PRÁTICA DE CAMPO: APRENDIZAGEM SOBRE BIODIVERSIDADE E PRESERVAÇÃO AMBIENTAL VERIFICADA EM DISCENTES DA ESCOLA ESTADUAL PIRASSUNUNGA, SP.

A realização de aulas relacionadas a Ciências da Natureza em ambientes naturais tem sido apontada como prática educacional eficaz e eficiente, tanto por envolver e motivar adolescentes nas atividades educativas, quanto por caracterizar importante instrumento relacionado à superação da fragmentação dos conteúdos escolares. Este trabalho fundamentou-se em uma pesquisa quali-quantitativa participativa como procedimento metodológico, enquadrando-se aos propósitos iniciais da pesquisa para a consecução de seus objetivos. Desta forma, foi utilizada a modalidade pesquisa-ação, por ser capaz de proporcionar a manifestação do coletivo. A prática de campo realizada no Parque Estadual de Porto Ferreira auxiliou efetivamente na aprendizagem dos conhecimentos de Educação Ambiental e Biologia, principalmente com relação à identificação e compreensão dos caracteres e importância de fatores bióticos do meio. Sugere-se a presença de Geógrafos, além de Biólogos na composição de equipes multidisciplinares para viagens pedagógicas de tal natureza, a fim de tornar mais eficiente o ensino sobre fatores abióticos do meio ambiente. Tal prática motiva os discentes a aprender e integra por meio da interdisciplinaridade e transdisciplinaridade conteúdos fragmentados do currículo escolar relacionados à Biogeografia

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

Editorial Literartes 5

Editorial da Revista Literartes quinta edição.Editorial of the fifth edition of the magazine Literartes.Editorial de la quinta edición de la revista Literartes

Consensus on the diagnostic and therapeutic management of chronic spontaneous urticaria in adults : Brazilian Society of Dermatology

Background: Urticarias are frequent diseases, with 15% to 20% of the population presenting at least one acute episode in their lifetime. Urticaria are classified in acute (≤ 6 weeks) or chronic (> 6 weeks). They may be induced or spontaneous. Objectives: To verify the diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations in chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), according to the experience of Brazilian experts, regarding the available guidelines (international and US). Methods: A questionnaire was sent to Brazilian experts, with questions concerning diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations for CSU in adults. Results: Sixteen Brazilian experts answered the questionnaire related to diagnosis and therapy of CSU in adults and data were analyzed. Final text was written, considering the available guidelines (International and US), adapted to the medical practices in Brazil. Diagnostic work up in CSU is rarely necessary. Biopsy of skin lesion and histopathology may be indicated to rule out other diseases, such as, urticarial vasculitis. Other laboratory tests, such as complete blood count, CRP, ESR and thyroid screening. Treatment of CSU includes second-generation anti-histamines (sgAH) at licensed doses, sgAH two, three to fourfold doses (non-licensed) and omalizumab. Other drugs, such as, cyclosporine, immunomodulatory drugs and immunosuppressants may be indicated (non-licensed and with limited scientific evidence). Conclusions: Most of the Brazilian experts in this study partially agreed with the diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations of the International and US guidelines. They agreed with the use of sgAH at licensed doses. Increase in the dose to fourfold of sgAH may be suggested with restrictions, due to its non-licensed dose. Sedating anti-histamines, as suggested by the US guideline, are indicated by some of the Brazilian experts, due to its availability. Adaptations are mandatory in the treatment of CSU, due to scarce or lack of other therapeutic resources in the public health system in Brazil, such as omalizumab or cyclosporine

O Japão na literatura brasileira atual

Há uma presença notável de temas japoneses na atual literatura brasileira, sem que os autores – no caso Bernardo Carvalho, Adriana Lisboa e João Paulo Cuenca – tenham ligação biográfica com o Japão; um fenômeno que apresenta leituras, interpretações e representações da cultura japonesa bem variadas, complexas e “integradoras” dessa temática no contexto literário brasileiro. Trata-se de leituras do Japão que ainda têm ligação com a dimensão histórica da imigração japonesa no Brasil e com questões da identidade brasileira, mas que tratam principalmente dos significados universais das culturas japonesa e brasileira no contexto do século XXI