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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11266667.v1
title: Effect of addition of glass waste on masonry ceramics

description: ABSTRACT This work investigated the effect of the addition of glass waste to the manufacture of masonry ceramics. Was conformed cylindrical samples with 27 mm in diameter by 45 mm in height were made from the standard mass of a hard clay ceramic industry and other 3 formulations (5, 10 and 20 %) with glass incorporation, based on studies presented in the literature. The heat treatment was carried out in a muffle at three temperatures (800, 900 and 1000 °C). The technological properties evaluated were: linear drying shrinkage and linear firing shrinkage, water absorption, fire loss and mechanical resistance to compression. It was observed that the drying retraction decreased from 7.9 to 5.9 % with the increase of the glass content added. The addition of glass waste to the ceramic mass did not significantly interfere with the retraction of burning at 800 and 900 °C, but increased significantly at 1000 °C, as well as water absorption was reduced considerably at 1000 °C. The addition of glass waste reduces the resistance to compression of the ceramic pieces by up to 4.4 MPa, but the values found were within the established by norm. The composition with addition of 20 % of sintered glass waste at 900 °C reached a value of 6 MPa, value greater than 1,5 MPa for standard to hollow ceramic block for non-load-bearing. At 1000 °C was observed the occurrence of overfiring, which leads to the appearance of bubbles and deformation. The addition of up to 20 % of glass residue to the ceramic mass for sintered masonry at 900 °C presents values acceptable by the Brazilian standard, of the technological properties evaluated, with the advantage of reducing the tendency to cracks and dimensional variation, besides contributing to the reduction of the use of virgin raw materials and of giving a sustainable destination to a waste.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11266694.v1
title: Analysis of the potential use of landfill biogas energy and simulation of greenhouse gas emissions of different municipal solid waste management scenarios in Varginha, MG, Brazil

description: ABSTRACT The present work proposes to evaluate the economic and environmental viability of energy recovery from biogas in the landfill of Varginha-MG, as well to analyze greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and energy consumption in different scenarios of municipal solid waste (MSW) management. A 20-year projection of MSW generation and landfill operation were considered, whose biogas production was estimated through LandGEM software. The economic feasibility analysis was performed using the net present value (NPV), and the internal rate of return (IRR) as indicators. GHG emissions were estimated by applying the WARM model (Waste Reduction Model) considering the current MSW management scenario and three alternative ones. The scenarios diversified into recycling strategies, anaerobic digestion, landfill disposal and incineration with energy recovery. Only the energy recovery with a power of 150 kW resulted in economic viability. Moreover, the largest environmental benefits were obtained by scenario 3, based on the recovery of recyclable materials, anaerobic digestion and incineration of MSW, considerably reducing the volume of MSW landfilled. Among all management practices of the proposed scenarios, recycling resulted in greater energy gains and GHG emission removal.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11266652.v1
title: Evaluating the validity of the new version of Test of Understanding Graphs in Kinematics (TUG-K) with high school students

description: Abstract In order to verify the kinematics graphs comprehension for a group of high school students, it is recommended to use an instrument that has a content valid by experts and a statistical validation. In this sense, was chosen the updated version of Test of Understanding Graphs in Kinematics (TUG-K), proposed in 2017 by Zavala and originally created by Beichner, in 1994. The TUG-K was elaborated to measure the understanding of graphs in kinematics of university students, mostly. Therefore, for this test to be used in basic education, it is necessary to know if it has statistical validity in this context. Consequently, a statistical analysis of the test was performed, after being applied at two different moments, with upper secondary level students of a federal school in Rio de Janeiro. The measured parameters were the same used by Zavala. The main result of this article was to demonstrate that TUG-K validity in this group. As a complement, it was shown that Hake's normalized learning gain from this group of students exposed to kinematics lectures was 17%, a value that is expected to be in traditional teaching. The underlying perspective is to disseminate and encourage the use of TUG-K in high school.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11266622
title: Interpretation as de-concealment: contributions of hermeneutic and phenomenological-existential thought for data analysis in qualitative research

description: Abstract This article intends to reflect about the analysis and interpretation of research data in the fields of education and psychology. It brings initially a reflection about the meaning of investigation and analysis in qualitative research, especially in the phenomenological-existential perspective of Martin Heidegger and Hans Georg Gadamer’s hermeneutics, once there is a fruitful dialogue between these thoughts, despite their specificity. We’ll present, as an example, an interventive research, so that we can illustrate the proposed reflection, carried out in an educational institution, specifically about teenagers at school, whose procedures of interpretation and analysis were constructed according to the proposed epistemological conceptions.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11266625
title: Viabilidade econômica de mantas térmicas, produzidas a partir de resíduos de asfalto, para revestimento de telhados

description: ABSTRACT This work shows the results obtained in a civil construction project, in which the thermal insulation of an inn’s roof is measured in são joaquim, sc, which is considered to be one of the coldest regions in brazil. it was proposed the use of an insulator produced with recycled asphalt, indicating its thermal insulation efficiency and economic viability in relation to the insulators commonly used by brazilian civil construction. the results showed that the recycled asphalt blanket reduces the roof heat loss between 68 and 72% and its material cost is two to five times smaller in relation to the other blankets studied. in addition, the material from which the product is made is more environmentally friendly than other thermal blankets. thus, this project showed that the recycled asphalt blanket use is economically viable, besides being much more efficient than the blankets currently commercialized in brazil.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11266613
title: The influence of catch-and-release on mortality of Salminus brasiliensis (Cuvier, 1816)

description: Abstract Catch-and-release (CR) angling has been used to assist management programs seeking to promote the conservation and recovery of some recreational fish stocks by decreasing mortality from fishing. However, without appropriate fish handling, this activity may cause damage and injuries to individual fish, causing mortality. Therefore, CR should be allowed under some circumstances that ensure higher rates of survival to achieve the goals of the conservation measures. Thus, we experimentally tested the CR effects on dourado (Salminus brasiliensis) by comparing caught-and-released fish (CR fish) with uncaught fish (control fish) in a pond and estimating individual mortality rates related to seven air exposure times (AET: 120 s, 240 s, 360 s, 480 s, 600 s, 720 s and 840 s). We also determined a safe limit for fish handling and investigated the length and weight gain variations. We found that an increase in AET affects fish survival and that the limit of handling time for this species was 546 s; after this threshold, the individual probability of death exceeds 5%. The length and weight gain of CR fish did not differ significantly from the control fish. We believe that CR is efficient for S. brasiliensis because it does not significantly impair their organic growth and causes little or no mortality if handling is performed properly; thus, it could be employed to assist conservation programs.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11266616
title: Molecular characterization and genetic relationships of seven piranha species of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) from Paraná-Paraguay, São Francisco and Tocantins River basins in Brazil

description: Abstract Genetic and phylogenetic relationships among seven piranha species of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus from the Paraná-Paraguay, São Francisco and Tocantins River basins were evaluated in the present study by partial sequences of two mitochondrial genes, Cytochrome b and Cytochrome c Oxidase I. Phylogenetic analysis of Maximum-Likelihood and Bayesian inference were performed. Results indicated, in general, greater genetic similarity between the two species of Pygocentrus (P. nattereri and P. piraya), between Serrasalmus rhombeus and S. marginatus and between S. maculatus, S. brandtii and S. eigenmanni. Pygocentrus nattereri, S. rhombeus and S. maculatus showed high intraspecific genetic variability. These species have each one, at least two different mitochondrial lineages that, currently, occur in sympatry (S. rhombeus) or in allopatry (P. nattereri and S. maculatus). Species delimitation analysis and the high values of genetic distances observed between populations of S. rhombeus and of S. maculatus indicated that each species may corresponds to a complex of cryptic species. The non-monophyletic condition of S. rhombeus and S. maculatus reinforces the hypothesis. The geographic distribution and the genetic differentiation pattern observed for the piranha species analyzed herein are discussed regarding the geological and hydrological events that occurred in the hydrographic basins.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11266622.v1
title: Interpretation as de-concealment: contributions of hermeneutic and phenomenological-existential thought for data analysis in qualitative research

description: Abstract This article intends to reflect about the analysis and interpretation of research data in the fields of education and psychology. It brings initially a reflection about the meaning of investigation and analysis in qualitative research, especially in the phenomenological-existential perspective of Martin Heidegger and Hans Georg Gadamer’s hermeneutics, once there is a fruitful dialogue between these thoughts, despite their specificity. We’ll present, as an example, an interventive research, so that we can illustrate the proposed reflection, carried out in an educational institution, specifically about teenagers at school, whose procedures of interpretation and analysis were constructed according to the proposed epistemological conceptions.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11266625.v1
title: Viabilidade econômica de mantas térmicas, produzidas a partir de resíduos de asfalto, para revestimento de telhados

description: ABSTRACT This work shows the results obtained in a civil construction project, in which the thermal insulation of an inn’s roof is measured in são joaquim, sc, which is considered to be one of the coldest regions in brazil. it was proposed the use of an insulator produced with recycled asphalt, indicating its thermal insulation efficiency and economic viability in relation to the insulators commonly used by brazilian civil construction. the results showed that the recycled asphalt blanket reduces the roof heat loss between 68 and 72% and its material cost is two to five times smaller in relation to the other blankets studied. in addition, the material from which the product is made is more environmentally friendly than other thermal blankets. thus, this project showed that the recycled asphalt blanket use is economically viable, besides being much more efficient than the blankets currently commercialized in brazil.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11266604
title: Assessment of interspecific interactions between the invasive red-claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) and the Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)

description: Abstract The Australian red-claw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, has been introduced for aquaculture purposes worldwide and consequently colonized natural environments, where it might cause ecosystem services losses or adversely affect native species and the local environment. This species was first found in Pequenos Libombos Reservoir in Maputo Province, Southern Mozambique in the late 2009 and is linked to reduction in tilapia fisheries. This study, conducted in 2015 under controlled conditions, aimed to assess the interspecific relationships between the Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) and the alien crayfish. For both species, no significant differences in growth and survival rates were found between animals reared in the presence versus the absence of heterospecifics, indicating no direct deleterious interspecific effects. Behavioural observations revealed that fish and crayfish competed for shelter and food. Both species reduced the foraging in the presence of heterospecifics during feeding period, in the daytime. Crayfish seemed to have an advantage in competition for shelter, suggesting that they may interfere with tilapia sheltering activity and make tilapia vulnerable to predators in natural habitats.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11266616.v1
title: Molecular characterization and genetic relationships of seven piranha species of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) from Paraná-Paraguay, São Francisco and Tocantins River basins in Brazil

description: Abstract Genetic and phylogenetic relationships among seven piranha species of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus from the Paraná-Paraguay, São Francisco and Tocantins River basins were evaluated in the present study by partial sequences of two mitochondrial genes, Cytochrome b and Cytochrome c Oxidase I. Phylogenetic analysis of Maximum-Likelihood and Bayesian inference were performed. Results indicated, in general, greater genetic similarity between the two species of Pygocentrus (P. nattereri and P. piraya), between Serrasalmus rhombeus and S. marginatus and between S. maculatus, S. brandtii and S. eigenmanni. Pygocentrus nattereri, S. rhombeus and S. maculatus showed high intraspecific genetic variability. These species have each one, at least two different mitochondrial lineages that, currently, occur in sympatry (S. rhombeus) or in allopatry (P. nattereri and S. maculatus). Species delimitation analysis and the high values of genetic distances observed between populations of S. rhombeus and of S. maculatus indicated that each species may corresponds to a complex of cryptic species. The non-monophyletic condition of S. rhombeus and S. maculatus reinforces the hypothesis. The geographic distribution and the genetic differentiation pattern observed for the piranha species analyzed herein are discussed regarding the geological and hydrological events that occurred in the hydrographic basins.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11266598
title: Life Cycle Assessment of Selective Paper and Cardboard Collection of in the Bessa Nucleus, municipality of João Pessoa/Paraíba, Brazil

description: ABSTRACT Recognizing that paper and cardboard are the most common materials in Solid Household Waste (SHW) management, the objective of the study presented herein was to apply the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology to the procedures associated with the selective collection of paper and cardboard in a nucleus in João Pessoa, Paraíba. LCA quantifies the environmental loads throughout the life cycle of an activity and is standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas - ABNT). LCA considered all the phases of SHW management: regular collection, selective collection, recycling, final disposal and intermediate transportation. The SimaPro software was used, with the Ecoinvent database and CML-IA baseline environmental assessment method, version 3.00/World 2000. In 2004, it was verified that selective collection included 11% of the SHW generated in the districts served by the sorting unit. The remainder (89%) was, in its majority, transported and destined for the Metropolitan Sanitary Landfill of João Pessoa. Interpretation of the LCA results for the different impact categories revealed that recycling brings positive environmental benefits when the atmospheric emissions associated with eutrophication, global warming and photochemical oxidation were considered. An overall negative value was obtained for these categories, due to recycling, in comparison with the other analyzed phases (selective collection, regular collection, consumption of energy in the sheds, sorting unit, transportation and landfilling). For atmospheric emissions associated with depletion of the ozone layer and acidification, negative emissions associated with recycling were not sufficient to produce an overall negative balance.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11266601
title: Survival, development and reproduction of Phenacoccus solenopsis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on kaolin-treated cotton

description: Abstract The mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is a cotton pest widespread in several cotton growing regions of Brazil, particularly in the semi-arid region of southwestern Bahia. The impact of kaolin on survival, development and reproduction of P. solenopsis was evaluated in the laboratory. The experiment was developed in a completely randomized design with two treatments: immature or newly emerged adults of P. solenopsis sprayed with kaolin and fed with cotton leaf discs treated with kaolin suspension (with kaolin) (T1) and immature or newly emerged adults of P. solenopsis sprayed with distilled water and fed with cotton leaf discs treated with distilled water (without kaolin) (T2). The kaolin suspension shortens the life cycle, increases the reproductive potential and population growth of the cotton mealybug, P. solenopsis and, therefore, it should be used with caution on cotton plants in regions with a history of occurrence of this pest.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11266613.v1
title: The influence of catch-and-release on mortality of Salminus brasiliensis (Cuvier, 1816)

description: Abstract Catch-and-release (CR) angling has been used to assist management programs seeking to promote the conservation and recovery of some recreational fish stocks by decreasing mortality from fishing. However, without appropriate fish handling, this activity may cause damage and injuries to individual fish, causing mortality. Therefore, CR should be allowed under some circumstances that ensure higher rates of survival to achieve the goals of the conservation measures. Thus, we experimentally tested the CR effects on dourado (Salminus brasiliensis) by comparing caught-and-released fish (CR fish) with uncaught fish (control fish) in a pond and estimating individual mortality rates related to seven air exposure times (AET: 120 s, 240 s, 360 s, 480 s, 600 s, 720 s and 840 s). We also determined a safe limit for fish handling and investigated the length and weight gain variations. We found that an increase in AET affects fish survival and that the limit of handling time for this species was 546 s; after this threshold, the individual probability of death exceeds 5%. The length and weight gain of CR fish did not differ significantly from the control fish. We believe that CR is efficient for S. brasiliensis because it does not significantly impair their organic growth and causes little or no mortality if handling is performed properly; thus, it could be employed to assist conservation programs.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11266586
title: Saline-sodic soil treated with gypsum, organic sources and leaching for successive cultivation of sunflower and rice

description: ABSTRACT Correction of saline and sodic soils aims to reduce salts dissolved in the solution and exchangeable sodium, respectively, to allow the growth and production of crops. In this context, an experiment was carried out between August/2011 and September/2012, in saline-sodic soil of the Irrigated Perimeter of São Gonçalo, in the municipality of Sousa, PB, Brazil. Agricultural gypsum, organic sources and continuous leaching for reducing salinity, sodicity and alkalinity in the saline-sodic soil and their effects on the production of the sunflower cultivar Embrapa 122/V-2000 and the rice variety Diamante were evaluated. The treatments were distributed in four randomized blocks and the soil was subjected to continuous leaching for 50 days and evaluated for salinity, sodicity and alkalinity before and after leaching, as well after sunflower and rice cultivation, in the 0-0.20 and 0.20-0.40 m layers. Leaching and the application of gypsum and organic sources reduced the initial salinity in both soil layers, to a greater extent in the surface layer. Exchangeable sodium decreased in 0-0.20 m and increased in 0.20-0.40 m. After rice cultivation, the soil in the 0-0.20 m layer changed from saline-sodic to non-saline in the treatments gypsum + bovine manure and gypsum + rice husk. The reduction of salinity, sodicity and alkalinity in the soil was higher during rice cultivation than during sunflower cultivation.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11266592
title: Influence of the host diet on the performance of Doryctobracon areolatus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

description: Abstract Fitness in parasitoids is generally influenced by host quality. We evaluated the development parameters of Doryctobracon areolatus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitoid on Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae) larvae, reared in artificial diets with different protein sources. Larvae of A. fraterculus were reared in the diets based on 1) raw wheat germ (control); 2) whole rice flour; 3) corn flour; and, 4) whole wheat flour + soybean meal. The larvae were used for the development of D. areolatus, to evaluate the number of offspring/female, emergence rate, sex ratio, egg-adult period, adult weight posterior tibia length and longevity. Larvae of A. fraterculus reared in the diets based on wheat germ and corn flour obtained a greater number of offspring, with shorter duration of egg-adult period for males and females. In diets with rice flour and corn flour, A. fraterculus larvae generated adults of D. areolatus with greater weight, longer tibia length and higher sex ratio, whereas larvae reared in wheat flour + soybean meal diet had a lower sex ratio. The diets based on rice flour and corn are the most appropriate for multiplication of the parasitoid.