Gestão de energia em carregador eléctrico

Electric Vehicles have been gradually gaining more traction, appearing as a possible measure to reduce the environment impact caused by the transportation sector. To increase the quality of the electric charging infrastructure, this dissertation addresses the development of a charging station with a focus on modularity and updatability. The charging station should implement a service-oriented architecture with a distributed environment of multiple chargers in grid capable of balancing loads in real time. The charging station communicates with a central system by using the most recent version of the OCPP protocol (OCPP 2.0.1), used to control a charger network.Veículos Elétricos têm vindo gradualmente a ganhar mais tração, aparecendo como uma possível medida para reduzir o impacto ambiental causado pelo setor dos transportes. De modo a melhorar a qualidade da infraestrutura de carregamento elétrico, esta dissertação aborda o desenvolvimento de uma estação de carregamento com foco na modularidade e facilidade de atualização. A estação de carregamento deverá implementar uma arquitetura orientada a serviços com um ambiente distribuído de múltiplos carregadores em rede capazes de balancear cargas em tempo real. A estação de carregamento comunica com um sistema central utilizando o protocolo OCPP na versão mais recente (OCPP 2.0.1), utilizado para controlar uma rede de carregadores.Mestrado em Engenharia de Computadores e Telemátic

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

ATLANTIC EPIPHYTES: a data set of vascular and non-vascular epiphyte plants and lichens from the Atlantic Forest

Epiphytes are hyper-diverse and one of the frequently undervalued life forms in plant surveys and biodiversity inventories. Epiphytes of the Atlantic Forest, one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, have high endemism and radiated recently in the Pliocene. We aimed to (1) compile an extensive Atlantic Forest data set on vascular, non-vascular plants (including hemiepiphytes), and lichen epiphyte species occurrence and abundance; (2) describe the epiphyte distribution in the Atlantic Forest, in order to indicate future sampling efforts. Our work presents the first epiphyte data set with information on abundance and occurrence of epiphyte phorophyte species. All data compiled here come from three main sources provided by the authors: published sources (comprising peer-reviewed articles, books, and theses), unpublished data, and herbarium data. We compiled a data set composed of 2,095 species, from 89,270 holo/hemiepiphyte records, in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, recorded from 1824 to early 2018. Most of the records were from qualitative data (occurrence only, 88%), well distributed throughout the Atlantic Forest. For quantitative records, the most common sampling method was individual trees (71%), followed by plot sampling (19%), and transect sampling (10%). Angiosperms (81%) were the most frequently registered group, and Bromeliaceae and Orchidaceae were the families with the greatest number of records (27,272 and 21,945, respectively). Ferns and Lycophytes presented fewer records than Angiosperms, and Polypodiaceae were the most recorded family, and more concentrated in the Southern and Southeastern regions. Data on non-vascular plants and lichens were scarce, with a few disjunct records concentrated in the Northeastern region of the Atlantic Forest. For all non-vascular plant records, Lejeuneaceae, a family of liverworts, was the most recorded family. We hope that our effort to organize scattered epiphyte data help advance the knowledge of epiphyte ecology, as well as our understanding of macroecological and biogeographical patterns in the Atlantic Forest. No copyright restrictions are associated with the data set. Please cite this Ecology Data Paper if the data are used in publication and teaching events. © 2019 The Authors. Ecology © 2019 The Ecological Society of Americ

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

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

Educação ambiental e arborização urbana: transformando o espaço social

The urban arborization has significant influence in the preservation of species, as fauna as flora, and it happens in a scenario where there is a predominance of human actions, being a natural refuge of some beings. Added to this facts the influence on the improvement of the environment and social welfare. Reinforce the importance of biodiversity conservation in the current scenario of degradation is of utmost importance, especially in regard to needy communities where access to information and consequent awareness is scarce. The challenge is to pass this knowledge about arborization for population groups that are often marginalized by the authorities. Based on these concepts and the current situation of Botucatu - SP, this work made by the representatives of projects "Arboricatu" and "Florestas Socias" had as main objectives planting trees in a block from a school located in a poor neighborhood of the city and teach the students and residents close to there about the importance of urban arborization. The planting process done on sidewalks followed the guidelines found in bibliographic references, and had as a differential the interaction of the school’s children. In the presence of the work done, we can observe that the local had significant improvements in environmental and visual aspects, in addition to providing children a great learning experience through participation in practical processes and discussions about the importance of the project.A arborização urbana possui notável influência na preservação de espécies, tanto da fauna quanto da flora, visto que acontece em um cenário onde há o predomínio das ações humanas, sendo um refúgio natural de alguns seres. Soma-se a isso a influência na melhora do ambiente e no bem estar social. Reforçar a importância sobre a conservação da biodiversidade, no cenário atual de degradação, é de extrema importância, principalmente no que se refere à comunidades carentes onde o acesso às informações e consequente conscientização é escasso. O desafio é transmitir esse conhecimento sobre a arborização para parcelas da população, que são frequentemente, marginalizadas pelas autoridades. Tomando por base tais conceitos e a atual situação do município de Botucatu – SP, o presente trabalho feito pelos representantes dos projetos “Arboricatu” e “Florestas Sociais”, teve como principais objetivos, arborizar o quarteirão de uma escola localizada em um bairro carente da cidade e conscientizar os alunos e moradores próximos da mesma, sobre a importância da arborização urbana. O plantio das mudas realizado nas calçadas seguiram as orientações encontradas em referências bibliográficas, e teve como um diferencial, a interação dos alunos da escola. Diante do trabalho realizado pode-se observar que o local arborizado obteve melhoras significativas em aspectos ambientais e visuais, além de proporcionar as crianças um grande aprendizado com a participação nos processos práticos e em discussões sobre a importância geral do projeto

Health-related quality of life in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus in the different geographical regions of Brazil : data from the Brazilian Type 1 Diabetes Study Group

Background: In type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) management, enhancing health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is as important as good metabolic control and prevention of secondary complications. This study aims to evaluate possible regional differences in HRQoL, demographic features and clinical characteristics of patients with T1DM in Brazil, a country of continental proportions, as well as investigate which variables could influence the HRQoL of these individuals and contribute to these regional disparities. Methods: This was a retrospective, cross-sectional, multicenter study performed by the Brazilian Type 1 Diabetes Study Group (BrazDiab1SG), by analyzing EuroQol scores from 3005 participants with T1DM, in 28 public clinics, among all geographical regions of Brazil. Data on demography, economic status, chronic complications, glycemic control and lipid profile were also collected. Results: We have found that the North-Northeast region presents a higher index in the assessment of the overall health status (EQ-VAS) compared to the Southeast (74.6 ± 30 and 70.4 ± 19, respectively; p < 0.05). In addition, North- Northeast presented a lower frequency of self-reported anxiety-depression compared to all regions of the country (North-Northeast: 1.53 ± 0.6; Southeast: 1.65 ± 0.7; South: 1.72 ± 0.7; Midwest: 1.67 ± 0.7; p < 0.05). These findings could not be entirely explained by the HbA1c levels or the other variables examined. Conclusions: Our study points to the existence of additional factors not yet evaluated that could be determinant in the HRQoL of people with T1DM and contribute to these regional disparities