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The European project has enjoyed a substantive support from both elite and masses in Portugal. Since the country joined the ECC, in 1986, the main political parties have been strong supporters of Europe. In recent years, however, political and economic crises have undermined the support for the European project. In this paper we produce a preliminary analysis of the competition dimensions in the 2014 European elections. We empirically analyze the position of the five most important Portuguese political parties towards European integration, the Euro, debt renegotiation, Eurobonds, and changes in pensions in a context that fosters contestation of European integration and its outputs. Adapted from the source document.

The relations between the United States & China were heading towards a second cold war before September 11. In a sense, the priority changes in American strategy & the focus on the struggle against the threat of catastrophic terrorism & nuclear proliferation created an opportunity for security cooperation between the two great powers. The Chinese strategy on "peaceful rise" is a response to this new situation aiming at consolidating external conditions favourable to China's international recovery. However, the factors of strategic competition have not disappeared & they have been aggravated by competition for energy resources & by regional rivalries not only in Eastern Asia, but also in South & Central Asia & in the Middle East. Adapted from the source document.

The end of the Cold War liberated China & the European Union from the constraints of the bipolar competition & created the conditions for the strategic convergence of the two sides, which was consolidated by China's external openness & internal reforms. This trend is codified in numerous documents offering an official evaluation of the importance of bilateral relations between the European Union & China. None the less there still are many conflicts & divergences which demand a closer reciprocal understanding. The European Union should be more tolerant with the pace of political reforms in China & understand better the great importance of the Taiwan issue, & China should recognize the complexity of European foreign policy & understand the European concerns over Eastern Asia's strategic stability. Adapted from the source document.

Government of the State of Tocantins ; Department of Science and Technology-SECT ; State Council of Science and Technology, CECT ; Federal University of Tocantins ; The aim of this study was to evaluate the growth and yield of soybean cultivar M-8766 in consortium with Brachiaria brizantha. BRS Piata and Brachiaria ruziziensis at different densities and sowing dates. The experimental design was randomized blocks with treatments arranged in a factorial 2 × 2 × 3 with four replications. Used as factors grass species (Brachiaria brizantha Piata and Brachiaria ruziziensis BRS) intercropped with soybean M-8766, sowing dates (12 and 24 days after soybean emergence) and three seeding rates (0, 5, 10 kg ha-1 of seed). At 71 days after soybean emergence were evaluated plant height, stem diameter, dry mass of leaves, stems and shoots, and 4 months after sowing determined the weight of 100 grains and soybean yield. The results showed that when seeded at a density of 10 kg ha-1 at 12 and 24 DAE soy, Brachiaria brizantha. BRS Piata caused reduction in yield in the order of 6.71% and 3.03% respectively, while the Brachiaria ruziziensis was one that caused a greater reduction in productivity in the order of 13.42 and 16.23%, respectively, of these values expression when considering the price of soybean sack. B. ruziziensis expressed less competitive with soybean. However, the large biomass production of this grass provides deployment system till the next harvest.