Geothermal investigations in an area of induced seismic activity, northern São Paulo State, Brazil

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient��fico e Tecnol��gico (CNPq)

Age-age correlation for early selection of rubber tree genotypes in São Paulo State, Brazil

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient��fico e Tecnol��gico (CNPq)

Prevalence of dental fluorosis in Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of dental fluorosis in scholars aging 12 to 15 years old, residents in the city of Bauru, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Methods: 1318 volunteers were enrolled in this study and examined in 18 public schools of the State of São Paulo. The examinations were performed in the schools' court by three dentists (with a Master's degree in Public Health), after toothbrushing supervised by another dentist. The teeth were dried with cotton pellets and examined under natural light by visual inspection, using an explorer as recommended by the WHO, a plane mirror and a tongue depressor. The Thylstrup-Fejerskov (TF) index was used for rating fluorosis. Intra and inter-examiner reproducibility was calculated and data were submitted to descriptive analysis. Results: Approximately 36% of the children presented dental fluorosis, of which 28% was diagnosed as TF1 while the remaining received scores between TF2 and TF4. Conclusion: The prevalence of dental fluorosis in Bauru is within the expected range, based on previous studies. Although fluoride is an important resource for caries control, its use must be adequate to the needs of each specific population.

Henneguya nagelii n. sp. (Myxozoa: Myxobolidae) in Cyphocharax nagelii (Steindachner, 1881) (Teleostei: Characiformes: Curimatidae) from the Peixe's River, São Paulo State, Brazil

A new species of Myxosporea, Henneguya nagelii n. sp., is described parasitizing the gills of Cyphocharax nagelii collected from Peixe's River, São Paulo State, Brazil. Among the fish examined, 16.7 % had gills parasitized by myxosporeans. The plasmodia were white, round, or oval and measured 150-250 ��m. The mature spores were fusiform and had smooth wall. The spores measurements were the following: total length, 34.5 �� 4.2 (26.4-39.9) ��m; body length, 12.0 �� 0.5 (11.2-11.9) ��m; body width, 4.9 �� 0.3 (4.4-5.5) ��m; and caudal process length, 22.4 �� 4.0 (14.7-27.3) ��m. The polar capsules were elongated and of unequal size, with lengths of 4.9 �� 0.4 (4.0-5.9) ��m and 5.2 �� 0.4 (4.6-6.0) ��m for the longest and shortest axes, respectively. Capsule width was 1.8 �� 0.2 (1.5-2.2) ��m. Each capsule contained a polar filament with six to eight turns. There was no mucous envelope or iodinophilous vacuole. Morphometric differences between this parasite and other species of the genus Henneguya indicated that the parasite observed in C. nagelii is a new species. This is the first species of Myxosporea described in Peixe's River. �� 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

A new grammar of the Portuguese and English and English and Portuguese languages /

Grammar of the English language in Portuguese with title: Nova grammatica das linguas portugueza e ingleza ... Parte 2a. Inglez. (No imprint) p. [cxv]-cxix, [121]-248.

The role of the English language in the context of national development vision 2025 with specific reference to agriculture in Tanzania

After thirty years of vacillation, the Tanzanian government has made a firm decision to Swahilize its secondary education system. It has also embarked on an ambitious economic and social development programme (Vision 2025) to transform its peasant society into a modern agricultural community. However, there is a faction in Tanzania opposed to Kiswahili as the medium of education. Already many members of the middle and upper class their children to English medium primary schools to avoid the Kiswahili medium public schools and to prepare their children for the English medium secondary system presently in place. Within the education system, particularly at university level, there is a desire to maintain English as the medium of education. English is seen to provide access to the international scientific community, to cutting edge technology and to the global economy. My interest in this conflict of interests stems from several years' experience teaching English to students at Sokoine University of Agriculture. Students specialise in agriculture and are expected to work with the peasant population on graduation. The students experience difficulties studying in English and then find their Kiswahili skills insufficient to explain to farmers the new techniques and technologies that they have studied in English. They are hampered by a complex triglossic situation in which they use their mother tongue with family and friends, Kiswahili, the national language for early education and most public communication within Tanzania, and English for advanced studies. My aim in this thesis was - to study the language policy in Tanzania and see how it is understood and implemented; - to examine the attitudes towards the various languages and their various roles; - to investigate actual language behaviour in Tanzanian higher education. My conclusion is that the dysfunctionality of the present study has to be addressed. Diglossic public life in Tanzania has to be accommodated. The only solution appears to be a compromise, namely a bilingual education system which supports from all cases of society by using Kiswahili, together with an early introduction of English and its promotion as a privileged foreign language, so that Tanzania can continue to develop internally through Kiswahili and at the same time retain access to the globalising world through the medium of English.

National survey of the Portuguese elderly nutritional status : study protocol

Acknowledgements We acknowledge the IAN-AF team (in particular to Duarte Torres, Milton Severo and Andreia Oliveira) for the community sampling and their support on dietary assessment methodology and critical discussion along the elaboration of the present protocol. Funding This project (136SI5) was granted by the Public Health Initiatives Programme (PT06), financed by EEA Grants Financial Mechanism 2009-2014.

National survey of the portuguese elderly nutritional status : study protocol

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A trajetoria da educa����o fisica nas primeiras series do ensino fundamental na rede publica do Estado de São Paulo : entre o proposto e o alcan��ado

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educa����o F��sica

Induced spawning of the endangered Neotropical species Steindachneridion parahybae (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)

The "surubim do Para��ba" (Steindachneridion parahybae) is a freshwater catfish endemic to the Para��ba do Sul River basin, Brazil. This species has been seriously threatened by environmental disturbances in the last several decades. Wild Steindachneridion parahybae males and females were collected in 2003 and taken to the hatchery of a power plant of the Companhia Energ��tica de São Paulo (CESP). Steindachneridion parahybae broodstocks were artificially induced to reproduce in December 2003 using a combination of carp pituitary extract (CPE) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). Oocytes and milt were stripped; the fertilized eggs were transferred to 60-liter conical incubators and hatched larvae distributed in nine horizontal trays. Exogenous feed was started just after yolk sac absorption. A high rate of cannibalism and photophobia were observed during the larval period, resulting in a 26% survival rate from larvae to fingerlings.

A descriptive analysis of the seasonal variation of physical oceanographic characteristics in the northern region of the Todos os Santos Bay (Bahia, Brazil)

The results obtained in the August and December 2003, August 2004 and January 2005 oceanographic campaigns in the northern region of the Todos os Santos Bay (lat. 12��44.5'S; long. 038��35.00'W) between the Madre de Deus and Mar�� islands are analyzed. Instruments of continuous and discrete samplings were used to measure hydrographic properties currents and tides. The water mass of the northern region of the bay is forced by semidiurnal and mesotides of form number 0.08 and the lunar component M2 height was estimated at 91cm. The time series of the surface currents indicated movements in the N/S direction, forced by the tide with maximum magnitudes of 0.73 m.s-1 on the December 2003 campaign. However, in August 2004 the currents were dominated by the wind stress forcing, with a maximum speed of 1.85 m.s-1 and SE direction. Near the bottom, the influence of the tide is not as evident, with a decrease in intensity due to internal and bottom friction, with a maximum velocity of 0.17 m.s-1. The thermal and haline structures were weakly horizontally, as well as vertically stratified, with extreme values varying in the intervals 23��C (August, 2004) to 28��C (December, 2003) and 31.0 psu (August, 2003) to 36.0 psu (December, 2003), respectively. Some conclusions may be drawn from these results: i) The signs of the dilution of the fresh water discharges of the Ca��pe, Mataripe and São Paulo rivers in the region under the influence of the RLAM were observed only during the winter periods, but in the summer the region was flooded by waters of oceanic origin and the salinities above 36.0 indicated TW mass intrusion; ii) The N-S circulation near the RLAM is strongly dominated by the tide, and the importance of the M2 component was unequivocal, however, the E-W component presented some tidal modulation away from abrupt bottom topographical changes, and iii) The residual series, calculated as the difference between the original and modeled, is about �� of the original and confirmed its semidiurnal character.

Sa��de e capacidade para o trabalho de eletricit��rios do Estado de São Paulo

Apesar dos elevados riscos �� sa��de e capacidade para o trabalho dos eletricit��rios, h�� car��ncia de estudos sobre o tema no Brasil. O objetivo desse estudo �� identificar o perfil de sa��de e capacidade para o trabalho de eletricit��rios de São Paulo. Foi feito um estudo transversal junto a 475 trabalhadores de uma empresa do setor eletricit��rio. A coleta de dados foi por meio de question��rios sobre capacidade para o trabalho, estado de sa��de, estresse no trabalho, atividade f��sica, depend��ncia ao tabaco e ao ��lcool. A consist��ncia interna das escalas foi avaliada usando o coeficiente alfa de Cronbach. Foi feita an��lise descritiva por meio das m��dias, desvios-padr��o, valores m��nimos e m��ximos dos escores e propor����es para as vari��veis qualitativas. O estado de sa��de dos trabalhadores apresentou pontua����o elevada nas dimens��es analisadas, com m��dias entre 72,8 a 91,2 (escore de 0,0 a 100,0 pontos). A capacidade para o trabalho teve pontua����o elevada, com m��dia de 41,8 (escore de 7,0 a 49,0 pontos). Concluiu-se que os trabalhadores da popula����o de estudo apresentaram elevados padr��es do estado de sa��de e da capacidade para o trabalho. Sugere-se o desenvolvimento de estudos longitudinais para avaliar rela����es causais e a exist��ncia de efeito do trabalhador sadio.

Annotation taken, in the perspective of criminal and constitutional law, as well as in criminology, to the decision of the portuguese constitutional court, of January 13, 2011 ��� with respect to the problems of ���consent��� and ���medical act���

1 ��� Summary of the decision taken by the Portuguese Constitutional Court, of January 13, 2011; 2 ��� Complete text of the decision of the Portuguese Constitutional Court, of January 13, 2011, Judge Maria Jo��o ANTUNES (Reporter), Judge Carlos Pamplona de OLIVEIRA, Judge Jos�� Borges SOEIRO, Judge Gil GALV��O, Judge Rui Manuel Moura RAMOS (President) ���in terms of the tribunalconstitucional.pt, August 1, 2011; 3 ��� Brief annotation to the problem of the ���medical act���; 3.1 ��� Plus some conclusions on the brief annotation to the problem of the ���medical act���; 3.2 ��� Brief annotation to the problem of ���consent������ continuation of the previous comments; 4 ��� Conclusions. It must never be forgotten that ���consent��� does not stand as the only cause of exclusion of unlawfulness.