Yemaya, No. 27, March 2008

Reflections/ Women in Fisheries - Women's struggles in fisheries: What have we gained? Africa/ South Africa - Women’s net worth. Europe/ The Netherlands - VinVis: The women in fisheries network. Asia/ The Philippines - Women as fishers: Issues and struggles. Yemaya/ Past to Present - Yemaya over the years. Yemaya Recommends - Mukkuvar Women. Profile - Meet Zoila Bustamente. Q&A - Interview with Maria Cristina Maneschy. Milestones – France. What's New, Webby? - ICSF’s Women in Fisheries Bibliography.

Produção e função legislativa : o desempenho das comissões permanentes da Câmara Legislativa do Distrito Federal

Analisa a produção legislativa das Comissões Permanentes da Câmara Legislativa do Distrito Federal - CLDF durante a 4ª Sessão Legislativa da 4ª e da 5ª Legislaturas, com o intuito de examinar o funcionamento empírico do sistema em uma casa legislativa de história recente, de forma a identificar possíveis fatores de comprometimento dos trabalhos legislativos e, em consequência, categorizá-los. O texto inicia com a contextualização do Distrito Federal como ente federado. São apresentadas as características da CLDF e de seu processo legislativo. Posteriormente, a produção das Comissões Permanentes é analisada com base em dados colhidos nas próprias Comissões (atas e resultados de pauta das reuniões), assim como em órgãos de assessoramento da CLDF (atas sucintas das sessões plenárias) ou, na falta dessas informações, em notas taquigráficas obtidas junto ao Setor de Taquigrafia - SETAQ. A análise dos dados mostra baixa produção legislativa das Comissões em comparação com o Plenário. Diversos fatores podem ter contribuído para esse resultado. Esses fatores foram categorizados segundo suas causas, dividindo-se em: fatores estruturais (relativos à organização interna da Casa), fatores circunstanciais (relativos a acontecimentos como o período eleitoral, a mudança de sede e o advento da Operação Caixa de Pandora) e fatores políticos (relativos ao alto número de cargos nas Comissões, à partilha desses cargos e às alianças com o Executivo).

Ictiología continental argentina: Santiago del Estero, Catamarca, Córdoba, San Luis, La Pampa y Buenos Aires.

Se presenta un compendio de la información disponible sobre la ictiofauna de parte de la región central de la Argentina y de la provincia de Buenos Aires, así como datos sobre aspectos hidrográficos e ictiogeográficos.

Bibliografía Argentina del género Prochilodus (Pisces: Curimatidae).

This compilation groups the bibliographic references up to the year 1992 of the species of the genus Prochilodus present in Argentina. A list of the species of the genus inhabiting del Plata basin is presented.

Bibliografía de los peces de agua dulce de Argentina. Suplemento 1993.

La presente lista constituye un nuevo aporte a la información de los peces de agua dulce de la Argentina (López et al., 1981, 1982, 1986 y 1989). Por razones de economía de espacio, hemos variado el esquema seguido en las anteriores, no mencionamos los resúmenes de las diferentes reuniones, ni las especies citadas en el texto de los trabajos incluidos. Por otra parte, no consideramos las contribuciones de nuestros colegas uruguayos (con excepción de aquellas referidas a cuerpos de agua compartidos), ya que temimos caer en olvidos involuntarios que, con el tiempo, se transformen en situaciones enojosas. (PDF tiene 15 paginas.)

The Role of the Subthalamic Nucleus in L-DOPA Induced Dyskinesia in 6-Hydroxydopamine Lesioned Rats

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Programazioaren oinarriak: C-ko eta Java-ko praktikak

Helburuak: Ikasmaterial honen helburu nagusia ikasleek C-ko eta Java-ko klase teorikoetan lantzen dituzten ezagutzak sendotzea da. Norentzat: Programazioari buruzko lehen ezagutzak sendotu nahi dituen edozein ikasleei zuzenduta, baina bereziki telekomunikazio ikasketak egiten ari diren ikasleei.

Respuesta bacteriana al estrés. Identificación de los factores celulares y moleculares que controlan la respuesta al estrés ambiental en bacterias autóctonas y alóctonas en los sistemas acuáticos

Poster presentado a la Rodríguez 1ª Jornadas de Investigación de la Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología celebrada en Leioa del 21 a 23 de mayo de 2008.

La poesía inglesa y alemana en la revista Cántico

Eguíluz, Federico; Merino, Raquel; Olsen, Vickie; Pajares, Eterio; Santamaría, José Miguel (eds.)

Running Pace Decrease during a Marathon Is Positively Related to Blood Markers of Muscle Damage

Background: Completing a marathon is one of the most challenging sports activities, yet the source of running fatigue during this event is not completely understood. The aim of this investigation was to determine the cause(s) of running fatigue during a marathon in warm weather. Methodology/Principal Findings: We recruited 40 amateur runners (34 men and 6 women) for the study. Before the race, body core temperature, body mass, leg muscle power output during a countermovement jump, and blood samples were obtained. During the marathon (27 uC; 27% relative humidity) running fatigue was measured as the pace reduction from the first 5-km to the end of the race. Within 3 min after the marathon, the same pre-exercise variables were obtained. Results: Marathoners reduced their running pace from 3.5 6 0.4 m/s after 5-km to 2.9 6 0.6 m/s at the end of the race (P,0.05), although the running fatigue experienced by the marathoners was uneven. Marathoners with greater running fatigue (. 15% pace reduction) had elevated post-race myoglobin (1318 6 1411 v 623 6 391 mg L21; P,0.05), lactate dehydrogenase (687 6 151 v 583 6 117 U L21; P,0.05), and creatine kinase (564 6 469 v 363 6 158 U L21; P = 0.07) in comparison with marathoners that preserved their running pace reasonably well throughout the race. However, they did not differ in their body mass change (23.1 6 1.0 v 23.0 6 1.0%; P = 0.60) or post-race body temperature (38.7 6 0.7 v 38.9 6 0.9 uC; P = 0.35). Conclusions/Significance: Running pace decline during a marathon was positively related with muscle breakdown blood markers. To elucidate if muscle damage during a marathon is related to mechanistic or metabolic factors requires further investigation.

Wide Screening of Phage-Displayed Libraries Identifies Immune Targets in Planta

Microbe-Associated Molecular Patterns and virulence effectors are recognized by plants as a first step to mount a defence response against potential pathogens. This recognition involves a large family of extracellular membrane receptors and other immune proteins located in different sub-cellular compartments. We have used phage-display technology to express and select for Arabidopsis proteins able to bind bacterial pathogens. To rapidly identify microbe-bound phage, we developed a monitoring method based on microarrays. This combined strategy allowed for a genome-wide screening of plant proteins involved in pathogen perception. Two phage libraries for high-throughput selection were constructed from cDNA of plants infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14, or from combined samples of the virulent isolate DC3000 of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato and its avirulent variant avrRpt2. These three pathosystems represent different degrees in the specificity of plant-microbe interactions. Libraries cover up to 26107 different plant transcripts that can be displayed as functional proteins on the surface of T7 bacteriophage. A number of these were selected in a bio-panning assay for binding to Pseudomonas cells. Among the selected clones we isolated the ethylene response factor ATERF-1, which was able to bind the three bacterial strains in competition assays. ATERF-1 was rapidly exported from the nucleus upon infiltration of either alive or heat-killed Pseudomonas. Moreover, aterf-1 mutants exhibited enhanced susceptibility to infection. These findings suggest that ATERF-1 contains a microbe-recognition domain with a role in plant defence. To identify other putative pathogen-binding proteins on a genome-wide scale, the copy number of selected-vs.-total clones was compared by hybridizing phage cDNAs with Arabidopsis microarrays. Microarray analysis revealed a set of 472 candidates with significant fold change. Within this set defence-related genes, including well-known targets of bacterial effectors, are over-represented. Other genes non-previously related to defence can be associated through this study with general or strain-specific recognition of Pseudomonas.

Vigilância em Saúde do Trabalhador no Serviço Médico de Emergência da Câmara dos Deputados

Relatório de intervenção que visa implantar o Programa de Vigilância em Saúde do Trabalhador no Serviço Médico de Emergência (Coeme) da Câmara dos Deputados (CD).

Multiple table factor analysis applied to the higher education competences

Due to the recent implantation of the Bologna process, the definition of competences in Higher Education is an important matter that deserves special attention and requires a detailed analysis. For that reason, we study the importance given to severa! competences for the professional activity and the degree to which these competences have been achieved through the received education. The answers include also competences observed in two periods of time given by individuals of multiple characteristics. In this context and in order to obtain synthesized results, we propose the use of Multiple Table Factor Analysis. Through this analysis, individuals are described by severa! groups, showing the most important variability factors of the individuals and allowing the analysis of the common structure ofthe different data tables. The obtained results will allow us finding out the existence or absence of a common structure in the answers of the various data tables, knowing which competences have similar answer structure in the groups of variables, as well as characterizing those answers through the individuals.

Formación profesional, pymes e innovación en Navarra

Los estudios recientes sobre sistemas de innovación no han prestado suficiente atención al papel que los centros de Formación Profesional y los trabajadores técnicos pueden jugar en los procesos de innovación. Este estudio parte de una revisión del estado de la cuestión en la literatura internacional y, en base a una encuesta a pymes industriales, completada con entrevistas cualitativas con responsables de centros de FP, pymes y actores institucionales, analiza la incidencia y el alcance de los distintos tipos de relación entre centros de FP y empresas en la Comunidad Foral de Navarra (una región con un alto nivel industrial y de Formación Profesional). Los resultados muestran que, si bien las funciones de preparación del capital humano e inserción en las empresas tienen un nivel notable, objetivos menos tradicionales de los centros de FP como la formación continua y el apoyo a la innovación tienen un alcance, a día de hoy, limitado. Por parte de las empresas, existe un reconocimiento incipiente del papel que los trabajadores técnicos pueden jugar en los procesos de innovación aunque, en general, el sistema de FP y el sistema de innovación se encuentran insuficientemente conectados.

Diário da Constituinte [gravação de vídeo] : [programa n. 042]

A Deputada Cristina Tavares defende a reserva de mercado para a informática. O Ministro da Educação defende verbas públicas para as escolas públicas. O Deputado Luiz Carlos Sigmaringa defende eleições diretas para o Distrito Federal, para Governador e Deputados Distritais. Equipe de médicos discute a situação do aborto no Brasil e são contra a utilização de métodos não naturais para a limitação da vida.