Abstract Geopolymers are amorphous silicate polymers that have been extensively studied due to their applications, scientific and technical relevance, and their potential as cement in substitution to Portland. Much of the focus has been in the use of precursors and aggregates that are rarely pure and homogeneous with the use of tailings being very common. The presence of these impurities complicates the interpretation of some spectral methods, mainly infrared spectrometry. Therefore, this research focuses on the use of a nearly pure kaolin main precursor, having only a trace of iron and titanium, along with other almost pure reagents, to achieve an ideal geopolymer. It was possible to produce metakaolinite, resulting in a material with a good size particle (8.24µm) and surface specific area (6.57m2/g). The XRD result shows that the calcination process resulted in 100% of amorphous material. FTIR data revealed the presence of H2O and NaCO3 in the geopolymer. More important, the Si-Al-O various bands located between 1100 and 500cm-1 validate the polymerization reaction effectiveness. SEM-EDS analyses have demonstrated that the reaction with Na2SiO3 and NaOH were nearly complete, concerning the finer metakaolinite particles that comprised the material’s matrix. However, the coarser metakaolinite lamellae, in the 15-35µm range, did not react completely; a thin border layer was enriched with sodium and most of the interior material maintained its Si-Al-O composition. The presence of traces of iron and titanium did not influence in the polymerization reaction. Compressive strength values of the geopolymer have presented good values in the range of 25 to 35 MPa.

O artigo tem como finalidade problematizar o surgimento dos oligopólios da educação superior privada que emergem como consequência do processo de reconfiguração da educação superior brasileira em decorrência da adoção de políticas públicas de viés neoliberal na década 1990, que ocorrem como resultado de profundas transformações no campo da Educação, no Brasil. Diante deste processo presencia-se o início das fusões, formando grandes conglomerados educacionais, resultando na financeirização do ensino superior. O estudo detecta um movimento que vem ocorrendo em que o processo capitalista de acumulação favorece a formação de conglomerados, cujo poder econômico rege um segmento que deveria ser gerido pelo Estado.

The article aims to discuss the emergence of oligopolies in private higher education that have arisen as the result of the reconfiguration of the Brazilian process on higher education to the adoption of public policies of neoliberal bias in the 1990s, and produced as the result of profound changes in the field of education in Brazil. This process is the beginning of mergers, the formation of large conglomerates educational, resulting financialization of university education. The study detects a movement that has occurred so that the process of capitalist accumulation favors the formation of conglomerates whose economic power governs a segment that should was be administered by the State.

As propriedades funcionais tecnológicas do amido nativo e modificado (hidrólise ácida) de pinhão (Araucaria angustifólia) foram comparadas às propriedades do amido nativo e ácido hidrolisado de milho. As espécies de amido foram hidrolisadas (3.2 mol.L-1 HCl, 44 ºC, 6 horas) e avaliadas, antes e após a reação de hidrólise, de acordo com as análises de formação, fusão e termorreversão do gel, retrogradação (em um período de 30 dias, com medidas a cada 3 dias), estabilidade ao congelamento e descongelamento (após 6 ciclos de congelamento e descongelamento), poder de inchamento e índice de solubilidade. Os resultados obtidos demonstraram que o amido de pinhão apresenta menor tendência à retrogradação quando comparado ao amido de milho, tanto para a forma nativa quanto na modificada, após períodos similares de armazenamento. O amido nativo de pinhão (APN), quando submetido a sucessivos ciclos de congelamento e descongelamento, apresentou menor sinérese do que o amido de milho nativo (AMN). Nas temperaturas de 25, 50 e 70 ºC, a solubilidade do APN foi menor do que a obtida pelo AMN. Entretanto, para a forma modificada, o amido de pinhão apresentou maior solubilidade (p < 0,05) do que o amido de milho. Através dos resultados, pode-se afirmar que o tratamento ácido modificado realizado no amido de pinhão foi efetivo para a produção de um potencial substituto de gordura, propriedade que deve ser testada e analisada em estudos futuros.

Technological functional properties of native and acid-thinned pinhão (seeds of Araucária angustifolia, Brazilian pine) starches were evaluated and compared to those of native and acid-thinned corn starches. The starches were hydrolyzed (3.2 mol.L-1 HCl, 44 ºC, 6 hours) and evaluated before and after the hydrolysis reaction in terms of formation, melting point and thermo-reversibility of gel starches, retrogradation (in a 30-day period and measurements every three days), paste freezing and thawing stability (after six freezing and thawing cycles), swelling power, and solubility. The results of light transmittance (%) of pastes of native and acid-thinned pinhão starches was higher (lower tendency to retrogradation) than that obtained for corn starches after similar storage period. Native pinhão starch (NPS) presented lower syneresis than native corn starch (NCS) when submitted to freeze-thaw cycles. The acid hydrolysis increased the syneresis of the two native varieties under storage at 5 ºC and after freezing and thawing cycles. The solubility of NPS was lower than that of native corn starch at 25, 50, and 70 ºC. However, for the acid-thinned pinhão starch (APS), this property was significantly higher (p < 0.05) when compared to that of acid-thinned corn starch (ACS). From the results obtained, it can be said that the acid treatment was efficient in producing a potential fat substitute from pinhão starch variety, but this ability must be further investigated.

A qualidade física do solo é essencial ao crescimento das plantas e à sustentabilidade dos sistemas agrícolas. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a eficiência do intervalo hídrico ótimo (IHO) no monitoramento da compactação e qualidade física do solo para soja em cultivo de sequeiro e irrigado. O experimento foi realizado em Latossolo Vermelho eutroférrico (21 ° 14 ' 53 " S; 48 ° 17 ' 20 " W; 540 m de altitude). O delineamento experimental foi inteiramente casualizado em esquema fatorial 6 x 2, com quatro repetições. Os tratamentos de compactação foram: T1 = sem compactação; T2 = 1 passada de trator de 4 t; T3 = 1; T4 = 2; T5 = 4; e T6 = 6 passadas de um trator de 11 t, no mesmo local. Foi semeada a soja (Glycine max (L.) Merrill), cultivar IAC Foscarim 31. Foram coletadas amostras indeformadas de solo nas camadas de 3-6, 8-11, 15-18 e 22-25 cm, para determinação dos atributos físicos. Na colheita, foi avaliada a produtividade de soja em microparcela de 3,37 m². No cultivo de soja sequeiro e irrigado, a produtividade diminui a partir da resistência à penetração (RP) de 1,30 e 1,64 MPa e da densidade do solo (Ds) de 1,26 e 1,29 kg dm-3, com perdas de 19,15 e 11,71 % no maior nível de compactação (RP = 2,84 MPa; Ds = 1,45 kg dm-3), respectivamente. O IHO foi reduzido pela RP até atingir a Dsc(IHO = 0) de 1,33 e 1,38 kg dm-3, no cultivo de soja sequeiro e irrigado. O IHO é adequado no monitoramento da compactação e da qualidade física do solo para soja, quando sua aplicação é realizada com base no valor de resistência à penetração limitante e no valor de densidade crítica do solo (IHO = 0). A soja em cultivo irrigado tolera maior compactação.

Soil physical quality is essential for plant growth and sustainable agricultural systems. This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of the least limiting water range (LLWR) to monitor soil compaction and soil physical quality for soybean, without and with irrigation. The study was carried out in an clayer Red Latosol (Oxisol) (21 ° 14 ' 53 " S; 48 ° 17 ' 20 " W; 540 m asl). The experiment was entirely randomized, in a 6 x 2 factorial scheme, with four repetitions. The compaction treatments were: T1 = without compaction; T2 = 1 pass of a 4 t tractor; T3 = 1, T4 = 2, T5 = 4 and T6 = 6 passes of an 11 t tractor over the same track. Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill), cultivar IAC Foscarim 31 was planted. Undisturbed soil samples were collected in the layers 3-6, 8-11, 15-18 and 22-25 cm to determine soil physical attributes. In the harvest soybean yield was evaluated in 3.37 m² microplots. Soybean yield, cultivated without and with irrigation, dropped when penetration resistance increased from 1.30 to 1.64 MPa and bulk density from 1.26 to 1.29 kg dm-3, with yield losses of 19.15 and 11.71% at the highest compaction level (RP = 2.84 MPa; Ds = 1.45 kg dm-3), respectively. The LLWR was reduced by RP until reaching critical soil bulk density (Dsc(IHO = 0)) of 1.33 and 1.38 kg dm-3, in non-irrigated and irrigated soybean. LLWR is an adequate indicator of soil compaction and physical quality for soybean when applied based on the critical bulk density value Dsc(LLWR = 0). Irrigated soybean is more tolerant to compaction.