Beatriz Gómez de Dussan : saca adelante proyectos con maldición gitana

Fondo Margaritainés Restrepo

Evaluación de la huella hídrica para el cultivo de palma de aceite en la finca Villa Beatriz del municipio de zona bananera, departamento del Magdalena

Bogotá (Colombia) : Universidad de La Salle. Facultad de Ingeniería. Programa de Ingeniería Ambiental y Sanitaria

Relatório de estágio em psicomotricidade e intervenção precoce realizado no Hospital Beatriz Ângelo e no Agrupamento Vertical Almeida Garrett

No âmbito do ramo de aprofundamento de competências profissionais, inserido no Mestrado em Reabilitação Psicomotora, surge a possibilidade de elaborar o presente relatório com base no estágio curricular realizado no Hospital Beatriz Ângelo e no Agrupamento Vertical Almeida Garrett. Este estágio incidiu na área da psicomotricidade e da intervenção precoce e possibilitou desenvolver um trabalho com crianças e respetivas famílias. As atividades de estágio foram desenvolvidas com 11 crianças entre os 18 meses e os 10 anos de idade que apresentavam diversas problemáticas e que, por influência da sua condição ou do meio envolvente, as suas aprendizagens e comportamento encontram-se comprometidos. Todavia, foram escolhidos dois casos para uma análise mais detalhada das suas características, desenvolvimento global e contexto, seguindo de uma sequência lógica de processos da prática psicomotora - observação, avaliação, elaboração de planos de intervenção/sessão e intervenção.

Fourth wall removed : womens' liberation or entrapment?

Australian dramatic literature of the 1950s and 1960s heralded a new wave in theatre and canonised a unique Australian identity on local and international stages. In previous decades, Australian theatre had been abound with the mythology of the wide brown land and the outback hero. This rural setting proved remote to audiences and sat uneasily within the conventions of the naturalist theatre. It was the suburban home that provided the back drop for this postwar evolution in Australian drama. While there were a number of factors that contributed to this watershed in Australian theatre, little has been written about how the spatial context may have influenced this movement. With the combined effects of postwar urbanization and shifting ideologies around domesticity, a new literary landscape had been created for playwrights to explore. Australian playwrights such as Dorothy Hewett, Ray Lawler and David Williamson transcended the outback hero by relocating him inside the postwar home. The Australian home of the 1960s slowly started subscribing to a new aesthetic of continuous living spaces and patios that extended from the exterior to the interior. These mass produced homes employed diluted spatial principles of houses designed by architects, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe and Adolf Loos in the 1920s and 1930s. In writing about Adolf Loos’ architecture, Beatriz Colomina described the “house as a stage for the family theatre”. She also wrote that the inhabitants of Loos’ houses were “both actors and spectators of the family scene involved”. It has not been investigated as to whether this new capacity to spectate within the home was a catalyst for playwrights to reflect upon, and translate the domestic environment to the stage. Audiences were also accustomed to being spectators of domesticity and could relate to the representations of home in the theatre. Additionally, the domestic setting provided a space for gender discourse; a space in which contestations of masculine and feminine identities could be played out. This research investigates whether spectating within the domestic setting contributed to the revolution in Australian dramatic literature of the 1950s and 1960s. The concept of the spectator in domesticity is underpinned by the work of Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley. An understanding of how playwrights may have been influenced by spectatorship within the home is ascertained through interviews and biographical research. The paper explores playwrights’ own domestic experiences and those that have influenced the plays they wrote and endeavours to determine whether seeing into the home played a vital role in canonising the Australian identity on the stage.

Analysis of acute-phase proteins, AHSG, C3, CLI, HP and SAA, reveals distinctive expression patterns associated with breast, colorectal and lung cancer

Early detection, clinical management and disease recurrence monitoring are critical areas in cancer treatment in which specific biomarker panels are likely to be very important in each of these key areas. We have previously demonstrated that levels of alpha-2-heremans-schmid-glycoprotein (AHSG), complement component C3 (C3), clusterin (CLI), haptoglobin (HP) and serum amyloid A (SAA) are significantly altered in serum from patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. Here, we report the abundance levels for these proteins in serum samples from patients with advanced breast cancer, colorectal cancer (CRC) and lung cancer compared to healthy controls (age and gender matched) using commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kits. Logistic regression (LR) models were fitted to the resulting data, and the classification ability of the proteins was evaluated using receiver-operating characteristic curve and leave-one-out cross-validation (LOOCV). The most accurate individual candidate biomarkers were C3 for breast cancer [area under the curve (AUC) = 0.89, LOOCV = 73%], CLI for CRC (AUC = 0.98, LOOCV = 90%), HP for small cell lung carcinoma (AUC = 0.97, LOOCV = 88%), C3 for lung adenocarcinoma (AUC = 0.94, LOOCV = 89%) and HP for squamous cell carcinoma of the lung (AUC = 0.94, LOOCV = 87%). The best dual combination of biomarkers using LR analysis were found to be AHSG + C3 (AUC = 0.91, LOOCV = 83%) for breast cancer, CLI + HP (AUC = 0.98, LOOCV = 92%) for CRC, C3 + SAA (AUC = 0.97, LOOCV = 91%) for small cell lung carcinoma and HP + SAA for both adenocarcinoma (AUC = 0.98, LOOCV = 96%) and squamous cell carcinoma of the lung (AUC = 0.98, LOOCV = 84%). The high AUC values reported here indicated that these candidate biomarkers have the potential to discriminate accurately between control and cancer groups both individually and in combination with other proteins. Copyright © 2011 UICC.

Archiving primary data: Solutions for long-term studies

The recent trend for journals to require open access to primary data included in publications has been embraced by many biologists, but has caused apprehension amongst researchers engaged in long-term ecological and evolutionary studies. A worldwide survey of 73 principal investigators (Pls) with long-term studies revealed positive attitudes towards sharing data with the agreement or involvement of the PI, and 93% of PIs have historically shared data. Only 8% were in favor of uncontrolled, open access to primary data while 63% expressed serious concern. We present here their viewpoint on an issue that can have non-trivial scientific consequences. We discuss potential costs of public data archiving and provide possible solutions to meet the needs of journals and researchers.

Solutions for archiving data in long-term studies: A reply to Whitlock et al.

In our recent paper [1], we discussed some potential undesirable consequences of public data archiving (PDA) with specific reference to long-term studies and proposed solutions to manage these issues. We reaffirm our commitment to data sharing and collaboration, both of which have been common and fruitful practices supported for many decades by researchers involved in long-term studies. We acknowledge the potential benefits of PDA (e.g., [2]), but believe that several potential negative consequences for science have been underestimated [1] (see also 3 and 4). The objective of our recent paper [1] was to define practices to simultaneously maximize the benefits and minimize the potential unwanted consequences of PDA.

Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

The rapid disruption of tropical forests probably imperils global biodiversity more than any other contemporary phenomenon(1-3). With deforestation advancing quickly, protected areas are increasingly becoming final refuges for threatened species and natural ecosystem processes. However, many protected areas in the tropics are themselves vulnerable to human encroachment and other environmental stresses(4-9). As pressures mount, it is vital to know whether existing reserves can sustain their biodiversity. A critical constraint in addressing this question has been that data describing a broad array of biodiversity groups have been unavailable for a sufficiently large and representative sample of reserves. Here we present a uniquely comprehensive data set on changes over the past 20 to 30 years in 31 functional groups of species and 21 potential drivers of environmental change, for 60 protected areas stratified across the world's major tropical regions. Our analysis reveals great variation in reserve `health': about half of all reserves have been effective or performed passably, but the rest are experiencing an erosion of biodiversity that is often alarmingly widespread taxonomically and functionally. Habitat disruption, hunting and forest-product exploitation were the strongest predictors of declining reserve health. Crucially, environmental changes immediately outside reserves seemed nearly as important as those inside in determining their ecological fate, with changes inside reserves strongly mirroring those occurring around them. These findings suggest that tropical protected areas are often intimately linked ecologically to their surrounding habitats, and that a failure to stem broad-scale loss and degradation of such habitats could sharply increase the likelihood of serious biodiversity declines.

The X Chromosome of Hemipteran Insects: Conservation, Dosage Compensation and Sex-Biased Expression

Insects of the order Hemiptera (true bugs) use a wide range of mechanisms of sex determination, including genetic sex determination, paternal genome elimination, and haplodiploidy. Genetic sex determination, the prevalent mode, is generally controlled by a pair of XY sex chromosomes or by an XX/XO system, but different configurations that include additional sex chromosomes are also present. Although this diversity of sex determining systems has been extensively studied at the cytogenetic level, only the X chromosome of the model pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum has been analyzed at the genomic level, and little is known about X chromosome biology in the rest of the order. In this study, we take advantage of published DNA- and RNA-seq data from three additional Hemiptera species to perform a comparative analysis of the gene content and expression of the X chromosome throughout this clade. We find that, despite showing evidence of dosage compensation, the X chromosomes of these species show female-biased expression, and a deficit of male-biased genes, in direct contrast to the pea aphid X. We further detect an excess of shared gene content between these very distant species, suggesting that despite the diversity of sex determining systems, the same chromosomal element is used as the X throughout a large portion of the order.

Factores de riesgo que permiten la prevalencia de brucelosis y tuberculosis en el hato ovino de la finca Santa Rosa en Octubre 2012

El presente estudio se realizó con el objetivo de analizar los factores de riesgo que permiten la prevalencia de Brucelosis y Tuberculosis en el hato ovino, estableciendo medidas de prevención y control que deben implementarse en la unidad de producción ovina de la Finca Sta. Rosa, Facultad de Ciencia Animal (FACA), de la Universidad Nacional Agraria, siendo de interés realizar un monitoreo para estar certificada por El Ministerio Agropecuario y Forestal (MAGFOR) como hato ovino libre de brucelosis y tuberculosis. El análisis estadístico midió la prevalencia muestreando 60 hembras en edades reproductivas, 36 de la población total del hato, a través de pruebas diagnósticas: aplicación de tuberculina PPD(Derivado Proteico Purificado) anocaudal (Tuberculosis) y muestra sanguínea para la realización de Rosa de bengala (Brucelosis), emitiendo dichas muestras a la red nacional de laboratorios de diagnóstico veterinario (RNLDV) del MAGFOR, se midieron los factores de exposición agrupados en tres subgrupos: primero: factores de infraestructura, segundo: factores de manejo y tercero: factores varios; a partir de la realización de encuestas cerradas determinando el cumplimiento de las medidas de bioseguridad, con una escala de calificación de cero a cinco donde cero es nulo y cinco es excelente, realizando el análisis estadístico T estudent, donde los factores de exposición y la calificación reportadas es significativa (P<0.005), es decir la frecuencia de calificación no aceptables además de ser mayores fueron significantes para el buen desempeño de la actividad y producción ovina. Obteniendo una prevalencia del 0% de Brucelosis y Tuberculosis. En la determinación de cumplimiento se encontró, para el primer subgrupo: Cero = nulo, a 2 factores: rotulación de la granja y área para oficina y comedor; Uno = malo, a 2 factores: rodiluvios, y pediluvios; Tres = bueno, a un factor: zona de parqueo para vehículos; Cuatro = muy bueno, a un factor: cerca perimetral. Para el segundo subgrupo: Cero = nulo, a un factor: registro de entrada y salida de la granja; Uno = malo, a 2 factores: baños en la entrada; Dos = regular, a un factor: calidad del agua; Cuatro (muy bueno) a un factor: control de plagas. Tercer subgrupo: Cero = nulo, a dos factores: intercambio de utensilios e ingreso de animales domésticos. Existe gran falta de cumplimiento de las medidas de bioseguridad en la unidad de producción ovina. Se debe realizar seguimiento epidemiológico para obtener la certificación de hato libre de estas zoonosis, y corrección o implementación de las medidas de bioseguridad en el hato ovino.

Caracterización de la respuesta a la temperatura en la germinación de semillas de Jatropha curcas

Resumen: La situación energética actual, la insaciable demanda energética y alimenticia y el complejo panorama sobre el futuro de los combustibles fósiles, han forzado a la búsqueda acelerada de nuevas fuentes alternativas para producir energía, entre ellas la producción de energía a partir de productos vegetales. Para no enfrentar ambas necesidades, el desafío de encontrar productos vegetales no comestibles, que se adapten a zonas marginales, que sean rentables y que proporcionen una fuente alta de energía, promete ser la alternativa prometedora que encaje en el escenario futuro y actual. El estudio profundo de nuevas especies , como Jatropha curcas para la producción de biodiesel adquiere relevancia. Este trabajo tiene el propósito de ampliar la frontera del conocimiento en el mecanismo fisiológico de germinación de J. curcas. El objetivo es poder caracterizar la respuesta a la temperatura durante la germinación de esta especie usando el análisis de tiempo térmico. Para esto se incubaron semillas de J. Curcas a cuatro diferentes temperaturas (20, 25, 30 y 35ºC) en agua destilada (Ψa=0 MPa). La temperatura base y temperatura óptima fueron 19ºC y 30ºC respectivamente. Aproximadamente el 40% de la población de semillas manifestó dormición absoluta. Otra parte de la población presentó dormición relativa, que se expresó progresivamente en distintas fracciones cuando la temperatura de incubación se alejó de los 30ºC. La aplicación práctica de los resultados encontrados en esta tesis, revela severas dificultades tanto para la germinación como para el establecimiento del stand de plantas de Jatropha curcas, las cuáles deberán ser consideradas por los mejoradores durante el proceso de selección y domesticación. La más importante de las limitaciones es el estrecho rango de temperaturas en el cual no se encuentran los problemas de dormición y la elevada tendencia que presenta la semilla para entrar en dormición secundaria con temperaturas mayores a 30ºC.