Radionuclides, Nd isotopes and biogenic Opal in Atlanic Ocean sediments

Reconstructing past modes of ocean circulation is an essential task in paleoclimatology and paleoceanography. To this end, we combine two sedimentary proxies, Nd isotopes (epsilon-Nd) and the 231Pa/230Th ratio, both of which are not directly involved in the global carbon cycle, but allow the reconstruction of water mass provenance and provide information about the past strength of overturning circulation, respectively. In this study, combined 231Pa/230Th and epsilon-Nd down-core profiles from six Atlantic Ocean sediment cores are presented. The data set is complemented by the two available combined data sets from the literature. From this we derive a comprehensive picture of spatial and temporal patterns and the dynamic changes of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation over the past ~25 ka. Our results provide evidence for a consistent pattern of glacial/stadial advances of Southern Sourced Water along with a northward circulation mode for all cores in the deeper (>3000 m) Atlantic. Results from shallower core sites support an active overturning cell of shoaled Northern Sourced Water during the LGM and the subsequent deglaciation. Furthermore, we report evidence for a short-lived period of intensified AMOC in the early Holocene.

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: Quantifying the epidemiological transition

Background The Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised estimation methods, and transparent data sources to enable comparisons of health loss over time and across causes, age–sex groups, and countries. The GBD can be used to generate summary measures such as disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) and healthy life expectancy (HALE) that make possible comparative assessments of broad epidemiological patterns across countries and time. These summary measures can also be used to quantify the component of variation in epidemiology that is related to sociodemographic development. Methods We used the published GBD 2013 data for age-specific mortality, years of life lost due to premature mortality (YLLs), and years lived with disability (YLDs) to calculate DALYs and HALE for 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2013 for 188 countries. We calculated HALE using the Sullivan method; 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs) represent uncertainty in age-specific death rates and YLDs per person for each country, age, sex, and year. We estimated DALYs for 306 causes for each country as the sum of YLLs and YLDs; 95% UIs represent uncertainty in YLL and YLD rates. We quantified patterns of the epidemiological transition with a composite indicator of sociodemographic status, which we constructed from income per person, average years of schooling after age 15 years, and the total fertility rate and mean age of the population. We applied hierarchical regression to DALY rates by cause across countries to decompose variance related to the sociodemographic status variable, country, and time. Findings Worldwide, from 1990 to 2013, life expectancy at birth rose by 6·2 years (95% UI 5·6–6·6), from 65·3 years (65·0–65·6) in 1990 to 71·5 years (71·0–71·9) in 2013, HALE at birth rose by 5·4 years (4·9–5·8), from 56·9 years (54·5–59·1) to 62·3 years (59·7–64·8), total DALYs fell by 3·6% (0·3–7·4), and age-standardised DALY rates per 100 000 people fell by 26·7% (24·6–29·1). For communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional disorders, global DALY numbers, crude rates, and age-standardised rates have all declined between 1990 and 2013, whereas for non–communicable diseases, global DALYs have been increasing, DALY rates have remained nearly constant, and age-standardised DALY rates declined during the same period. From 2005 to 2013, the number of DALYs increased for most specific non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular diseases and neoplasms, in addition to dengue, food-borne trematodes, and leishmaniasis; DALYs decreased for nearly all other causes. By 2013, the five leading causes of DALYs were ischaemic heart disease, lower respiratory infections, cerebrovascular disease, low back and neck pain, and road injuries. Sociodemographic status explained more than 50% of the variance between countries and over time for diarrhoea, lower respiratory infections, and other common infectious diseases; maternal disorders; neonatal disorders; nutritional deficiencies; other communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases; musculoskeletal disorders; and other non-communicable diseases. However, sociodemographic status explained less than 10% of the variance in DALY rates for cardiovascular diseases; chronic respiratory diseases; cirrhosis; diabetes, urogenital, blood, and endocrine diseases; unintentional injuries; and self-harm and interpersonal violence. Predictably, increased sociodemographic status was associated with a shift in burden from YLLs to YLDs, driven by declines in YLLs and increases in YLDs from musculoskeletal disorders, neurological disorders, and mental and substance use disorders. In most country-specific estimates, the increase in life expectancy was greater than that in HALE. Leading causes of DALYs are highly variable across countries. Interpretation Global health is improving. Population growth and ageing have driven up numbers of DALYs, but crude rates have remained relatively constant, showing that progress in health does not mean fewer demands on health systems. The notion of an epidemiological transition—in which increasing sociodemographic status brings structured change in disease burden—is useful, but there is tremendous variation in burden of disease that is not associated with sociodemographic status. This further underscores the need for country-specific assessments of DALYs and HALE to appropriately inform health policy decisions and attendant actions.

Diário da Constituinte [gravação de vídeo] : [programa n. 306]

A Sistematização aprova emenda que dá prioridade no uso dos recursos hídricos e minerais para os cidadãos brasileiros e empresas nacionais, emenda do Deputado Luiz Salomão (PDT-RJ). De acordo com o Constituinte, a emenda reestabelece às pessoas físicas a possibilidade de pesquisar e explorar as jazidas, e o Estado reduzir o período das concessões das mineradoras. Para o Deputado Ademir Andrade (PMDB-RJ), o artigo aprovado democratiza a exploração da riqueza mineral. Criado o Estatuto Unificado das Empresas Estatais, que define a relação de trabalho entre as estatais, o Estado e a sociedade, explica o Deputado Nelton Friedrich (PMBD-PR). Quadro Constituição: o Brasil precisa desta força - Um novo partido inicia seus trabalhos na Constituinte, o Partido Trabalhista Renovador (PTR). O Deputado Messias Soares (PMDB-RJ), líder do partido na Constituinte, explica as propostas do partido. Quadro Constituição: a força maior - A Assembléia Nacional Constituinte (ANC) fará sessão extraordinária para receber pedido de mudança do Regimento Interno, que permite apresentar emendas de todos os tipos ao projeto de constituição. Segundo Ulysses Guimarães (PMDB-SP), presidente da ANC, a abertura de novos prazos para as emendas é necessário, desde que não atrapalhe a qualidade e/ou a dinâmica dos trabalhos.

William Shakspeare : drame en six actes. [Suivi de] Une minute trop tard : opérette en un acte. Livr. 306 / par Ferdinand Dugué... ; par M. Vernon, musique de M. Villebichot...

Collection : Théâtre contemporain illustré ; 306e et 307e livraisons

Français 306

Contient : 1° « Histoire de la royne Arthemise », de « NICOLAS HOUEL, Parisien », dédiée à Catherine de Médicis et ; 2° « Discours de l'excellence de la plate painture en l'antiquité », du même

Jornal da UNESP, 2014, ano XXVIII, n. 306

Jornal elaborado pela Assessoria de Comunicação e Imprensa da Reitoria da UNESP

Na 50 Nachlass Arthur Schopenhauer - 'Schopenhauer-Archiv', 306 - Mitteilung an Professor Hugo von Meltzl im Zusammenhang der geplanten Veröffentlichung des 4. Bandes des "Handschriftlichen Nachlasses"

u.a.: Eduard Grisebach; Arthur Schopenhauer;

Ms.Ff.F.Stoltze 3. 306 - Brief von Leopold Sonnemann an Friedrich Stoltze

(Unbekannte) "Sache", Sitzungen in Berlin, Otto von Bismarck