Inside Plato's cave (after Irigaray)

Coventry University exhibition curated by Rosemary Cisernos

Projeto cooperativo no Ambiente Cave baseado em espaço compartilhado de objetos

Este trabalho apresenta o módulo Collaborative Service, uma extensão do ambiente Cave, desenvolvido para suportar conceitos de trabalho cooperativo no projeto de circuitos integrados. Esta extensão por sua vez, é baseada na metodologia Pair- Programming e nas tecnologias Jini e Javaspaces. O módulo Collaborative Service foi desenvolvido para auxiliar a continuidade do processo de desenvolvimento de circuitos integrados complexos, inserindo uma dinâmica de grupo através da extensão de Pair-Programming para máquinas remotas. Esse modelo permite que dois ou mais projetistas interajam em um mesmo projeto ou blocos de projeto, independente de suas localizações geográficas e tipos de plataformas de hardware/software. Ele foi projetado para ser genérico e essa característica o torna capaz de suportar as ferramentas de CAD, atuais e futuras, do ambiente Cave (um framework de apoio ao projeto de circuitos integrados). Como estudo de caso, foram utilizadas duas ferramentas do Ambiente Cave. O primeiro caso mostra uma cooperação em nível de descrições gráficas, representada pela ferramenta Blade, um editor de esquemáticos hierárquico. O segundo caso foi representado pelo editor de descrições textuais (VHDL, Verilog e Linguagem C), chamado Homero. No estudo de caso com a ferramenta Blade foi demonstrado que a cooperação proposta por esse modelo pode atuar sob diferentes níveis de hierarquia de projeto, além de suportar a interação de inúmeros projetistas em um mesmo bloco. Na ferramenta Homero, demonstrou-se a cooperação em nível de descrições textuais, representados por (códigos) projetos VHDL acrescidos da participação de vários projetistas. Com esses exemplos, foi possível demonstrar as estratégias de percepção e comunicação com os projetistas, além de descrever a criação de blocos de projeto de uma forma cooperativa. Como contribuição desse trabalho, acrescenta-se ao Ambiente Cave mais um recurso para o projeto de circuitos integrados. Nesse sentido, grupos de projetistas podem projetar um sistema ou circuito integrado de forma cooperativa utilizando-se das funcionalidades desse modelo.

Growth rates in modern speleothems from Santana Cave, Brazil, by the Pb-210-method

The Santana Cave is located at the Upper Ribeira Touristic State Park (PETAR-Parque Estadual Turistico do Alto Ribeira) in southern São Paulo State, Brazil. This paper describes Pb-210 activity concentration data in soda straw stalactites samples collected at Salao das Flores in Santana Cave that is a fossil tributary of the cave river. Non-expensive alpha counting following some analytical steps for extracting and depositing Pb-210 were used for providing the Pb-210 data. In the analyzed samples, Pb-210 values of increasingly older samples fitted an exponential curve, thus suggesting that the production of Pb-210 has been constant with time. Also, the near-ideal fit indicated that the growth was uniform and there was no break in the continuous growth. The soda straw growth rates were determined from the best fit to the exponential curve through the Pb-210 activity concentration. The results of the measurements allowed estimate a longitudinal rate corresponding to 1.3 mm/yr and a lateral rate of 0.01 mm/yr, which permitted calculate times of 70 years and 317-498 years for their formation, respectively. The lateral growth rate is compatible with values from studies of chemical weathering rates held under laboratory and natural conditions. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Description of three cave diplopods of Pseudonannolene Silvestri (Diplopoda, Pseudonannolenida, Pseudonannolenidae)

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

Assessment of effective doses from radon levels for tour guides at several galleries of Santana Cave, Southern Brazil, with CR-39 detectors: preliminary results

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Bat community in a cave from eastern Brazil, including a new record of Lionycteris (Phyllostomidae, Glossophaginae)

A cave bat community from a semiarid region in eastern Brazil was studied during the dry season. A high diversity was observed, with thirteen species recorded. Except for Micronycteris minuta and Lionycteris spurrelli, these bats were also found in other Brazilian karstic areas. The commonest species were the hematophague Desmodus rotundus, the omnivore Carollia perspicillata, and the insectivore Natalus stramineus. The bats formed itinerant colonies, moving frequently inside the cave. L. spurrelli was previously known from Amazonia, usually associated with evergreen forests. The present record extends its range 1600 km to the south. A disjunct distribution explains some morphological differentiation between Amazonia and Olhos d'Agua cave populations. The latter may be a relict of former continuous forest vegetation, which has been fragmented after the climatic optimum. Dispersion through the Cerrado forest gallery is also possible.

Bambuina bambui: A new genus and species of cave cricket from brazil (orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae: Luzarinae)

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Endecous apterus: A new species of cave cricket from northeast Brazil, with comments on the use of subterranean habitats by Luzarinae crickets (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae: Luzarinae)

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

The Quaternary vertebrate fauna of the limestone cave Gruta do Ioio, northeastern Brazil

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

Strontium isotopes measurement from bunker cave system: a contribution for the multi-proxy paleoclimate research of Central Europe

In recent years speleothem has been intensely studied due to its great potential of registering paleoclimate proxies but some considerably uncertaintiesregarding speleothem proxy interpretation still exist. In order to minimize these uncertainties, multi-proxy approach has been used. Here is presented the strontium isotope record from Bunker cave, northwest Germany. This cave was previously studied and has proved well record paleoclimate changes during Holocene for central Europe.87Sr/86Sr ratio is presented for rain water, A-horizon soil (water and leachate), C-horizon soil (water and leachate), host rock and host rock leachate, drip water and from a stalagmite (Bu4) previously dated covering the Holocene. Upper soil presented the higher values in contrast with host rock (lower values). Drip water and C-horizon presented intermediated ratios. Sr isotopesare used to track the source of 87Sr/86Sr in the Bunker system, resulting in a mixture between A-horizon soil, C-horizon soil and host rock. A decreasing trend in Bu4 indicates change in the Sr source in the system

Aspects of the activity rhythm and population size of troglophilic mygalomorph spiders (Trechona sp., Dipluridae) in a quartzite cave in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)