Towards a taxonomic revision of the genus Echinococcus

Echinococcus remains a significant public health problem worldwide and, in several regions, the aetiological agents of cystic hydatid disease/echinococcosis are extending their range. The taxonomy of Echinococcus has been a controversial issue for decades, but the outcome of recent molecular epidemiological studies has served to reinforce proposals made ten years ago to revise the taxonomy of Echinococcus. A formal nomenclature is essential for effective communication, and provides the stability that underpins epidemiological investigations. It will also serve to recognize the contribution of early taxonomists.

Revision of the portuguese catalog of tsunamis

Catastrophic tsunamis are described in historical sources for all regions around the Gulf of Cadiz, at least since 60 BC. Most of the known events are associated with moderate to large earthquakes and among them the better studied is 1 November 1755. We present here a review of the events which effects, on the coasts of the Portuguese mainland and Madeira Island, are well described in historical documents or have been measured by tide gauges since the installation of these instruments. For a few we include new relevant information for the assessment of the tsunami generation or effects, and we discard events that are included in existing compilations but are not supported by quality historical sources or instrumental records. We quote the most relevant quantitative descriptions of tsunami effects on the Portuguese coast, including in all pertinent cases a critical review of the coeval sources, to establish a homogenous event list. When available, instrumental information is presented. We complement all this information with a summary of the conclusions established by paleo-tsunami research.

Mammifères pleistocènes de Algoz, en Algarve: une revision

At Algoz, Algarve, some mammals were found. The fauna, as revised here, corresponds to lowermost Middle Pleistocene (Biharian), just before the first glacial advance of Gunz glaciation. It is much older than it was previously regarded (Riss-Wurm interglacial). Evidence indicates an humid, swampy, riparian environment rich in plant life, and a nearby forest. Climate seems to have been rather warm (see ANTUNES et al., 1985). Age and ecology suggest that Algoz and Morgadinho, also in Algarve, are correlative (Morgadinho's age is from Villanyian to Biharian, and is thus compatible with that from Algoz). Lithology and palynological analysis corroborate this view. Algoz is the first locality of this age known in Portugal. Morgadinho and perhaps lacustrine limestones at Ponte das Lavadeiras (Faro) are more or less the same age.

FMFT electric schematic revision/update

The recent update of the R-Fieldbus testbed to the new Flexible Manufacturing Field Trial – FMFT – brought up the need for a complete revision of its electric schematic.This document comes as a sort of appendix to the Technical Report “Flexible Manufacturing Field Trial”, providing a reliable source of information about the FMFT electric schematic for further developments and/or maintenances.

Description of an injury in a human caused by a false tocandira (Dinoponera gigantea, Perty, 1833) with a revision on folkloric, pharmacological and clinical aspects of the giant ants of the genera Paraponera and Dinoponera (sub-family Ponerinae)

The authors observed an injury caused by the sting of a false tocandira ant in the hand of an amateur fisherman and they describe the clinical findings and the evolution of the envenoming, which presented an acute and violent pain, cold sweating, nausea, a vomiting episode, malaise, tachycardia and left axillary's lymphadenopathy. About three hours after the accident, still feeling intense pain in the place of the sting, he presented an episode of great amount of blood in the feces with no history of digestive, hematological or vascular problems. The intense pain decreased after eight hours, but the place stayed moderately painful for about 24 hours. In that moment, he presented small grade of local edema and erythema. The authors still present the folkloric, pharmacological and clinical aspects related to the tocandiras stings, a very interesting family of ants, which presents the largest and more venomous ants of the world.

Revision based total semantics for extended normal logic programs

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Doutor em Matemática - Lógica e Fundamentos da Matemática

Manipulus Rubiacearum - V. A revision of the genus Capirona.

The taxonomic histort of the genus Capirona is presented. Complete synonymies, descriptions, common names, distributions and discussions are given for Capirona and its two species C. descorticans and C. leiophloea. The generic distribution is the Amazon valley and eastern Guianas and coincides with that of the genus Hevea. C. descorticans is know from the western and southeastern Amazon valley; C. leiophloea is reported from the eastern Guianas and the northeastern Amazon valley. The zone of contact between the two species is along the southern edge oh the Amazon River and the lower drainage of the Rio Tapajoz in Pará, Brazil.

Revision of the genus Macrostomus Wiedemann (Diptera: Empididae: Empidinae): II. The pictipennis species-group

All species of Macrostomus Wiedemann allied with Macrostomus pictipennis (Bezzi), are treated in the pictipennis species-group. Three currently recognized species and four new species are included, namely M. cervicicauda Smith, M. cysticercus Smith, M. manauara, sp. nov. from Brazil (Amazonas and Pará states), M. pacaraima, sp. nov. from Brazil (Roraima, Amazonas and Pará states), M. pictipennis (Bezzi), M. smithi, sp. nov. from Guyana and Brazil (Roraima State) and M. utinga, sp. nov. from Brazil (Pará State). All primary types were examined and a key to species is presented.

Modelo de Gestion Intersectorial para la formalización de villas, a partir de la revisión de normativa urbana, marco jurídico-político, y la innovación tecnológica de los recursos. Intersectorial management model for the formality of the illegal growth settles beginning from the revision of the urban norm, political - juridical, and the technological innovation of the resources.

El Proyecto que se presenta en esta convocatoria está relacionado con el diseño y desarrollo de procesos de gestión intersectorial para la reconversión formal del hábitat en asentamientos de crecimiento espontáneo e ilegal a partir de la la revisión de marcos legales y normativos respecto del derecho al uso de suelo urbano y la seguridad jurídica en la tenencia (regulación dominial) bajo un enfoque sustentable de los Derechos Humanos (DDHH) como así también a partir de la innovación tecnológica de los recursos para el mejoramiento habitacional en el marco de los aportes relacionados con la Responsabilidad Social Empresarial (RSE) .La originalidad, en este caso, se basa en la exploración de nuevos procesos de gestión mixta en los que intervienen diversos actores: ESTADO, SOCIEDAD, EMPRESA y COMUNIDAD CIENTIFICA, configurando un circuito intersectorial de gestión, capacitación y producción de hábitat que respondan al fortalecimiento del desarrollo comunitario, entendido como desarrollo económico con inclusión social y urbana.Los objetivos están relacionados con el fortalecimiento de la producción integral del hábitat social procurando el desarrollo genuino de las comunidades a partir de la expansión de sus capacidades y sus derechos.El presente proyecto de investigación explorará la producción de hábitat y de ciudad informal procurando reconvertirla hacia un modelo de gestión sustentable (normativo y tecnológico), basado en la necesidad de producir ciudadanía digna a partir de la construcción formal de hábitat.La propuesta del proyecto supone la participación intersectorial en la planificación formal y en la toma de decisiones para una inclusión social y económica, en el marco de un modelo de desarrollo de génesis inclusor, constituyéndose en un avance de conocimientos del propio campo disciplinar (hábitat) como así también de otros campos afines a los mismos (jurídico- social - económico- productivo- político ).

Levosimendana em pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca descompensada: eficácia em uma coorte brasileira. Resultados do estudo BELIEF

FUNDAMENTO: A levosimendana é um novo agente inodilatador que aumenta a contratilidade cardíaca pela sensibilização ao Ca(2+) e induz vasodilatação por meio da ativação dos canais KATP/BKCa. OBJETIVO: Estudar a eficácia e segurança da levosimendana em uma coorte brasileira portadora de insuficiência cardíaca descompensada e em pacientes resistentes a agonistas b-adrenérgicos. MÉTODOS: O BELIEF (Brazilian Evaluation of Levosimendan Infusion Efficacy) foi um estudo aberto, prospectivo, multicêntrico e observacional realizado com 182 portadores de ICD de alto risco, todos tratados com levosimendana. O desfecho primário do estudo era alta hospitalar sem terapia inotrópica adicional (pacientes que responderam ao tratamento). Os desfechos secundários eram alterações nos parâmetros clínicos e hemodinâmicos e nos níveis de peptídeo natriurético cerebral (BNP). RESULTADOS: A taxa de mortalidade foi de 14,8%, e 139 dos 182 pacientes responderam ao tratamento. Entre os que não responderam, a taxa de mortalidade foi de 62,8%. A pressão arterial sistólica foi um preditor de resposta ao tratamento. No grupo resistente aos agonistas b-adrenérgicos, 55,8% responderam ao tratamento. Ao todo, 54 pacientes tiveram pelo menos um evento adverso, a maioria dos quais desapareceu espontaneamente ou após redução da dose da levosimendana. Houve uma melhora significativa na qualidade de vida entre 2 e 6 meses do acompanhamento (p < 0,0001). CONCLUSÃO: Nossos resultados indicam que a infusão de levosimendana é uma terapia alternativa de curto prazo para tratamento de pacientes com ICD. A gravidade da insuficiência cardíaca pode influenciar a resposta ao tratamento com levosimendana. São necessários estudos prospectivos com uma coorte brasileira que inclua também pacientes com doença de Chagas.

A partial revision of Paullinia (Sapindaceae) for Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, part I / Donald R. Simpson.

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