Manual intermitente: notas sobre a poética ficcional de José Saramago

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Mitopoética em O búfalo, de Lispector

O enfraquecimento das referências realistas, a diluição das fronteiras entre o real e o imaginário, a imprecisão entre o início e o fim, a supressão da multiplicidadede personagens com o conseqüente deslocamento da focalização para um indivíduo solitário, a ênfase no espaço refletor e o acolhimento de mitos cristalizados pela cultura ocidental são elementos que conferem à história narrada por Clarice Lispector o estatuto de narrativa poética. Palavras-chave: Narrativa poética. Mito. Clarice Lispector. “O búfalo”.

Ensino primário tipicamente rural no Estado de São Paulo: um estudo sobre as Granjas Escolares, os Grupos Escolares Rurais e as Escolas Típicas Rurais (1933-1968)

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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of importin-alpha from Neurospora crassa

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Biophysical Characterization of the Recombinant Importin-alpha from Neurospora crassa

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Escolas públicas no campo: retrospectiva e perspectivas em um contexto de projetos políticos em disputa

In present article, we present reflections on the process of closing public schools in the countryside in Brazil. Through bibliographical survey, as well as documental research, we carried out a retrospective analysis of the historical moment in which the implementation of policies of mass education directed to people living in rural areas occurs. We have also sought to raise socio-political-economic aspects of the moment in which the process of closing these schools is intensified. The results obtained suggest possible implications of this closure policy, in addition to indicating some of the challenges posed to the public policy of education in the country; for example, the Brazilian federal context and the budget limitations imposed to subnational governments with regard to the funding of school education, particularly in relation to small municipalities and/or municipalities with low tax revenues. This situation quite often occurs because these municipalities present reduced budgets, depending largely on transfers of financial resources from other spheres of the Government, either federal or state, the so-called intergovernmental budgetary transfers; namely, the Municipalities Participation Fund. Such issues demand the resumption of debates about the federative pact, in particular with regard to fiscal federalism, given that the financial capacity of each subnational government is crucial to the implementation of educational policies.

Análise comparativa das alterações radiográficas observadas no osteossarcoma e na osteomielite em cães

O exame radiográfico é um procedimento simples e relativamente barato que pode ser utilizado para observação de estruturas ósseas e tecidos moles, incluindo suas alterações, sendo muito empregado em casos de suspeita de aumento de volume ósseo devido a tumores e inflamações. Osteossarcoma e osteomielite, além de causarem a alteração radiográfica acima citada, possuem imagem radiográfica muito semelhante na maioria dos casos, como proliferação e/ou lise óssea, presença do triângulo de Codman e perda do padrão trabecular ósseo, além de sintomas clínicos similares como claudicação e possível presença de fraturas patológicas. A necessidade de se realizar outros métodos de exame complementar paralelos à radiografia é muito importante na determinação de um diagnóstico seguro, o que implica em um tratamento precoce da doença evitando-se assim grande piora no estado geral do paciente. Esta revisão sistemática de literatura visa a comparação radiográfica entre osteomielite e osteossarcoma em cães, para auxilio do médico veterinário na diferenciação de seu diagnóstico.

Ensino primário tipicamento rural no estado de São Paulo: granjas escolares, grupos escolares rurais e escolas típicas rurais (1933-1968)

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Influence of sleep disorders on the behavior of individuals with autism spectrum disorder

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Structure of importin-a from a filamentous fungus in complex with a classical nuclear localization signal

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Ciclamato de sódio em refrigerantes de baixa caloria

Sodium cyclamate contents in the widely consumed low calorie soft drinks were determined. Low calorie soft drinks made from cola, guarana, orange, lemon and grape were analyzed following the technique described by Sjörberg and Alanko (1987), with some modifications. The methodology recovery assays were carried out at three spiked levels, and the average recovery of 92.5% and 110.3% were found in cola and guarana, respectively; and the relative standard deviation was of 3.7%. The average sodium cyclamate contents ranged from 27.1 ± 1.1 (cola A) to 127.3 ± 1.5 mg.100 mL-1 (lemon B), indicating that the acceptable daily intake of the sweetener can be easily exceeded after drinking low calorie beverages. All of the analyzed low calorie soft drinks showed sodium cyclamate contents higher than those stated on the label, ranging from 12.9% (cola A) to 19.0% (lemon B). Among 18 low calorie soft drinks analyzed, only four showed the average sodium cyclamate contents in accordance with the maximum limit permitted by Brazilian legislation, that is 40 mg.100 mL-1 of beverage; and in other samples the sweetener exceeded ranging from 74.8% (orange) to 218.3% (lemon B) above of the limit permitted.

Comparison of pattern VEP results acquired using CRT and TFT stimulators in the clinical practice

There are several electrophysiological systems available commercially. Usually, control groups are required to compare their results, due to the differences between display types. Our aim was to examine the differences between CRT and LCD/TFT stimulators used in pattern VEP responses performed according to the ISCEV standards. We also aimed to check different contrast values toward thresholds. In order to obtain more precise results, we intended to measure the intensity and temporal response characteristics of the monitors with photometric methods. To record VEP signals, a Roland RetiPort electrophysiological system was used. The pattern VEP tests were carried out according to ISCEV protocols on a CRT and a TFT monitor consecutively. Achromatic checkerboard pattern was used at three different contrast levels (maximal, 75, 25%) using 1A degrees and 15` check sizes. Both CRT and TFT displays were luminance and contrast matched, according to the gamma functions based on measurements at several DAC values. Monitor-specific luminance parameters were measured by means of spectroradiometric instruments. Temporal differences between the displays` electronic and radiometric signals were measured with a device specifically built for the purpose. We tested six healthy control subjects with visual acuity of at least 20/20. The tests were performed on each subject three times on different days. We found significant temporal differences between the CRT and the LCD monitors at all contrast levels and spatial frequencies. In average, the latency times were 9.0 ms (+/- 3.3 ms) longer with the TFT stimulator. This value is in accordance with the average of the measured TFT input-output temporal difference values (10.1 +/- A 2.2 ms). According to our findings, measuring the temporal parameters of the TFT monitor with an adequately calibrated measurement setup and correcting the VEP data with the resulting values, the VEP signals obtained with different display types can be transformed to be comparable.

New historical archeointensity data from Brazil: Evidence for a large regional non-dipole field contribution over the past few centuries

We report new archeointensity data obtained from the analyses of baked clay elements (architectural and kiln brick fragments) sampled in Southeast Brazil and historically and/or archeologically dated between the end of the XVIth century and the beginning of the XXth century AD. The results were determined using the classical Thellier and Thellier protocol as modified by Coe, including partial thermoremanent magnetization (pTRM) and pTRM-tail checks, and the Triaxe protocol, which involves continuous high-temperature magnetization measurements. In both protocols, TRM anisotropy and cooling rate TRM dependence effects were taken into account for intensity determinations which were successfully performed for 150 specimens from 43 fragments, with a good agreement between intensity results obtained from the two procedures. Nine site-mean intensity values were derived from three to eight fragments and defined with standard deviations of less than 8%. The site-mean values vary from similar to 25 mu T to similar to 42 mu T and describe in Southeast Brazil a continuous decreasing trend by similar to 5 mu T per century between similar to 1600 AD and similar to 1900 AD. Their comparison with recent archeointensity results obtained from Northeast Brazil and reduced at a same latitude shows that: (1) the geocentric axial dipole approximation is not valid between these southeastern and northeastern regions of Brazil, whose latitudes differ by similar to 10 degrees, and (2) the available global geomagnetic field models (gufm1 models, their recalibrated versions and the CALSK3 models) are not sufficiently precise to reliably reproduce the non-dipole field effects which prevailed in Brazil for at least the 1600-1750 period. The large non-dipole contribution thus highlighted is most probably linked to the evolution of the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly (SAMA) during that period. Furthermore, although our dataset is limited, the Brazilian archeointensity data appear to support the view of a rather oscillatory behavior of the axial dipole moment during the past three centuries that would have been marked in particular by a moderate increase between the end of the XVIIIth century and the middle of the XIXth century followed by the well-known decrease from 1840 AD attested by direct measurements. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.