Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

The question whether taxonomic descriptions naming new animal species without type specimen(s) deposited in collections should be accepted for publication by scientific journals and allowed by the Code has already been discussed in Zootaxa (Dubois & Nemésio 2007; Donegan 2008, 2009; Nemésio 2009a–b; Dubois 2009; Gentile & Snell 2009; Minelli 2009; Cianferoni & Bartolozzi 2016; Amorim et al. 2016). This question was again raised in a letter supported by 35 signatories published in the journal Nature (Pape et al. 2016) on 15 September 2016. On 25 September 2016, the following rebuttal (strictly limited to 300 words as per the editorial rules of Nature) was submitted to Nature, which on 18 October 2016 refused to publish it. As we think this problem is a very important one for zoological taxonomy, this text is published here exactly as submitted to Nature, followed by the list of the 493 taxonomists and collection-based researchers who signed it in the short time span from 20 September to 6 October 2016

Global patient outcomes after elective surgery: prospective cohort study in 27 low-, middle- and high-income countries.

BACKGROUND: As global initiatives increase patient access to surgical treatments, there remains a need to understand the adverse effects of surgery and define appropriate levels of perioperative care. METHODS: We designed a prospective international 7-day cohort study of outcomes following elective adult inpatient surgery in 27 countries. The primary outcome was in-hospital complications. Secondary outcomes were death following a complication (failure to rescue) and death in hospital. Process measures were admission to critical care immediately after surgery or to treat a complication and duration of hospital stay. A single definition of critical care was used for all countries. RESULTS: A total of 474 hospitals in 19 high-, 7 middle- and 1 low-income country were included in the primary analysis. Data included 44 814 patients with a median hospital stay of 4 (range 2-7) days. A total of 7508 patients (16.8%) developed one or more postoperative complication and 207 died (0.5%). The overall mortality among patients who developed complications was 2.8%. Mortality following complications ranged from 2.4% for pulmonary embolism to 43.9% for cardiac arrest. A total of 4360 (9.7%) patients were admitted to a critical care unit as routine immediately after surgery, of whom 2198 (50.4%) developed a complication, with 105 (2.4%) deaths. A total of 1233 patients (16.4%) were admitted to a critical care unit to treat complications, with 119 (9.7%) deaths. Despite lower baseline risk, outcomes were similar in low- and middle-income compared with high-income countries. CONCLUSIONS: Poor patient outcomes are common after inpatient surgery. Global initiatives to increase access to surgical treatments should also address the need for safe perioperative care. STUDY REGISTRATION: ISRCTN5181700

Curiosidades: noticias e variedades historicas brazileiras

EBAOR: Anotações manuscritas (lápis azul): marcas de estudo (p. 19, 20 e 21). Citado em: Blake, 1883 v. 6, p. 62.Crônicas de acontecimentos sociais e políticos no Rio de Janeiro e no Brasil no período do Império, algumas personalidades e o cenário militar da época, algumas canções, hinos e poemas

Homens do passado : chronicas dos seculos XVIII e XIX

Blake, Sacramento. Diccionario bibliographico brazileiro. Rio de Janeiro: Imprensa Nacional, 1883-1902. v. 6, p. 62.Apresenta crônicas biográficas sobre o escritor e poeta Manoel Ignacio da Silva Alvarenga, do artista plástico José Leandro de Carvalho e do médico João Alvares Carneiro.Pelo Dr. Moreira de AzevedoManoel Ignacio da Silva Alvarenga -- José Leandro de Carvalho -- João Alvares Carneiro

Historia patria : o Brazil de 1831 a 1840

O autor, médico nascido em Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro, foi professor de história do Colégio Pedro II, escreveu romances, ensaios e livros de história, sendo esta a sua obra principal. Foi membro do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico.Contém gravuras de ministros do Império, quase todos mestiços.SYS-153399História cronológica do período da Minoridade, com detalhes sobre suas conspirações e lutas

Alferes Gamboa e a Sociedade Comemorativa da Independência do Império, 1869-1889

As festas da Independência brasileira promovidas pela Sociedade Comemorativa da Independência do Império no Rio de Janeiro revelam um significativo engajamento popular com o Estado imperial. O controle dessas celebrações pelo 'povo' da capital do Brasil aos poucos chegou a preocupar tanto membros da elite - perturbados diante do controle dos símbolos nacionais como a estátua equestre de d. Pedro I por patriotas populares - como republicanos que rejeitavam a monarquia, pois os patriotas populares demonstraram um monarquismo preocupante. Depois da morte do fundador e principal líder da Sociedade, em 1886, um grupo de homens estreitamente associado ao governo conservador tomou o seu controle e tentou impor celebrações convenientes e disciplinadas