Collecção de noticias para a historia e geografia das nações ultramarinas que vivem nos dominios portuguezes, ou lhes são visinhas

v. 1. Breve relação das escrituras dos gentios da India Oriental, e dos seus costumes. Noticia summaria do gentilismo da Asia. Joseph de Anchieta Epistola : qamplurimarum Rerum Naturalium, quae S. Vicentii (nunc S. Pauli) Provinciam incolunt, sistens descriptionen. -- v. 2. Navegações de Luiz de Cadamosto : a quese ajuntoua viagem de Pedro de Cintra, capitão portuguez. Navegação de Lisboa á ilha deS.Thomé / escritapor hum piloto portuguez, e mandada aoConde Raymundode La Torre, gentil-homem veronez. Navegação do Capitão Pedro Alvares Cabral / escrita por hum piloto portuguez. Cartas de Americo Vespucio a Pedro Soderini gonfaloneiro perpetuo da República de Florença sobre duas viagens feitas por ordem do Serenissimo Rei de Portugal. Navegação ás Indias Orientaes / escrita em portuguez por Thomé Lopes. Viagem ás Indias Orientaes / por João de Empoli, feitor de huma náo portugueza, armada por conta dos Machiones de Lisboa. -- v. 7. Tratado sobre a demarcação dos limites na America Meridional entre os ministros de S.S. M.M. Fidelissima e Catholica, etc.

The Value of Research Data

Scientific research revolves around the production, analysis, storage, management, and re-use of data. Data sharing offers important benefits for scientific progress and advancement of knowledge. However, several limitations and barriers in the general adoption of data sharing are still in place. Probably the most important challenge is that data sharing is not yet very common among scholars and is not yet seen as a regular activity among scientists, although important efforts are being invested in promoting data sharing. In addition, there is a relatively low commitment of scholars to cite data. The most important problems and challenges regarding data metrics are closely tied to the more general problems related to data sharing. The development of data metrics is dependent on the growth of data sharing practices, after all it is nothing more than the registration of researchers’ behaviour. At the same time, the availability of proper metrics can help researchers to make their data work more visible. This may subsequently act as an incentive for more data sharing and in this way a virtuous circle may be set in motion. This report seeks to further explore the possibilities of metrics for datasets (i.e. the creation of reliable data metrics) and an effective reward system that aligns the main interests of the main stakeholders involved in the process. The report reviews the current literature on data sharing and data metrics. It presents interviews with the main stakeholders on data sharing and data metrics. It also analyses the existing repositories and tools in the field of data sharing that have special relevance for the promotion and development of data metrics. On the basis of these three pillars, the report presents a number of solutions and necessary developments, as well as a set of recommendations regarding data metrics. The most important recommendations include the general adoption of data sharing and data publication among scholars; the development of a reward system for scientists that includes data metrics; reducing the costs of data publication; reducing existing negative cultural perceptions of researchers regarding data publication; developing standards for preservation, publication, identification and citation of datasets; more coordination of data repository initiatives; and further development of interoperability protocols across different actors.

Legislação brasileira e programas do governo federal para o uso sustentável e a conservação de solos agrícolas

Consultoria Legislativa da Área X - Agricultura e Política Agrícola

Genomotipificación de Camylobacter jejuni mediante microarrays de ADN

354 p. (Bibliogr. 271-303) - Correo electrónico de la autora: andrea.guridi@gmail.com

Medida Provisória Nº 677, de 2015

Trata do aditamento de contratos de energia celebrados entre concessionárias geradoras de energia elétrica e consumidores finais e da criação do Fundo de Energia do Nordeste - FEN, autorizando a Companhia Hidro Elétrica do São Francisco - CHESF a participar do fundo.

Medida Provisória Nº 679, de 2015

Autoriza os agentes de distribuição nas áreas de concessão onde serão realizados os Jogos Olímpicos e Paraolímpicos de 2016 a realizar os procedimentos necessários para assegurar o fornecimento temporário de energia elétrica durante os referidos eventos, não estando tais procedimentos limitados ao ponto de entrega estabelecido pela regulamentação, devendo contemplar todas as instalações, inclusive internas a unidades consumidoras.

A colorectal cancer genome-wide association study in a Spanish cohort identifies two variants associated with colorectal cancer risk at 1p33 and 8p12

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a disease of complex aetiology, with much of the expected inherited risk being due to several common low risk variants. Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) have identified 20 CRC risk variants. Nevertheless, these have only been able to explain part of the missing heritability. Moreover, these signals have only been inspected in populations of Northern European origin. Results: Thus, we followed the same approach in a Spanish cohort of 881 cases and 667 controls. Sixty-four variants at 24 loci were found to be associated with CRC at p-values <10-5. We therefore evaluated the 24 loci in another Spanish replication cohort (1481 cases and 1850 controls). Two of these SNPs, rs12080929 at 1p33 (P-replication=0.042; P-pooled=5.523x10(-03); OR (CI95%)=0.866(0.782-0.959)) and rs11987193 at 8p12 (P-replication=0.039; P-pooled=6.985x10(-5); OR (CI95%)=0.786(0.705-0.878)) were replicated in the second Phase, although they did not reach genome-wide statistical significance. Conclusions: We have performed the first CRC GWAS in a Southern European population and by these means we were able to identify two new susceptibility variants at 1p33 and 8p12 loci. These two SNPs are located near the SLC5A9 and DUSP4 loci, respectively, which could be good functional candidates for the association signals. We therefore believe that these two markers constitute good candidates for CRC susceptibility loci and should be further evaluated in other larger datasets. Moreover, we highlight that were these two SNPs true susceptibility variants, they would constitute a decrease in the CRC missing heritability fraction.

Evidence for classification of c.1852_1853AA > GC in MLH1 as a neutral variant for Lynch syndrome

Background: Lynch syndrome (LS) is an autosomal dominant inherited cancer syndrome characterized by early onset cancers of the colorectum, endometrium and other tumours. A significant proportion of DNA variants in LS patients are unclassified. Reports on the pathogenicity of the c.1852_1853AA>GC (p.Lys618Ala) variant of the MLH1 gene are conflicting. In this study, we provide new evidence indicating that this variant has no significant implications for LS. Methods: The following approach was used to assess the clinical significance of the p.Lys618Ala variant: frequency in a control population, case-control comparison, co-occurrence of the p.Lys618Ala variant with a pathogenic mutation, co-segregation with the disease and microsatellite instability in tumours from carriers of the variant. We genotyped p.Lys618Ala in 1034 individuals (373 sporadic colorectal cancer [CRC] patients, 250 index subjects from families suspected of having LS [revised Bethesda guidelines] and 411 controls). Three well-characterized LS families that fulfilled the Amsterdam II Criteria and consisted of members with the p.Lys618Ala variant were included to assess co-occurrence and co-segregation. A subset of colorectal tumour DNA samples from 17 patients carrying the p.Lys618Ala variant was screened for microsatellite instability using five mononucleotide markers. Results: Twenty-seven individuals were heterozygous for the p.Lys618Ala variant; nine had sporadic CRC (2.41%), seven were suspected of having hereditary CRC (2.8%) and 11 were controls (2.68%). There were no significant associations in the case-control and case-case studies. The p.Lys618Ala variant was co-existent with pathogenic mutations in two unrelated LS families. In one family, the allele distribution of the pathogenic and unclassified variant was in trans, in the other family the pathogenic variant was detected in the MSH6 gene and only the deleterious variant co-segregated with the disease in both families. Only two positive cases of microsatellite instability (2/17, 11.8%) were detected in tumours from p.Lys618Ala carriers, indicating that this variant does not play a role in functional inactivation of MLH1 in CRC patients. Conclusions: The p.Lys618Ala variant should be considered a neutral variant for LS. These findings have implications for the clinical management of CRC probands and their relatives.

A High Degree of LINE-1 Hypomethylation Is a Unique Feature of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer

12 p.

Exploração de potássio no Brasil

Apresenta dados da produção e reservas de potássio no país, analisando alternativas previstas para expansão da produção, bem como as dificuldades associadas à sua implantação.

Política de eficiência energética no Brasil

Aborda a política de eficiência energética praticada no Brasil, apresentando a sua evolução ao longo do tempo, com informações e resultados dos programas existentes, além de analisar propostas para aperfeiçoar a sua prática no País. O presente estudo se concentra nos setores elétrico e de derivados de petróleo e gás natural.

Medida Provisória nº 699, de 2015

Tem por objetivo analisar as disposições contidas na Medida Provisória (MP) nº 699, de 10 de novembro de 2015, que “Altera a Lei nº 9.503, de 23 de setembro de 1997, que institui o Código de Trânsito Brasileiro”.

Redes de doadores e financiamento político em 2014: distinguindo doações para candidatos, partidos e comitês financeiros nas eleições presidenciais brasileiras

Aplica a metodologia de Análise de Redes Sociais (ARS) para caracterizar o financiamento de campanhas nacionais brasileiras a partir das redes constituídas pelos doadores. Os resultados mostram diferenças nas estratégias de arrecadação dos partidos e maior consistência ideológica na formação da rede de doadores partidários, frente aos doadores a candidatos e aos comitês partidários.

La legitimidad social de las Organizaciones Internacionales Intergubernamentales

519 p.