Abstract The present study aimed was to evaluate the spatial variability of weed species by means of phytosociological parameters and their correlations with the physical-chemical soil properties, under semiarid climate conditions. Weed phytosociology and soil characterization were carried out in two areas one newly deforested area covering 8.86 ha, and one experimental agricultural area covering 24.7 ha; both in the semi-arid region of Brazil. Weed and soil were sampled by following georeferenced grids in each area. Biomass and the total number of weed individuals, as well as soil properties, were mapped by the ordinary Kriging method. The predominant herbaceous plants in the newly deforested area were Hexasepalum teres and Digitaria insularis. The weed species that predominated in the agricultural area were Cyperus rotundus L., Euphorbia heterophylla L. and Herissantia Crispa (L.) Brizicky; the latter species outstanding for dry biomass (873.5g). Spatial dependence was observed for the predominant species, except for Digitaria insularis. The spatial distribution of these weeds was conditioned by soil K+ contents in both areas, and by sand content for the experimental agricultural area. Therefore, these two soil attributes resulted key factors for weed infestation in this semi-arid region.

Estudamos a coerência inter-hemisférica do espectro do eletrencefalograma (EEG) obtido pela transformada rápida de Fourier, da região occipital do escalpo (eletrodos O1 e O2) para a banda de frequência alfa (alfa1 - 8,0 a 10,0 Hz e alfa2 -10,1 a 12,5 Hz) em indivíduos normais maiores de 50 anos e pacientes com diagnóstico provável de demência do tipo Alzheimer (DTA), no intuíto de observar se há diferenças entre estes parâmetros que contribuam com o diagnóstico desta enfermidade. Encontramos diminuição na coerência inter-hemisférica dos indivíduos com DTA para ambas as sub-bandas do ritmo alfa. Acreditamos que a análise de coerência do EEG possa ser um método de grande auxílio no diagnóstico de DTA

We studied the occiptal inter-hemispheric coherence (IHCoh) of EEG (electrodes O1-O2) for alpha band (alpha1 - 8,0 to 10,0 Hz and alpha2 - 10,1 to 12,5 Hz) in healthy adults and Alzheimer's type dementia (ATD) subjects, to observe if there is any significant difference between these two groups that could help in the early diagnosis of ATD. We found a decrease of occipital IHCoh in ATD group for both alpha sub-bands. We believe that Coh analysis of EEG is a powerful auxiliary method in ATD diagnosis.