La economía del cambio climático en Bolivia: Impactos sobre la biodiversidad

La tasa de deforestación per cápita en Bolivia es 12 veces más alta que el promedio mundial y una de las más altas del mundo. Las fuertes interacciones entre la deforestación y el cambio climático indicarían que la deforestación podría aumentar aún más los impactos adversos del cambio climático. Este estudio es un primer intento de estimar los costos económicos que resultan de la pérdida de biodiversidad causados por el cambio climático.

La economía del cambio climático en Bolivia: Impactos en hidroenergía

En este estudio se analizan los efectos del cambio climático sobre el sector de energía eléctrica en Bolivia, tomando como base las proyecciones realizadas por el modelo de equilibrio general computable. El cambio climático afectaría a la generación de energía hidroeléctrica a través del efecto sobre los caudales de los ríos que suministran agua a las centrales hidroeléctricas del Sistema Interconectado Nacional. Concretamente, se espera una disminución de las precipitaciones con la consecuente disminución en el caudal, lo que reduciría la oferta de energía hidroeléctrica.

La economía del cambio climático en Bolivia: Impactos en salud

En este estudio se modela la relación entre los factores climáticos y el nivel de vulnerabilidad de 4 enfermedades: diarreicas, infecciones respiratorias, malaria y dengue, y se usa un modelo para simular los efectos del cambio climático previsto por el modelo PRECIS hasta el año 2100. La modelación se realizó a nivel municipal para poder tomar en cuenta la gran heterogeneidad de Bolivia.

O que revelar? o que esconder? imprensa & maçonaria no findar do dezenove (Pará, 1872-1892)

A atuação maçônica na imprensa paraense do século XIX (1872-1892) é entendida nesta dissertação a partir do contraponto entre o revelar e o esconder. Destacam-se, sobretudo, dois momentos distintos dessa mesma operação. No primeiro, a maçonaria abandona em parte sua postura reservada e decide criar um jornal oficial (O Pelicano) para fazer frente aos ditames ultramontanos (A Boa Nova). E, no segundo, ela retorna a sua condição inicial suspendendo a circulação da publicação, mas sem necessariamente retirar-se do meio jornalístico. De maneira que segredo e publicidade se intercalavam nas “vozes” dos representantes da instituição. A pesquisa permitiu a identificação nominal de um conjunto amplo de maçons e deu conta de demonstrar algumas das tensões e conflitos que ora os aproximava como “irmãos” e ora os colocava definitivamente em lados opostos na imprensa, nas lojas, na vida. Levando em consideração as mudanças de ordem social (Abolição) e política (República) que aconteceram ao longo da temporalidade abordada, este trabalho discute ainda o modo pelo qual os discursos, práticas e representações dos maçons paraenses se articulavam com as transformações que a um só tempo atingiram a província do Pará e a sociedade imperial.

A contemporaneidade da produção do Circo Chiarini no Brasil de 1869-1872

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Does the gastroprotective action of a medicinal plant ensure healing effects? An integrative study of the biological effects of Serjania marginata Casar. (Sapindaceae) in rats

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Diferenças individuais no comportamento forrageiro de Polistes versicolor Olivier, 1872 (Vespidae, Polistinae)

Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) - IBRC

Novos táxons de Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) das Américas Central e do Sul

Novos táxons descritos: em Cerambycinae, Bomarion caudatum sp. nov., da Bolívia (Ectenessini); Nephalius levigatus sp. nov., do Brasil, Paraíba (Elaphidiini); Bothriospila pulcherrima sp. nov., do Brasil, Bahia (Bothriospilini); Cycnidolon rufescens sp. nov., do Brasil, Paraíba (Neoibidionini). Em Lamiinae: Cicatricallia gen. nov., espécie-tipo: C. cicatricosa sp. nov. de Trindade e Tobago (Calliini); Mimasyngenes clarkei sp. nov., de Trinidad e Tobago e Mimasyngenes fonticulus sp. nov., do Brasil, Piauí; Ibypeba gen. nov., espécie-tipo: I. camiri sp. nov., da Bolívia; Micratelodesmis gen. nov., espécie-tipo: M. minor sp. nov. (Desmiphorini); Lycidola affinis sp. nov. de Trinidad e Tobago (Hemilophini). Novos registros: Lycidola beltii Bates, 1872 para a Costa Rica e Alampyris fuscus Martins & Galileo, 2008 para o Panamá (Hemilophini).

Trypanocidal activity of Brazilian plants against epimastigote forms from Y and Bolivia strains of Trypanosoma cruzi

Chagas disease is one of the main public health problems in Latin America. Since the available treatments for this disease are not effective in providing cure, the screening of potential antiprotozoal agents is essential, mainly of those obtained from natural sources. This study aimed to provide an evaluation of the trypanocidal activity of 92 ethanol extracts from species belonging to the families Annonaceae, Apiaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Lamiaceae, Lauraceae, Moraceae, Nyctaginaceae, and Verbenaceae against the Y and Bolivia strains of Trypanosoma cruzi. Additionally, cytotoxic activity on LLCMK2 fibroblasts was evaluated. Both the trypanocidal activity and cytotoxicity were evaluated using the MTT method, in the following concentrations: 500, 350, 250, and 100 µg/mL. Benznidazole was used for positive control. The best results among the 92 samples evaluated were obtained with ethanol extracts of Ocotea paranapiacabensis (Am93) and Aegiphila lhotzkiana (Am160). Am93 showed trypanocidal activity against epimastigote forms of the Bolivia strain and was moderately toxic to LLCMK2 cells, its Selectivity Index (SI) being 14.56, while Am160 showed moderate trypanocidal activity against the Bolivia strain and moderate toxicicity, its SI being equal to 1.15. The screening of Brazilian plants has indicated the potential effect of ethanol extracts obtained from Ocotea paranapiacabensis and Aegiphila lhotzkiana against Chagas disease.

Ornithodoros peropteryx (Acari: Argasidae) in Bolivia: an argasid tick with a single nymphal stage

By the end of the 1960s, the argasid tick Ornithodoros peropteryx was described from larval specimens collected from the bat Peropteryx macrotis in Colombia. Since its original description, no additional record of O. peropteryx has been reported, and its post-larval stages have remained unknown. During July 2010, 18 larvae were collected from 9 bats (Centronycteris maximiliani), resulting in a mean infestation of 2.0 ± 2.2 ticks per bat (range 1–8). These bats were captured in a farm in northeastern Bolivia close to Guaporé River in the border with Brazil. Morphological examinations of the larvae revealed them to represent the species O. peropteryx. One engorged larva that was kept alive in the laboratory moulted to a nymph after 9 days. Fourteen days after the larval moulting, the nymph moulted to an adult female without taking any blood meal during the nymphal period. This adult female was used for a morphological description of the female stage of O. peropteryx. In addition, the larvae were used for a morphological redescription of this stage. One larva and two legs extirpated from the adult female were submitted to DNA extraction and PCR targeting a fragment of the mitochondrial 16S rDNA gene, which yielded DNA sequences at least 11 % divergent from any available argasid sequence in Genbank. We show that O. peropteryx ontogeny is characterized by a single, non-feeding, nymphal stage. This condition has never been reported for ticks.

Two new species and a review of the inseminating freshwater fish genus Monotocheirodon (Characiformes: Characidae) from Peru and Bolivia

Two new species of inseminating freshwater fishes of the genus Monotocheirodon, family Characidae, are described from Peru. Males and females of both new species have an external, visually obvious urogenital papilla that was not detected in the females in previous studies, with this longer in males, which use it as an inseminating organ. A third inseminating species from Bolivia, Monotocheirodon pearsoni, unstudied in any detail since its original description in 1924, is redescribed. This latter species lacks an inseminating organ. Monotocheirodon is redescribed, its phylogenetic relationships are briefly discussed and it is suggested that it is possibly related to the stevardiin genera Ceratobranchia, Othonocheirodus, and Odontostoechus.

Ornithodoros peropteryx (Acari Argasidae) in Bolivia an argasid tick with a single nymphal stage

By the end of the 1960s, the argasid tick Ornithodoros peropteryx was described from larval specimens collected from the bat Peropteryx macrotis in Colombia. Since its original description, no additional record of O. peropteryx has been reported, and its post-larval stages have remained unknown. During July 2010, 18 larvae were collected from 9 bats (Centronycteris maximiliani), resulting in a mean infestation of 2.0 ± 2.2 ticks per bat (range 1–8). These bats were captured in a farm in northeastern Bolivia close to Guapore´ River in the border with Brazil. Morphological examinations of the larvae revealed them to represent the species O. peropteryx. One engorged larva that was kept alive in the laboratory moulted to a nymph after 9 days. Fourteen days after the larval moulting, the nymph moulted to an adult female without taking any blood meal during the nymphal period. This adult female was used for a morphological description of the female stage of O. peropteryx. In addition, the larvae were used for a morphological redescription of this stage. One larva and two legs extirpated from the adult female were submitted to DNA extraction and PCR targeting a fragment of the mitochondrial 16S rDNA gene, which yielded DNA sequences at least 11 % divergent from any available argasid sequence in Genbank. We show that O. peropteryx ontogeny is characterized by a single, non-feeding, nymphal stage. This condition has never been reported for ticks.

XVIII Asamblea Anual REBIUN. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 3-5 Noviembre 2010

Fotos de los actos de apertura y clausura de la XVIII Asamblea Anual REBIUN, celebrada en las instalaciones de La Casa de Colón, en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria los días 3,4 y 5 de noviembre de 2010.