cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7506953.v1
title: Os aniversários da abolição da escravatura e a imprensa ilustrada do Rio de Janeiro (1890-1902)

description: ABSTRACT Rio de Janeiro's illustrated press celebrated the anniversaries of the Lei Áurea (the Golden Law), which freed slaves in Brazil in 1888. These celebrations occurred mostly in the 1890s, the first years of a new political regime that emerged with the proclamation of the Republic. The purpose of this article is to analyze how the Republican period approached the anniversaries of an important political and social event in the history of Brazil's Empire. We will be dealing with two magazines - Revista Illustrada and Don Quixote- that portrayed the Abolition through different points of view, thus enabling us to understand the political scenario in early Republican Brazil.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7519211.v1
title: Ground transportation accidents involving two categories of motorcyclists who transport passengers

description: ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to analyze the occurrence of ground transportation accidents involving two categories of motorcyclists who transport passengers in a city located in northeastern Brazil: those who work for city hall and those who work for a private transportation firm. Methods: Interviews were held with the aid of a questionnaire administered to a probabilistic sample of 210 individuals (125 from city hall and 85 from the private firm). Results: A high number of motorcyclists in both categories combined (78.6%) suffered traffic accidents in the 12 months prior to the inquiry. Collisions with automobiles constituted the most frequent type of accident (43.6%). Accidents were more associated with motorcyclists working for city hall (p &lt; 0.05), due mainly to the fact that these individuals had been employed for a longer period of time (p &lt; 0.001). The occurrence of bodily injuries was high in both categories (63.6%). Facial injuries were the least frequent in both categories due mainly to the use of protection equipment (98.2%). Conclusion: The occurrence of traffic accidents was high in the two motorcycle passenger transportation categories analyzed, demonstrating that motorcycles are used to transport passengers in a risky manner.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6503051
title: Service Retail Results Assessment from the Consumer’s Point of View

description: ABSTRACT This study aims at assessing the connection between financial results and non-financial assessments from the consumer’s point of view, considering Brazil’s mobile phone context. According to consumer relationship theory, higher profits are to be expected from satisfied customers, from those who tend towards long-term use of company services. Therefore, non-financial assessments such as satisfaction, commitment, trust and loyalty were correlated to financial results, according to consumption information reported by consumers themselves. Altogether, 493 cases were investigated in a non-probabilistic sample of customers belonging four different mobile phone operators. The relationship quality assessment model was confirmed, although the expected connection between satisfaction, loyalty and financial results was not observed. Results obtained suggest sector-specific assessments, in which mobile phone user behavior is not revealed in a linear way. Findings suggest new perspectives for relationship quality analysis applied to customers within growing markets that harbor a wide range of offers amongst competitors.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6503051.v1
title: Service Retail Results Assessment from the Consumer’s Point of View

description: ABSTRACT This study aims at assessing the connection between financial results and non-financial assessments from the consumer’s point of view, considering Brazil’s mobile phone context. According to consumer relationship theory, higher profits are to be expected from satisfied customers, from those who tend towards long-term use of company services. Therefore, non-financial assessments such as satisfaction, commitment, trust and loyalty were correlated to financial results, according to consumption information reported by consumers themselves. Altogether, 493 cases were investigated in a non-probabilistic sample of customers belonging four different mobile phone operators. The relationship quality assessment model was confirmed, although the expected connection between satisfaction, loyalty and financial results was not observed. Results obtained suggest sector-specific assessments, in which mobile phone user behavior is not revealed in a linear way. Findings suggest new perspectives for relationship quality analysis applied to customers within growing markets that harbor a wide range of offers amongst competitors.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7513109
title: Psychoacoustic behavior of human listeners in lateralization judgments of binaural stimuli

description: Abstract Introduction The present work aims to develop statistical models for the psychoacoustic behavior of human beings in lateralization judgments of binaural acoustic stimuli, as a function of Interaural Time Delay (ITD) and Interaural Amplitude Difference (IAD) for several Sensation Levels (SL). Such models intend to contribute to a deep comprehension of the perception or recognition mechanism which permits listeners to decide whether a source of a sound is located on the right or on the left side of their medial plane. Methods Numerous lateralization judgments are accomplished through a computer controlled experiment set-up in order to investigate the transduction mechanism beneath them. The statistical treatment of the psychoacoustic data obtained has been performed by Two and Three Factors – Probit (Probability Unit) Analysis. Results The Probit Analysis makes it possible to obtain the model coefficients and to fit ‘Probit Planes and Surfaces’ to the experimental data in order to study and predict the simultaneous effects produced by ITD and IAD in the listeners’ psychoacoustic perceptions at several Sensation Levels (SL). Conclusion The approach used here is appropriate for the analysis of this kind of binary response and it also offers a simple way to obtain psychophysical responses that can be related to neurophysiological phenomena. It is argued that this fact may lead to another way to access neural information through psychoacoustic experiments, without needing invasive methods.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7513109.v1
title: Psychoacoustic behavior of human listeners in lateralization judgments of binaural stimuli

description: Abstract Introduction The present work aims to develop statistical models for the psychoacoustic behavior of human beings in lateralization judgments of binaural acoustic stimuli, as a function of Interaural Time Delay (ITD) and Interaural Amplitude Difference (IAD) for several Sensation Levels (SL). Such models intend to contribute to a deep comprehension of the perception or recognition mechanism which permits listeners to decide whether a source of a sound is located on the right or on the left side of their medial plane. Methods Numerous lateralization judgments are accomplished through a computer controlled experiment set-up in order to investigate the transduction mechanism beneath them. The statistical treatment of the psychoacoustic data obtained has been performed by Two and Three Factors – Probit (Probability Unit) Analysis. Results The Probit Analysis makes it possible to obtain the model coefficients and to fit ‘Probit Planes and Surfaces’ to the experimental data in order to study and predict the simultaneous effects produced by ITD and IAD in the listeners’ psychoacoustic perceptions at several Sensation Levels (SL). Conclusion The approach used here is appropriate for the analysis of this kind of binary response and it also offers a simple way to obtain psychophysical responses that can be related to neurophysiological phenomena. It is argued that this fact may lead to another way to access neural information through psychoacoustic experiments, without needing invasive methods.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11350298.v1
title: Morphological aspects and anatomy of the fruit, seeds and seedlings of Pentaclethra macroloba (willd.) Kuntze (Fabaceae)

description: Abstract: The aim of this study was to describe the morphology of fruit, seeds and seedlings, as well as the anatomy of the seed and the seedling of Pentaclethra macroloba (Willd.) Kuntze. Morpho-biometry was performed on fifty fruit samples and one hundred seeds. To describe the sequences of the morphological events of the germination stages, ten seeds were placed to germinate. Anatomical analysis was performed in a scanning electron microscope with seed samples and seedling leaves. The species has leguminous type fruit of 16.1 to 45.2 cm length and 4.1 to 7.3 cm width; seeds have a pleurogram and are eurispermic, ovoid, deltoid to elliptical and measure from 3.8 to 6.1 cm length and 2.5 to 5.7 cm width. Anatomically, the cotyledons are composed of thin-walled parenchyma cells with various oil cells. The seedlings have bipinnate leaves, with waxes and simple trichomes at the margins of the adaxial surface and paracytic stomata on the abaxial surface. The epicotyl is slightly twisted, with caducous cataphylls and a first pair of alternate eophylls. Germination is of the phanero-hypogean-reserve type. Taxonomic recognition of this species is possible in the field through the external morphological traits and can help in identification of saplings.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14270294
title: Physical Properties of Thermally Modified Juvenile and Mature Wood of Hevea brasiliensis (Euphorbiaceae)

description: Abstract Exposing timber to temperatures approaching 200 °C causes thermal modification and changes its characteristics. This study evaluates the effect of various levels of thermal treatment on the physical properties of juvenile and mature wood from rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis). Boards taken from 53-year-old rubber trees were thermally modified at up to 220 °C. Thermal treatment caused decreases on the oven-dried density, equilibrium moisture content, and swellings on juvenile and mature woods of H. brasiliensis. Influence of thermal modification at 180-200 °C in juvenile wood was lower than in mature wood, whereas the treatment at 220 °C caused a greater variation in properties of juvenile wood. The thermally modified wood is a suitable product for use in environments with high levels of relative humidity.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6318143
title: External control of fluoridation in the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba in the years of 2014 and 2015

description: Abstract Introduction External control is the monitoring of fluoride concentration in the water supply that must be done by state institutions, and has been motivated to ensure the efficacy and safety of fluoridation. This study aimed to analyze the external control of municipalities with more than 50.000 inhabitants in the metropolitan region of Curitiba in the years 2014 and 2015. Methodology Health surveillance services of the studied municipalities provided external control data, which were analyzed according to the technical criterion of the CECOL for fluoride content. Results Collection of water samples failed in some municipalities and months for an adequate number for the fluoride parameter. From the total samples analyzed, only 51.5% were in the best benefit-risk range for the fluoride concentration. Eight percent of the samples presented insignificant benefit and risk and 0.1% showed a high-risk fluoride concentration, without any benefit. Conclusion the analyzed municipalities performed the external control, with periods of inadequate sample collections. Fluoride concentrations in the supply water of the study municipalities presented an unsatisfactory result. The main goal of external control is to maintain fluoride levels at adequate levels.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14270294.v1
title: Physical Properties of Thermally Modified Juvenile and Mature Wood of Hevea brasiliensis (Euphorbiaceae)

description: Abstract Exposing timber to temperatures approaching 200 °C causes thermal modification and changes its characteristics. This study evaluates the effect of various levels of thermal treatment on the physical properties of juvenile and mature wood from rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis). Boards taken from 53-year-old rubber trees were thermally modified at up to 220 °C. Thermal treatment caused decreases on the oven-dried density, equilibrium moisture content, and swellings on juvenile and mature woods of H. brasiliensis. Influence of thermal modification at 180-200 °C in juvenile wood was lower than in mature wood, whereas the treatment at 220 °C caused a greater variation in properties of juvenile wood. The thermally modified wood is a suitable product for use in environments with high levels of relative humidity.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6318143.v1
title: External control of fluoridation in the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba in the years of 2014 and 2015

description: Abstract Introduction External control is the monitoring of fluoride concentration in the water supply that must be done by state institutions, and has been motivated to ensure the efficacy and safety of fluoridation. This study aimed to analyze the external control of municipalities with more than 50.000 inhabitants in the metropolitan region of Curitiba in the years 2014 and 2015. Methodology Health surveillance services of the studied municipalities provided external control data, which were analyzed according to the technical criterion of the CECOL for fluoride content. Results Collection of water samples failed in some municipalities and months for an adequate number for the fluoride parameter. From the total samples analyzed, only 51.5% were in the best benefit-risk range for the fluoride concentration. Eight percent of the samples presented insignificant benefit and risk and 0.1% showed a high-risk fluoride concentration, without any benefit. Conclusion the analyzed municipalities performed the external control, with periods of inadequate sample collections. Fluoride concentrations in the supply water of the study municipalities presented an unsatisfactory result. The main goal of external control is to maintain fluoride levels at adequate levels.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12094470.v1
title: Litterfall Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in an Experimental Plantation of Peach Palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth)

description: Abstract This study aimed to evaluate litterfall and nutrient dynamics in an experimental plantation of peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth) in Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil. Litterfall was collected monthly between March 2010 and May 2011, and the plant material was separated into leaflets and rachises. During the 15-month study period, the plantation produced 9.2 Mg ha−1 of litter (4.8 Mg ha−1 of leaflets and 4.4 Mg ha−1 of rachises). Seasonal variations were observed in litter production and nutrient concentration. Litter deposition was the highest at the end of the dry season and at the beginning of the rainy season, that is, in months with low rainfall and lower minimum temperatures. Macronutrient return to the soil was estimated at 141.5 kg N ha−1, 24.8 kg P ha−1, 78.2 kg K ha−1, 55.1 kg Ca ha−1, and 37.8 kg Mg ha−1.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12170955
title: Artificial Perches: Ecological and Functional Aspects of its Contribution in the Atlantic Forest

description: Abstract Ecological restoration through conventional plantation techniques can create forests with low biodiversity. As such, one way to overcome possible shortcomings of the restoration process is to use nucleation techniques, such as artificial perches. These structures attract the avifauna and increase the deposition of seeds associated with feces or bird regurgitation. Seed rain and seedlings regeneration were monitored under artificial perches and control areas in a degraded area of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. In this study, 46 morphospecies of seeds were identified. Under the perches, greater abundance and richness of seeds were found with certain ecological and functional traits that support the role of artificial perches as a biological diversity core. Seedling establishment was low under the perches and control areas. This suggests that integrated actions to improve soil conditions should be applied to enhance seedling establishment.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11350298
title: Morphological aspects and anatomy of the fruit, seeds and seedlings of Pentaclethra macroloba (willd.) Kuntze (Fabaceae)

description: Abstract: The aim of this study was to describe the morphology of fruit, seeds and seedlings, as well as the anatomy of the seed and the seedling of Pentaclethra macroloba (Willd.) Kuntze. Morpho-biometry was performed on fifty fruit samples and one hundred seeds. To describe the sequences of the morphological events of the germination stages, ten seeds were placed to germinate. Anatomical analysis was performed in a scanning electron microscope with seed samples and seedling leaves. The species has leguminous type fruit of 16.1 to 45.2 cm length and 4.1 to 7.3 cm width; seeds have a pleurogram and are eurispermic, ovoid, deltoid to elliptical and measure from 3.8 to 6.1 cm length and 2.5 to 5.7 cm width. Anatomically, the cotyledons are composed of thin-walled parenchyma cells with various oil cells. The seedlings have bipinnate leaves, with waxes and simple trichomes at the margins of the adaxial surface and paracytic stomata on the abaxial surface. The epicotyl is slightly twisted, with caducous cataphylls and a first pair of alternate eophylls. Germination is of the phanero-hypogean-reserve type. Taxonomic recognition of this species is possible in the field through the external morphological traits and can help in identification of saplings.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12094470
title: Litterfall Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in an Experimental Plantation of Peach Palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth)

description: Abstract This study aimed to evaluate litterfall and nutrient dynamics in an experimental plantation of peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth) in Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil. Litterfall was collected monthly between March 2010 and May 2011, and the plant material was separated into leaflets and rachises. During the 15-month study period, the plantation produced 9.2 Mg ha−1 of litter (4.8 Mg ha−1 of leaflets and 4.4 Mg ha−1 of rachises). Seasonal variations were observed in litter production and nutrient concentration. Litter deposition was the highest at the end of the dry season and at the beginning of the rainy season, that is, in months with low rainfall and lower minimum temperatures. Macronutrient return to the soil was estimated at 141.5 kg N ha−1, 24.8 kg P ha−1, 78.2 kg K ha−1, 55.1 kg Ca ha−1, and 37.8 kg Mg ha−1.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12170961
title: Irrigation Regimes on Growth and Metabolic Processes of Enterolobium contortisiliquum Seedlings

description: Abstract In forest nurseries, one of the factors that change the growth and quality of seedlings is water supply, which has a direct influence on metabolic processes such as stomatal conductance and photochemical efficiency of photosystem II. This study aims to identify the influence of different watering regimes as well as the use of a water-retaining polymer on the initial growth and metabolic processes of Enterolobium contortisiliquum seedlings. The experimental design was in random blocks with a factorial scheme. Morphological attributes, as well as physiological and biochemical attributes were investigated. We verified that the performance of E. contortisiliquum seedlings depends on the watering regime provided to the plants; furthermore, up to 60 days after the application of the treatments, both the height and diameter of the collection and the leaf water potential were similar in the water regimes of 8 mm day-1 and 12 mm day-1.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12170955.v1
title: Artificial Perches: Ecological and Functional Aspects of its Contribution in the Atlantic Forest

description: Abstract Ecological restoration through conventional plantation techniques can create forests with low biodiversity. As such, one way to overcome possible shortcomings of the restoration process is to use nucleation techniques, such as artificial perches. These structures attract the avifauna and increase the deposition of seeds associated with feces or bird regurgitation. Seed rain and seedlings regeneration were monitored under artificial perches and control areas in a degraded area of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. In this study, 46 morphospecies of seeds were identified. Under the perches, greater abundance and richness of seeds were found with certain ecological and functional traits that support the role of artificial perches as a biological diversity core. Seedling establishment was low under the perches and control areas. This suggests that integrated actions to improve soil conditions should be applied to enhance seedling establishment.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12170961.v1
title: Irrigation Regimes on Growth and Metabolic Processes of Enterolobium contortisiliquum Seedlings

description: Abstract In forest nurseries, one of the factors that change the growth and quality of seedlings is water supply, which has a direct influence on metabolic processes such as stomatal conductance and photochemical efficiency of photosystem II. This study aims to identify the influence of different watering regimes as well as the use of a water-retaining polymer on the initial growth and metabolic processes of Enterolobium contortisiliquum seedlings. The experimental design was in random blocks with a factorial scheme. Morphological attributes, as well as physiological and biochemical attributes were investigated. We verified that the performance of E. contortisiliquum seedlings depends on the watering regime provided to the plants; furthermore, up to 60 days after the application of the treatments, both the height and diameter of the collection and the leaf water potential were similar in the water regimes of 8 mm day-1 and 12 mm day-1.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7512533
title: Water urgency: urban interventions in watershed areas

description: The relations between urban and environmental policies represent a great challenge to the formulation of answers to urban pressures versus environmental preservation. In watershed areas of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, the dimension of this challenge is particularly significant, mainly because the environmental and urban policies face spontaneous and precarious occupation processes in protected areas. This article sets the panorama of the institutionalization of public policies – urban and environmental – in the watershed area of the Billings reservoir, and investigates the case of the city of São Bernardo do Campo, emphasizing the implementation of urban planning tools that integrate housing and environment. It is possible to conclude that the challenges to the recovery of watershed areas go beyond the imposition of legal landmarks. They primordially depend on innovative intervention strategies that involve the civil society and may signal a real transformation of the reality faced by protected drainage basins.