk; Luz, Joana Angélica Guimarães da; Annable, Michael D.; Newman, Mark; Cho, Jaehyun; Peacock, Aaron; Stucker, Valerie (Brasil, 2012)

  1] The passive flux meter (PFM) measures local cumulative water and contaminant fluxes at an observation well. Conditional stochastic simulation accounting for both spatial correlation and data skewness is introduced to ...
• Generalized quotient topologies 

  Saraiva, Lyngnys Emmanuel de Arruda (Brasil, 2011)

  A definition of a generalized quotient topology is given and some characterizations of this concept, up to generalized homeomorphisms, are furnished. For the first approach, we exhibit a monotonic map spanning that generalized ...
• Cellulose acetate-poly{[9,9-bis(6′-N,N,N-trimethylammonium)hexyl]fluorene-phenylene} bromide blends: Preparation, characterization and transport properties 

  Cerqueira, D.; Valente, A. J. M.; Burrows, H. D.; Gomes, J. N. P. L.; Pereira, R. F. P.; Jiménez, A.; Burgos, N.; Morán, C.; Mallavia, R.; R. Filho, G. (Brasil, 2012)

  The preparation of cellulose acetate-poly-(9,9-bis(6′-N,N,N trimethylammonium)-hexyl-fluorene phenylene) bromide (HTMA-PFP) blend films by solvent casting from a dispersion is reported. Films were characterized by UV–visible ...
• Approximate up-scaling of geo-spatial variables applied to deep foundation design 

  Luz, Joana Angélica Guimarães da; Klammler, Harald; Hatfield, Kirk; McVay, Michael (Brasil, 2011)

  We present a series of simple approximate methods for up-scaling the cumulative distribution function of spatially correlated variables by using an effective number n e of independent variables. Methods are based on the ...
• Interplay between dihydrogen and alkali–halogen bonds: Is there some covalency upon complexation of ternary systems? 

  Oliveira, Boaz G. (Brasil, 2012)

  In this study, a theoretical investigation of traditional dihydrogen bonds and novel alkali–halogen bonds was performed in relation to the formation of NaH⋯HCF3 and NaH⋯HCCl3 binary and NaH⋯2(HCF3) and NaH⋯2(HCCl3) ternary ...
• A numerical and experimental study of bearing stiffness of drilled shafts socketed in heterogeneous rock 

  Chung, Jae H.; Ko, Jeongsoo; Klammler, Haral; McVay, Michael C.; Lai, Peter (Brasil, 2012)

  The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of spatial variability of rock elasticity on the tip resistance of drilled shafts using experimental tests, finite element analysis (FEA) and geostatistical principles. ...
• Longevity of Epidendrum ibaguense inflorescences influenced by the storage temperature and ethylene inhibitor 

  Mapeli, Ana Maria; Santos, Joice Simone dos; Finger, Fernando Luiz; Karsten, Juliane; Mendes, Teresa Drummond Correia; Barbosa, José Geraldo (Brasil, 2012)

  This work had the goal to evaluate the influence of temperature and dry storage on the postharvest longevity of Epidendrum ibaguense flowers previously treated with silver thiosulfate (STS). The flowers were harvested and ...
• Thermal analysis and FTIR studies of sewage sludge produced in treatment plants. The case of sludge in the city of Uberlândia-MG, Brazil 

  Silva, Jader de Oliveira; Rodrigues Filho, Guimes; Meireles, Carla da Silva; Ribeiro, Sabrina Dias; Vieira, Júlia Graciele; Silva, Cleuzilene Vieira da; Cerqueira, Daniel Alves (Brasil, 2012)

  The operation of anaerobic reactors in Brazil creates a by-product, sewage sludge, for which adequate treatment is necessary to obtain a solid and stable material. The burning of sewage sludge may be an effective alternative ...
• Characterization of the biomass of a hybrid anaerobic reactor (HAR) with two types of support material during the treatment of the coffee wastewater 

  Silva, Vivian Galdino da; Campos, Cláudio Milton Montenegro; Pereira, Erlon Lopes; Silva, Júlia Ferreira da (Brasil, 2013)

  This study investigated the microbiology of a hybrid anaerobic reactor (HAR) in the removal of pollutant loads. This reactor had the same physical structure of an UASB reactor, however with minifilters inside containing ...
• Initial test results for a passive surface water fluxmeter to measure cumulative water and solute mass fluxes 

  Klammler, Harald; Newman, Mark A.; Szilágyi, Eszter; Padowski, Julie C.; Hatfield, Kirk; Jawitz, James W.; Annable, Michael D. (2007)

  The theoretical concept and initial test results of a Passive Surface Water Fluxmeter (PSFM) to directly and simultaneously measure cumulative water and solute mass fluxes in surface water flow systems are presented. The ...
• Online preconcentration system for determining ultratrace amounts of Cd in vegetal samples using thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry 

  Amorim, Fábio Alan Carqueija; Bezerra, Marcos de Almeida (2007)

  A system has been developed for online preconcentration and determination of Cd using thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (TS-FF-AAS). It is based on the solid-phase extraction of Cd in an Amberlite ...
• Telenomus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), egg parasitoid of Caligo brasiliensis (C. Felder, 1862) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Southern Brazil 

  Margaría, Cecilia B.; Santana, Hélcio R. Gil; Marques, Oton Meira; Loiácono, Marta S. (2007)
• A contribuição da anatomia foliar para a taxonomia de Raddia Bertol. (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) 

  Oliveira, Reyjane Patricia de; Longhi-Wagner, Hilda Maria; Leite, Kelly Regina Batista (Brasil, 2008)

  Raddia é um gênero de bambus herbáceos que inclui nove espécies ocorrentes no Brasil, uma delas encontrada também em áreas extra-brasileiras. A anatomia foliar de todas as espécies foi analisada em microscopia óptica e ...
• High-volume fly ash concrete with and without hydrated lime: Chloride diffusion coefficient from accelerated test 

  Hoppe Filho, J.; Medeiros, M. H. F.; Pereira, E.; Helene, P.; Isaia, G. C. (2013)

  Fly ash changes the microstructure of paste and can increase concrete durability. Calcium hydrated lime was added to concrete with 50% of the cement, by weight, substituted with fly ash, with the intent of replacing some ...
• Níveis de nitrogênio e a taxa fotossintética do mamoeiro “golden” 

  Cruz, Jailson Lopes; Pelacani, Claudinéia Regina; Carvalho, José Eduardo Borges de; Souza Filho, Luiz Francisco da Silva; Queiroz, Dyane Coelho (Brasil, 2007)

  Objetivou-se neste trabalho, avaliar o efeito da nutrição nitrogenada sobre alguns aspectos relacionados à taxa fotossintética em plantas de mamão da variedade “Golden”. As plantas foram cultivadas em vasos sob condições ...
• Influence of spatially variable side friction and collocated data on single and multiple shaft resistances 

  Klammler, Harald; McVay, Michael; Lai, Peter; Horhota, David (2013)

  Reliability-based design, such as LRFD, aims at meeting desired probability of failure levels for engineered structures. The present work attempts to contribute to this field by analyzing the influence of spatially variable ...
• Damage identification in bars with a wave propagation approach: performance comparison of five hybrid optimization methods 

  Tenenbaum, R. A.; Stutz, L. T.; Fernandes, K. M. (2013)

  The formulation and solution of the inverse problem of damage identification based on an one-dimensional wave propagation approach are presented in this paper. Time history responses, obtained from pulse-echo synthetic ...

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