Culicidae (Diptera, Culicomorpha) from the western Brazilian Amazon: Juami-Japurá Ecological Station

With 312 trap-hours of sampling effort, 1554 specimens of Culicidae (Diptera) were collected, using CDC and Malaise traps, in nine different locations along the Juami River, within the Juami-Japurá Ecological Station, Amazonas State, Brazil. A list of mosquito species with 54 taxa is presented, which includes three new distributional records for the state of Amazonas. The species found belong to the genera Anopheles, Aedeomyia, Aedes, Psorophora, Culex, Coquillettidia, Sabethes, Wyeomyia and Uranotaenia.

Inactivation of Notch 1 in immature thymocytes does not perturb CD4 or CD8T cell development.

Notch proteins influence cell-fate decisions in many developing systems. Several gain-of-function studies have suggested a critical role for Notch 1 signaling in CD4-CD8 lineage commitment, maturation and survival in the thymus. However, we show here that tissue-specific inactivation of the gene encoding Notch 1 in immature (CD25+CD44-)T cell precursors does not affect subsequent thymocyte development. Neither steady-state numbers nor the rate of production of CD4+ and CD8+ mature thymocytes is perturbed in the absence of Notch 1. In addition, Notch 1-deficient thymocytes are normally sensitive to spontaneous or glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis. In contrast to earlier reports, these data formally exclude an essential role for Notch 1 in CD4-CD8 lineage commitment, maturation or survival.

Annual Report of Iowa Highway Research Board Research and Development Activities FY 08

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT The Highway Division of the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) engages in research and development for two reasons: first, to find workable solutions to the many problems that require more than ordinary, routine investigation; second, to identify and implement improved engineering and management practices. This report, entitled "Iowa Highway Research Board Research and Development Activities FY2008" is submitted in compliance with Sections 310.36 and 3 I2.3A, Code of Iowa, which direct the submission of a report of the Secondary Road Research Fund and the Street Research Fund respectively. It is a report of the status of research and development projects in progress on June 30, 2008; it is also a report on projects completed during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008. Detailed information on each of the research and development projects mentioned in this report is available in the Research and Technology Bureau in the Highway Division of the Iowa Department of Transportation. IOWA HIGHWAY RESEARCH BOARD In developing a progressive, continuing and coordinated program of research and development, the Highway Division is assisted by the Iowa Highway Research Board. This advisory group was established in 1949 by the Iowa State Highway Commission to respond to the research denoted in Section 310.36 of the Code of Iowa and now is denoted by 312.3A. The Research Board consists of 15 regular members: seven Iowa county engineers, four Iowa DOT engineers, one representative from Iowa State University, one from The University of Iowa, and two engineers employed by Iowa municipalities. Each regular member may have an alternate who will serve at the request of the regular member. The regular members and their alternates are appointed for a three-year term. The membership of the Research Board as of June 30, 2008, is listed in Table I. The Research Board held nine regular meetings during the period ofJuly 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008. Suggestions for research and development were reviewed at these meetings and recommendations were made by the Board.

2008 Annual Report of the Iowa Railway Finance Authority

The Iowa Railway Finance Authority (IRFA) was created in 1980 by the 68th General Assembly to provide for the financing of rail facilities and to enhance and continue the operation of essential rail facilities. IRFA was authorized to offer financial assistance for the acquisition, rehabilitation, construction, refinancing, extension, replacement, maintenance, repair, or leasing of any rail facility. Rail Revolving Loan and Grant Program The 2005 legislative session amended Iowa Code 327H.20 by assigning all repayments of IRFA and other Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) rail assistance loans to the Rail Revolving Loan and Grant Program (RRLGP). In addition, the following annual appropriations were allocated to the fund: • FY 2007: $235,000 • FY 2008: $2 million • FY 2009: $2 million Since the creation of the RRLGP in 2005, IRFA has awarded funding to 23 projects totaling over $7.2 million in grants and loans in its three rounds of competitive funding. These projects have pledged to create 1,672 jobs within two years of project completion and 1,361 jobs have been retained. Funded projects are associated with over $2 billion in total private capital investment. In 2008, the IRFA Board directed all available funds be used to help repair railroads devastated by summer flooding. On July 31, $3.9 million in deferred payment loans were offered to seven Iowa based railroads to allow for immediate repair of rail beds, including the cost of materials, labor and equipment.

Carte de la régence d'Alger et d'une partie du bassin de la Méditerranée : donnant le rapport qui existe entre la France et les États barbaresques (N[ouv]elle édition, revue et augmentée) / par A.H. Dufour ; La topographie gravée par Flahaut

Échelle(s) : [ca 1:3 235 000], 40 lieues communes de France de 25 au degré [= 5,5 cm]

Redes da Prática Pedagógica

Pretende-se mostrar as possibilidades e desafios da utilização crítica das Novas Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC) pelas instituições de Ensino em geral e pela área científica de CED da UniPiaget de Cabo Verde em particular, nomeadamente o curso de Habilitações Pedagógicas Elementares [HPE], bem como sensibilizar para a importância que o conhecimento representa nas organizações, uma vez que nos encontramos numa era de grandes desafios e em que a competição, muitas vezes, desconhece fronteiras.

O Papel do Sector Privado para a Sociedade da Informação em Cabo Verde Estudo de Caso das Empresas das TIC

A filosofia de uma Sociedade da Informação forçou a transformação das sociedades modernas devido à massificação do uso das Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação (TIC) e da internet, trazendo várias vantagens a nível político, económico e social. Cabo Verde é um exemplo dessa transformação, onde o uso dessas TIC despoletou o aparecimento de várias empresas do sector privado das TIC. Sendo, o sector privado das TIC ́s um tema muito relevante, tem que ser lembrado e discutido. Não só pela importância do uso das Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicações (TIC ́s) que hoje em dia são cruciais, mas também pela participação e a inclusão de todos, como um dos maiores desafios existentes na Sociedade sem esquecer o factor sensibilização para um maior engajamento nas novas tecnologias. Torna-se imprescindível a participação de todos. Neste trabalho monográfico procurou-se descrever alguns aspectos considerados importantes para o estudo, onde fez-se uma breve discrição do país, o uso da Internet e o percurso das TIC, ressaltando a função dos agentes promotores da Sociedade da Informação (Estado, sector privado, sociedade civil, organizações não governamentais) tal como o ensino, banca, seguradoras, agências de viagens e aprofunda o papel do Sector privado das TIC ́s, possibilitando a estes uma melhor visão das novas tecnologias e até mesmo de oportunidades contribuindo para uma melhoria da nação. Ao longo deste trabalho mostrou-se, de forma objectiva, a situação de Cabo Verde em relação à Sociedade da Informação, tendo como finalidade primordial mostrar o contributo, as dificuldades e/ou os constrangimentos que o sector privado das TIC`s enfrenta no processo que é a construção da Sociedade da Informação.

Vertebral microarchitecture and fragility fracture in men: a TBS study.

INTRODUCTION: Although osteoporosis is considered a disease of women, 25% of the individuals with osteoporosis are men. BMD measurement by DXA is the gold standard used to diagnose osteoporosis and assess fracture risk. Nevertheless, BMD does not take into account alterations of microarchitecture. TBS is an index of bone microarchitecture extracted from the spine DXA. Previous studies have reported the ability of the spine TBS to predict osteoporotic fractures in women. This is the first case-controlled study in men to evaluate the potential diagnostic value of TBS as a complement to bone mineral density (BMD), by comparing men with and without fractures. METHODS: To be eligible for this study, subjects had to be non-Hispanic US white men aged 40 and older. Furthermore, subjects were excluded if they have or have had previously any treatment or illness that may influence bone metabolism. Fractured subjects were included if the presence of at least one fracture was confirmed. Cases were matched for age (±3 years) and BMD (±0.04 g/cm(2)) with three controls. BMD and TBS were first retrospectively evaluated at AP spine (L1-L4) with a Prodigy densitometer (GE-Lunar, Madison, USA) and TBS iNsight® (Med-Imaps, France) in Lausanne University Hospital blinded from clinical outcome. Inter-group comparisons were undertaken using Student's t-tests or Wilcoxon signed rank tests. Odds ratios were calculated per one standard deviation decrease as well as areas under the receiver operating curve (AUC). RESULTS: After applying inclusion/exclusion criteria, a group of 180 male subjects was obtained. This group consists of 45 fractured subjects (age=63.3±12.6 years, BMI=27.1±4.2 kg/m(2)) and 135 control subjects (age=62.9±11.9 years, BMI=26.7±3.9 kg/m(2)) matched for age (p=0.86) and BMD (p=0.20). A weak correlation was obtained between TBS and BMD and between TBS and BMI (r=0.27 and r=-0.28, respectively, p<0.01). Subjects with fracture have a significant lower TBS compared to control subjects (p=0.013), whereas no differences were obtained for BMI, height and weight (p>0.10). TBS OR per standard deviation is 1.55 [1.09-2.20] for all fracture type. When considering vertebral fracture only TBS OR reached 2.07 [1.14-3.74]. CONCLUSION: This study showed the potential use of TBS in men. TBS revealed a significant difference between fractured and age- and spine BMD-matched nonfractured subjects. These results are consistent with those previously reported on for men of other nationalities.

Biomasa de las principales especies pelágicas del mar peruano a fines del invierno austral 2001

Estudio de la biomasa de la anchoveta se estimó en 3.905.235 toneladas; con mayores valores en los 7°S, 11°S y 8°S. La biomasa del bagre fue 201.006 t.; de vinciguerria de 1.373.074 t.; de pota 46.616 t. y de múnida 763.251 t.

Torino 10/9 1934

Kirje 10.9.1943