The 2011 Tohoku earthquake : the impact on the energy sector

The purpose of this paper is to study the impact caused by the Tohoku 2011 earthquake, within the energy sector across the World. In order to measure results, a couple of methodologies that resorted to abnormal returns were undertaken and multiple significance tests were made to verify statistical relevancy on the findings. It has been possible to observe a positive reaction on the “Nuclear Energy” companies, as well as a negative impact on the “Renewable Energy” group, with the most prominent results coming from the second methodology. However, due to the lack of statistical significance across most of the data under study, conclusions tend to be inevitably limited

An improved method for high-quality RNA isolation from needles of adult maritime pine trees

Conventional RNA isolation methods optimised for pine seedlings have been shown to produce poor quality RNA when applied to needles of adult pine trees. We describe here a modified procedure to isolate high pure RNA from needles of thirty-year-old maritime pines, exhibiting high levels of phenolics, polysaccharides and RNases. Major changes were the inclusion of proteinase K in the extraction medium followed by incubation at 42°C. Integrity and purity were evaluated by denaturing gel electrophoresis and by spectrophotometry (A260/A230 and A260/A280). Total RNA could be successfully used for poly(A)+-RNA isolation and cDNA library construction.Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) - grant ref. SFRH/BD/3194/2000

Life goes on : Oblada melanura (Linnaeus, 1758) (Perciformes, Sparidae), the saddled seabream, expands its distribution range westwards to the Azores

A group of 10 individuals of the saddled seabream, Oblada melanura (Linnaeus, 1758), was photographed at Lajes do Pico Bay, on Pico Island, Azores. This finding represents a significant westward expansion of the known range of this species and may be linked to global warming. A call is therefore made for a monitoring program of the coastal fish fauna of the Azores which would improve the understanding of the effects of climate change and other anthropogenic stressors on marine communities.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Molecular aproach on the study of infection of Pinus pinaster Ait. by the fungus Lophodermium seditiosum

Poster apresentado no 10th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Madison, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos da América.The fungi genus Lophodermium comprises several species known to intervene in the degradation process of pine needles. Amongst these species, only L. seditiosum is known to be pathogenic, as it is able to infect healthy needles in young pine populations, spreading from stomata and leading to the death of the needle (needle cast disease). Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster, Ait) is one of the most relevant forest species in SW Europe. Needle cast disease, by attacking young plants, leads to two main events: the lack of self regeneration in natural populations, and complete destruction of pine nurseries. The purpose of our study is to understand the nature of the infection of Pinus pinaster Ait. by L. seditiosum and ultimately gain some knowledge on the overall response of Conipherophyta to infection. As a first step towards this goal, a cDNA library of Pinus pinaster was constructed. Subsequent effort has been directed towards the screening of genes encoding PR proteins involved in host-pathogen interaction, as well as oxidative stress enzymes. In addition, PCR amplification using degenerate primers is in progress in order to allow the identification of putative Resistance genes.Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) - grant ref. SFRH/BD/3194/200

Vida literária e desencantos: uma história da formação intelectual de Lima Barreto (1881-1922)

Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em História, Florianópolis, 2015.O pensamento  conceito abordado aqui enquanto um processo vinculado à formação intelectual do sujeito  pode ser um fenômeno multifacetado e permanecer em aberto. Com base nessa premissa, os diagnósticos elaborados por Lima Barreto (1881-1922) sobre a modernidade serão mapeados a partir das mediações culturais que estabeleceram com ícones bastante representativos das letras modernas, como, por exemplo, Anatole France, Tolstói, Dostoievski, Thomas Carlyle e Jules Gaultier. É preciso esclarecer, de antemão, que esse trabalho constitui um ponto de vista, entre muitos possíveis, sobre as relações mantidas por Lima Barreto e a cultura escrita que circulou em seu tempo. Buscar compreender alguns nuances do processo de maturação intelectual desse escritor, a partir das influências que recebeu das literaturas estrangeiras, não significa crer no argumento de que a criatividade barretiana foi um tipo de reflexo das ideias europeias. A partir, principalmente, das impressões de leitura de Lima Barreto e do catálogo de sua biblioteca particular, pretendo comparar as ideias literárias desse escritor com as de outros homens de letras que fizeram parte de sua geração. Por meio desse procedimento, é possível trabalhar com a perspectiva de que os diagnósticos de Afonso Henriques sobre a política, a modernidade brasileira e a vida intelectual, na Primeira República, podem dialogar com contextos documentais bem mais amplos do que o da história nacional.Abstract : The thought - a concept discussed here as a process linked to the intellectual formation of the subject - can be a multifaceted phenomenon and still remain open. Starting from this premise, the diagnoses elaborated by Lima Barreto (1881-1922) about modernity will be mapped starting from the cultural mediations that have established quite representative icons of modern letters, for example, Anatole France, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Thomas Carlyle and Jules Gaultier. We must clarify in advance that this work is a point of view, among many possible, on relations maintained by Lima Barreto and the written culture that circulated in his time. Search to understand some nuances of intellectual maturation process of this writer, starting from the influences received from foreign literature, does not mean believing in the argument that the creativity of Barreto was a kind of reflection of European ideas. From mainly of Lima Barreto s reading impressions and his personal library catalog, want to compare the literary ideas of this writer with the other brazilian authors that were part of his generation. Through this procedure, is possible work with the perspective that the diagnostics about politic, brazilian modernity and the intellectual life, in the First Republic, made by Lima Barreto, be able to inserteds in documentary contexts more extensive than the local history