As características da divulgação neurocientífica direcionada a professores da educação básica brasileira

The divulgation of neuroscience and education has grown among teachers, in this context, we sought to elucidate the characteristics of neuroscientific divulgation for teachers. This is a qualitative-quantitative research, analyzing 53 contents, texts and videos, published on Porvir, Nova Escola and Youtube platforms. The main selection criteria were the keywords "Neuroscience" and "Education". Data were analyzed and categorized using categorical content analysis based on the following dimensions: subtheme, quality of references, characteristics attributed to neuroscientific information and presence of neuromyths. The analysis identified a deterministic bias in the presentation of neuroscientific information, highlighting the high mention of other authors to support arguments without providing references, seven neuromyths were identified in ten contents. The work contributes with a recent overview (2019-2021) of the characteristics of the contents that promote neuroscientific divulgation aimed at Brazilian teachers.A divulgação sobre neurociências e educação tem crescido entre os professores, neste contexto, buscou-se elucidar as características da divulgação neurocientífica para professores. Trata-se de uma pesquisa quali-quantitativa, analisou-se 53 conteúdos, textos e vídeos, publicados nas plataformas Porvir, Nova Escola e Youtube. O principal critério de seleção foram as palavras-chave "Neurociência" e "Educação". Os dados foram analisados e categorizados por meio da análise de conteúdo categorial a partir das seguintes dimensões: subtema, qualidade das referências, características atribuídas a informações neurocientíficas e presença de neuromitos. A análise identificou um viés determinista na apresentação de informações neurocientíficas, destaca-se a elevada menção a outros autores para embasar argumentação sem disponibilização de referências, foram identificados sete neuromitos em dez conteúdos. O trabalho contribui com um panorama recente (2019-2021) das características dos conteúdos que promovem divulgação neurocientífica direcionada a professores brasileiros

O ensino da primeira lei de mendel : uma proposta multissensorial para inclusão de estudantes com baixa visão

A pesquisa teve como objetivo compreender os entendimentos que uma aluna com baixa visão desenvolveu a partir da interação com um material elaborado para o ensino da primeira lei de Mendel baseado na didática multissensorial. Reforçamos que é possível traçar estratégias para a inclusão de deficientes visuais em turmas regulares por meio de didáticas multissensoriais. Foi possível perceber, também, que as interações verbais ocorridas nas etapas de familiarização, resolução de exercício mediada pelo professor e resolução de exercícios sem a mediação potencializaram a aprendizagem do tema

A conservação da biodiversidade em zoológicos e aquários a partir de seus públicos

Facing the controversies in which zoos and aquariums are inserted, it is important to understand whether the visitors recognize, from their expository discourse, their role in the conservation of biodiversity. In this research, a survey was applied, obtaining 978 responses in 10 institutions (6 Brazilian and 4 foreign). A qualitative-quantitative approach was carried out. The audiences attribute to these informal educational settings the mission of preservation, maintenance, care and protection of biodiversity, although directed to a preservationist and utilitarian perspective.Ante las controversias en las que se insertan los zoológicos y acuarios, es importante comprender si los visitantes de estas instituciones reconocen, a partir de sus discursos expositivos, su papel en la conservación de la biodiversidad. En esta investigación, se aplicó un survey, obteniendo 978 respuestas en 10 instituciones (6 brasileñas y 4 extranjeras). Se realizó un abordaje cualitativo-cuantitativo. Los públicos investigados atribuyen a estos espacios de educación no formal la misión de preservación, mantenimiento, cuidado y protección de la biodiversidad, aunque dirigidos a una perspectiva conservacionista y utilitaria.Frente às controvérsias em que zoológicos e aquários estão inseridos, cabe compreender se visitantes dessas instituições reconhecem, a partir dos seus discursos expositivos, seu papel na conservação da biodiversidade. Nessa pesquisa foi aplicado um survey, obtendo 978 respostas em 10 instituições (6 brasileiras e 4 estrangeiras). Foi realizada abordagem quali-quantitativa. Os públicos investigados atribuem a esses espaços de educação não formal a missão de preservação, manutenção, cuidado e proteção da biodiversidade, embora direcionada a uma perspectiva preservacionista e utilitarista

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear un derstanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5–7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8–11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world’s most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepre sented in biodiversity databases.13–15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may elim inate pieces of the Amazon’s biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological com munities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple or ganism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region’s vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most ne glected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lostinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5,6,7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8,9,10,11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world's most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepresented in biodiversity databases.13,14,15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may eliminate pieces of the Amazon's biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological communities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple organism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region's vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most neglected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lost

Educomunicação e suas áreas de intervenção: Novos paradigmas para o diálogo intercultural

oai:omp.abpeducom.org.br:publicationFormat/1O material aqui divulgado representa, em essência, a contribuição do VII Encontro Brasileiro de Educomunicação ao V Global MIL Week, da UNESCO, ocorrido na ECA/USP, entre 3 e 5 de novembro de 2016. Estamos diante de um conjunto de 104 papers executivos, com uma média de entre 7 e 10 páginas, cada um. Com este rico e abundante material, chegamos ao sétimo e-book publicado pela ABPEducom, em seus seis primeiros anos de existência. A especificidade desta obra é a de trazer as “Áreas de Intervenção” do campo da Educomunicação, colocando-as a serviço de uma meta essencial ao agir educomunicativo: o diálogo intercultural, trabalhado na linha do tema geral do evento internacional: Media and Information Literacy: New Paradigms for Intercultural Dialogue

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5,6,7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8,9,10,11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world's most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepresented in biodiversity databases.13,14,15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may eliminate pieces of the Amazon's biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological communities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple organism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region's vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most neglected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lost

Design and baseline characteristics of the finerenone in reducing cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in diabetic kidney disease trial

Background: Among people with diabetes, those with kidney disease have exceptionally high rates of cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality and progression of their underlying kidney disease. Finerenone is a novel, nonsteroidal, selective mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist that has shown to reduce albuminuria in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) while revealing only a low risk of hyperkalemia. However, the effect of finerenone on CV and renal outcomes has not yet been investigated in long-term trials. Patients and Methods: The Finerenone in Reducing CV Mortality and Morbidity in Diabetic Kidney Disease (FIGARO-DKD) trial aims to assess the efficacy and safety of finerenone compared to placebo at reducing clinically important CV and renal outcomes in T2D patients with CKD. FIGARO-DKD is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, event-driven trial running in 47 countries with an expected duration of approximately 6 years. FIGARO-DKD randomized 7,437 patients with an estimated glomerular filtration rate >= 25 mL/min/1.73 m(2) and albuminuria (urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio >= 30 to <= 5,000 mg/g). The study has at least 90% power to detect a 20% reduction in the risk of the primary outcome (overall two-sided significance level alpha = 0.05), the composite of time to first occurrence of CV death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, or hospitalization for heart failure. Conclusions: FIGARO-DKD will determine whether an optimally treated cohort of T2D patients with CKD at high risk of CV and renal events will experience cardiorenal benefits with the addition of finerenone to their treatment regimen. Trial Registration: EudraCT number: 2015-000950-39; ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02545049

Search for dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks in √s = 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

A search for weakly interacting massive particle dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks is presented. Final states containing third-generation quarks and miss- ing transverse momentum are considered. The analysis uses 36.1 fb−1 of proton–proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at √s = 13 TeV in 2015 and 2016. No significant excess of events above the estimated backgrounds is observed. The results are in- terpreted in the framework of simplified models of spin-0 dark-matter mediators. For colour- neutral spin-0 mediators produced in association with top quarks and decaying into a pair of dark-matter particles, mediator masses below 50 GeV are excluded assuming a dark-matter candidate mass of 1 GeV and unitary couplings. For scalar and pseudoscalar mediators produced in association with bottom quarks, the search sets limits on the production cross- section of 300 times the predicted rate for mediators with masses between 10 and 50 GeV and assuming a dark-matter mass of 1 GeV and unitary coupling. Constraints on colour- charged scalar simplified models are also presented. Assuming a dark-matter particle mass of 35 GeV, mediator particles with mass below 1.1 TeV are excluded for couplings yielding a dark-matter relic density consistent with measurements