Seasonal testicular changes in Dendropsophus minutus Peters, 1872 (Anura, Hylidae)

The reproductive cycle in anurans may be either continuous or discontinuous. These differences may be connected to seasonal climate changes and/or to anthropic activity. Forty adult male individuals of the Dendropsophus minutus species were collected during one year, in the municipality of Chapada dos Guimaraes (Mato Grosso, Brazil). The testicles were studied under light and transmission electron microscopy. No variations were observed when the diameter of the seminiferous tubules and the thickness of the interstitial tissue were studied. However, changes in spermatogenesis were conspicuous and indicated that the reproductive cycle of D. minutus in Chapada dos Guimaraes is discontinuous and seems related to variations in air temperature and rainfall.

Comparison of the population structure of the fiddler crab Uca vocator (Herbst, 1804) from three subtropical mangrove forests

The population structure of U. vocator was investigated during a one-year period in three mangrove forests in southeast Brazil. The study specifically addressed comparisons on individual size juvenile recruitment and sex-ratio. The structure of the mangrove forests, i.e. density, basal area, and diameter, and the physical properties of sediments. i.e. texture and organic matter contents, were also examined. A catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) technique was used to sample the crab populations using 15-min sampling periods by two people. Males always outnumbered females, probably due to ecological and behavioural attributes of these crabs. The median size of fiddler crabs differed among the sampled populations. The mangroves at Indaiá and Itamambuca showed higher productivity than those at Itapanhaú, where oil spills impacting the shore were reported. Marked differences were found regarding individual size, either their size at the onset of sexual maturity or their asymptotic size, suggesting that food availability may be favouring growth in the studied populations.

The lauraceae collected in brazil by ludwig riedel - I

The species of Lauraceae collected by Ludwig Riedel, excluding Ocotea, are commented and contex-tualized according to the different itineraries he travelled in Brazil, from 1821 to 1836, indicating the localities and dates of collections, whenever possible. To complete this work, two diaries of Riedel have been consulted and the information from them cross-checked with the annotations found on specimen labels. An annotated list of 48 entries provides information on the status of species names and their types, currently accepted names, and collections found in different herbaria. Lectotypes for five names, Aydendron verrucosum var. attenuata, Aydendron parviflorum, Mespilodaphne parviflora, Nectandra spicata, and Oreodaphne fasciculata, are designated. The species of Ocotea collected by Riedel will be treated in part II of this series. © President and Fellows of Harvard College, 2012.

The lauraceae collected in brazil by ludwig riedel - II. Ocotea

The species of Ocotea (Lauraceae) collected by Ludwig Riedel are commented and contextualized according to the different itineraries he travelled in Brazil, from 1821 to 1836, indicating the localities and dates of collections, whenever possible. To complete this work, two diaries of Riedel have been consulted and the information from them crossed-checked with the annotations found on specimen labels. An annotated list of 44 entries provides information on the status of species names and their types, currently accepted names, and collections found in different herbaria. Lectotypes for 19 names are designated, two new synonyms are proposed, as well as the new combination Ocotea estrellensis (Meisn.) P.L.R. Moraes, based on Oreodaphne estrellensis Meisn. © President and Fellows of Harvard College, 2012.

Ludwig Tieck: Meandros Góticos

Ludwig Tieck (1773-1853) was a pioneer of German Romanticism alongside figures such as Novalis, Wackenroder, brothers August and Friedrich Schlegel, Schleiermacher, Schelling. A great admirer of Shakespeare and Calderón de la Barca, Tieck envisioned literature as a supranational terrain and an area of convergence of different traditions and perspectives. Thus he absorbed numerous elements from popular culture (fairy tales, legends, superstitions) and merged with the trends of his time, among which the mid eighteenth-century gothic and horror narrative. In Tieck the macabre becomes an expression of questions about the relationship between the subject and on the very notion (based on common sense) that there would be a single reality and independent from the point of view of who observes or describes. Tieck aesthetically formulated questions that echoed throughout German romanticism, expressing concerns and anxieties inseparable from his poetic and literary production.

Linguagem e representação da realidade à luz das Investigações filosóficas de Ludwig Wittgenstein

Pós-graduação em Filosofia - FFC

Política com café no oeste do Estado de São Paulo: Bento de Abreu Sampaio Vidal (1872-1948)

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

As edições não póstumas de Inocência (1872/1884), de Visconde de Taunay: análise do primeiro capítulo

Pós-graduação em Letras - FCLAS

Fragmento e montagem em Mauricio Kagel: uma análise de Ludwig Van

Pós-graduação em Música - IA

Análise evolutiva da morfologia e ecologia em espécies continentais de lagartos do gênero Anolis daudin 1804 (Squamata : Polychrotidae)

A tese compreende 3 capítulos. No primeiro capítulo apresento os resultados sobre a associação entre similaridade morfológica entre as espécies e suas relações filogenéticas, para 35 espécies que se distribuem nas áreas continentais e 59 no Caribe. Determino quais espécies continentais agrupam com as classes de ecomorfos propostos para as espécies caribenhas, investigo os casos de similaridade morfológica entre as espécies continentais, e verifico se existem agrupamentos entre as espécies morfologicamente similares. No capítulo dois, analiso evolutivamente a relação entre morfologia e ecologia para 19 espécies continentais de Anolis. No capítulo três, um estudo de caso, caracterizo as estruturas do habitat e outros atributos ecológicos de três espécies que ocorrem na Amazônia brasileira e busco associar as diferenças morfológicas entre elas com as diferenças de habitat, à luz dos resultados encontrados nos capítulos anteriores e em outros estudos ecomorfológicos.

O que revelar? o que esconder? imprensa & maçonaria no findar do dezenove (Pará, 1872-1892)

A atuação maçônica na imprensa paraense do século XIX (1872-1892) é entendida nesta dissertação a partir do contraponto entre o revelar e o esconder. Destacam-se, sobretudo, dois momentos distintos dessa mesma operação. No primeiro, a maçonaria abandona em parte sua postura reservada e decide criar um jornal oficial (O Pelicano) para fazer frente aos ditames ultramontanos (A Boa Nova). E, no segundo, ela retorna a sua condição inicial suspendendo a circulação da publicação, mas sem necessariamente retirar-se do meio jornalístico. De maneira que segredo e publicidade se intercalavam nas “vozes” dos representantes da instituição. A pesquisa permitiu a identificação nominal de um conjunto amplo de maçons e deu conta de demonstrar algumas das tensões e conflitos que ora os aproximava como “irmãos” e ora os colocava definitivamente em lados opostos na imprensa, nas lojas, na vida. Levando em consideração as mudanças de ordem social (Abolição) e política (República) que aconteceram ao longo da temporalidade abordada, este trabalho discute ainda o modo pelo qual os discursos, práticas e representações dos maçons paraenses se articulavam com as transformações que a um só tempo atingiram a província do Pará e a sociedade imperial.

Ocorrência de espécies de Atta Fabricius, 1804 e Acromyrmex Mayr, 1865 em algumas regiões do Brasil

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Proteção de Plantas) - FCA

Notes on the Neotropical Zethus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) with the description of two new species from Brazil

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Determinants of baseline seroreactivity to human papillomavirus type 16 in the Ludwig-McGill cohort study

Background: Immunity plays an important role in controlling human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and associated lesions. Unlike infections caused by other viruses, natural HPV infection does not always result in a protective antibody response. Therefore, HPV antibodies are also considered markers of cumulative exposure. The aim of this study was to identify determinants of HPV16 seroreactivity at enrollment among women from the Ludwig-McGill cohort, a natural history study of HPV infection and risk of cervical neoplasia.Methods: HPV16 serology was assessed by ELISA for L1 and L2 capsid antigens, while HPV typing and viral load measurements were performed by PCR-based methods. The associations were analyzed by unconditional logistic regression.Results: Of 2049 subjects, 425 (20.7%) were strongly seropositive for HPV16. In multivariate analysis, seroreactivity was positively correlated with age, lifetime number of sexual partners, frequency of sex, and HPV16 viral load, and negatively associated with duration of smoking.Conclusions: HPV16 seroreactivity is determined by factors that reflect viral exposure.

A contemporaneidade da produção do Circo Chiarini no Brasil de 1869-1872

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