Literatura dramática contemporánea (1950-2000)

El trabajo quiere ser una visión sintética que describa la evolución de la literatura dramática catalana de la segunda mitad del siglo XX y la primera década del actual, desde los primeros años de la dictadura franquista, en los cuales el teatro en catalán fue prohibido, pasando por el teatro independiente, y los diversos caminos emprendidos durante la etapa democrática o diferentes apuestas del teatro actual, un momento en el cual la escena catalana hace años que es un valor en alza. Se apuntan tanto los autores más consolidados y referentes de la moderna escritura, como los dramaturgos más maduros de las nuevas generaciones actuales. Unos y otros son autores ampliamente representados y traducidos a diversas lenguas.

Anomalias congénitas associadas a técnicas de reprodução medicamente assistida

Trabalho Final do Curso de Mestrado Integrado em Medicina, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, 2014

Fígado gordo não-alcoólico : uma entidade emergente com potencial oncogénico

Trabalho Final do Curso de Mestrado Integrado em Medicina, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, 2014

The Rasikajy civilization in northeast Madagascar: a pre-European Chinese community?

Archaeological excavations in northern Madagascar during the first half of the 20th century have revealed the presence of a former prosperous civilisation known as the Rasikajy civilisation. Little is known about the origin of this civilisation and how and when they first arrived in Madagascar. The most striking evidence for the Rasikajy civilisation comes from excavations at a necropolis in Vohemar located along the northeast coast, where more than 600 tombs containing spectacular objects were unearthed in the 1940s (Vernier & Millot 1971). The findings in the tombs included, amongst others, Chinese ceramics, silver and gold jewellery, iron weapons, glassware, bronze mirrors and chlorite-schist objects (ibid.). The latter objects were produced from chlorite schist mined at quarries in northern and eastern Madagascar and there is evidence that jewellery and iron objects were also produced by the Rasikajy from locally available raw material. Chlorite-schist objects have not only been found in coastal sites in Madagascar, but also in the Comores and eastern Africa suggesting an active engagement of the Rasikajy in western Indian Ocean trade. Our re-evaluation of published literature on archaeological sites in northern Madagascar indicates that the majority of Chinese ceramics found in the tombs at Vohemar dates from the 15th and first half of the 16th century with some dating back to the 14th century or earlier. Our comparative analysis of burial objects at Vohemar shows that locally produced chlorite-schist tripod vessels exhibit remarkable resemblances to ancient Chinese bronze ritual tripod vessels. The objects encountered in the tombs and their positions with respect to the body indicate that the Rasikajy practiced burial rites similar to those practised in the past in China. Our re-evaluation of the literature suggests that communities with Chinese roots were present in northeastern Madagascar prior to the arrival of the first Europeans in 1500 and participated in the Indian Ocean trade network. The demise of the Rasikajy civilisation seems to have occurred in the second half of the 16th century when production of chlorite-schist objects ceased. It is still unclear why this occurred.

Tree line shifts and disturbance events for sites studied in the Torneträsk area of sub-Arctic Sweden for the period 1800-2009

Aim: Models project that climate warming will cause the tree line to move to higher elevations in alpine areas and more northerly latitudes in Arctic environments. We aimed to document changes or stability of the tree line in a sub-Arctic model area at different temporal and spatial scales, and particularly to clarify the ambiguity that currently exists about tree line dynamics and their causes. Location: The study was conducted in the Tornetrask area in northern Sweden where climate warmed by 2.5 °C between 1913 and 2006. Mountain birch (Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii) sets the alpine tree line. Methods: We used repeat photography, dendrochronological analysis, field observations along elevational transects and historical documents to study tree line dynamics. Results: Since 1912, only four out of eight tree line sites had advanced: on average the tree line had shifted 24 m upslope (+0.2 m/year assuming linear shifts). Maximum tree line advance was +145 m (+1.5 m/year in elevation and +2.7 m/year in actual distance), whereas maximum retreat was 120 m downslope. Counter-intuitively, tree line advance was most pronounced during the cooler late 1960s and 1970s. Tree establishment and tree line advance were significantly correlated with periods of low reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) population numbers. A decreased anthropozoogenic impact since the early 20th century was found to be the main factor shaping the current tree line ecotone and its dynamics. In addition, episodic disturbances by moth outbreaks and geomorphological processes resulted in descent and long-term stability of the tree line position, respectively. Main conclusions: In contrast to what is generally stated in the literature, this study shows that in a period of climate warming, disturbance may not only determine when tree line advance will occur but if tree line advance will occur at all. In the case of non-climatic climax tree lines, such as those in our study area, both climate-driven model projections of future tree line positions and the use of the tree line position for bioclimatic monitoring should be used with caution.

Temperature measured in permafrost borehole at ICDP site 5011-3 in El'gygytgyn Crater, 2008-2011

This study focuses on the temperature field observed in boreholes drilled as part of interdisciplinary scientific campaign targeting the El'gygytgyn Crater Lake in NE Russia. Temperature data are available from two sites: the lake borehole 5011-1 located near the center of the lake reaching 400 m depth, and the land borehole 5011-3 at the rim of the lake, with a depth of 140 m. Constraints on permafrost depth and past climate changes are derived from numerical simulation of the thermal regime associated with the lake-related talik structure. The thermal properties of the subsurface needed for these simulations are based on laboratory measurements of representative cores from the quaternary sediments and the underlying impact-affected rock, complemented by further information from geophysical logs and data from published literature. The temperature observations in the lake borehole 5011-1 are dominated by thermal perturbations related to the drilling process, and thus only give reliable values for the lowermost value in the borehole. Undisturbed temperature data recorded over more than two years are available in the 140 m deep land-based borehole 5011-3. The analysis of these observations allows determination of not only the recent mean annual ground surface temperature, but also the ground surface temperature history, though with large uncertainties. Although the depth of this borehole is by far too insufficient for a complete reconstruction of past temperatures back to the Last Glacial Maximum, it still affects the thermal regime, and thus permafrost depth. This effect is constrained by numerical modeling: assuming that the lake borehole observations are hardly influenced by the past changes in surface air temperature, an estimate of steady-state conditions is possible, leading to a meaningful value of 14 ± 5 K for the post-glacial warming. The strong curvature of the temperature data in shallower depths around 60 m can be explained by a comparatively large amplitude of the Little Ice Age (up to 4 K), with low temperatures prevailing far into the 20th century. Other mechanisms, like varying porosity, may also have an influence on the temperature profile, however, our modeling studies imply a major contribution from recent climate changes.

The Australian catalogue; a reference index to the books and periodicals published and still current in the commonwealth of Australia.

"Government publications" ([87] p. at end) comprise: 1) List of public documents on sale at the Government printing office, Sydney. January, 1911 ... Sydney, 1910. (72 p.)-- 2) List of publications on sale at the Government printing office, Adelaide, S.A. [Adelaide, 1910?] (4 p.)-- 3) Victoria. Government printing office. List of books, pamphlets, etc., on sale. Melbourne, 1911. (9 p.)

Nineteenth century prose,/

Mode of access: Internet.

Marigold garden : pictures and rhymes /

Colophon: Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans Ltd., at the Racquet Court Press, London.

Eighteenth century vignettes

v. 1. First series.--v. 2. Second series.--v. 3. Third series.

Seventeenth century studies /

Includes index.

A century of English essays : from Caxton to Belloc /

Bibliography: p. x.

A century of English essays: an anthology ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson, & the writers of our own time

"First issued, 1913."

Nineteenth century teachers and other essays,

Samuel Taylor Coleridge.--Frederick Denison Maurice.--Thomas Erskine of Linlathen.--Life of Charles Kingsley.--Arthur Penrhyn Stanley.--The Cambridge apostles of 1830.--Richard Holt Hutton.--A study of Carlyle.--The majority.--James Fitzjames Stephen.--The moral influence of George Eliot.--John Ruskin.--Laurence Oliphant.--Count Leo Tolstoi.--Morals and politics.--Ethics and science.--Biography.--The relation of memory to will.--The vanity of men of letters.--Invalids.--Apologies.--Henry Thomas Buckle.--The unfaithful steward.--Brothers, an address to female students.--De senectute.--The drawbacks of the intellectual life.

Eighteenth century vignettes : third series /

"With one exception--reprinted from periodicals. The exception is the essay on 'Matthew Prior', which appeared in the Parchment library."--Prefatory note.