Brasil: paradiplomacia municipal en la agenda 2030

El artículo presenta cómo se desarrolló la paradiplomacia en Brasil y su relación con la formulación de la política exterior brasileña, con el objetivo principal de analizar la participación de las ciudades en el proceso de definición de la posición brasileña para las negociaciones de la Agenda 2030 de la ONU. Aquí veremos que, a pesar de reconocer y fomentar la paradiplomacia en el país, el gobierno federal mantuvo su tradición centralista en política exterior en el proceso de definición de la posición brasileña para las negociaciones de la Agenda 2030

Estudo de evidência de validade para a Escala de Autoeficácia de Regulação Emocional para o Brasil

Self-efficacy for emotion regulation is understood as the perceived capability to regulate the negative affect and to express the positive ones. This study aimed at the validity evidence for the Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale in the Brazilian context through two studies. In the first one, participants were 41 students from middle school (M = 13.49; SD = 1.52), being 58.5 % male. Results indicated a few adjustments in some items. The second study had 932 participants from two cities: one from Southeast Brazil and one from the North. The students were from middle and high schools being 50.3 % (n = 469) female. Their ages ranged from 13 to 23 years old (M = 16.50; SD = 1.52). After analysis through structural equation modeling, results indicated that the dimensions of the scale have a good fit according to the theoretical model with good accuracy indexes, thus confirming the validity evidence for this instrument, being reliable to be used in Brazil.La autoeficacia para la regulación emocional se entiende como la capacidad percibida de regular los afectos negativos y expresar los afectos positivos. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo buscar evidencia de validez para la Escala de Autoeficacia para la Regulación Emocional para el contexto brasileño a través de dos estudios. 41 estudiantes de primaria participaron en el primer estudio (M = 13.49; DE = 1.52), 58.5 % de los cuales eran hombres. Los resultados indicaron la necesidad de pequeños ajustes en algunos ítems. El estudio 2 contó con 932 participantes, de dos ciudades, una en el sureste y la otra en el norte de Brasil, de los cuales el 50.3 % (n = 469) eran mujeres, de secundaria y primaria. La edad varió de 13 a 23 años (M = 16.50; DE = 1.52). Después del análisis por el modelo de ecuación estructural, los resultados indicaron que las dimensiones de la escala se ajustan correctamente de acuerdo con el modelo teórico, con buenos índices de precisión, revelando que se confirmó la evidencia de validez de la escala.A autoeficácia para a regulação emocional é compreendida como a capacidade percebida de regular os afetos negativos e expressar os afetos positivos. Este estudo objetivou buscar evidência de validade para a Escala de Autoeficácia para Regulação Emocional para o contexto brasileiro por meio de dois estudos. Participaram do primeiro, 41 estudantes do ensino fundamental (M = 13,49; DP = 1,52), dos quais 58,5 % do sexo masculino. Os resultados indicaram pequenos ajustes em alguns itens. O estudo 2 contou com 932 participantes, de duas cidades, uma do Sudeste e outra do Norte, das quais 50,3 % (n = 469) do sexo feminino, dos ensinos médio e fundamental. A idade variou de 13 a 23 anos (M = 16,50; DP = 1,52). Após a análise pelo modelo de equações estruturais, os resultados indicaram que as dimensões da escala se ajustam adequadamente conforme o modelo teórico, com bons índices de precisão, revelando que foram confirmadas evidências de validade para a escala

Brasil: paradiplomacia municipal en la agenda 2030

El artículo presenta cómo se desarrolló la paradiplomacia en Brasil y su relación con la formulación de la política exterior brasileña, con el objetivo principal de analizar la participación de las ciudades en el proceso de definición de la posición brasileña para las negociaciones de la Agenda 2030 de la ONU. Aquí veremos que, a pesar de reconocer y fomentar la paradiplomacia en el país, el gobierno federal mantuvo su tradición centralista en política exterior en el proceso de definición de la posición brasileña para las negociaciones de la Agenda 2030

Physics Behind Precision

This document provides a writeup of contributions to the FCC-ee mini-workshop on "Physics behind precision" held at CERN, on 2-3 February 2016.Comment: https://indico.cern.ch/event/469561

Human parvovirus PARV4 DNA in tissues from adult individuals: a comparison with human parvovirus B19 (B19V)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>PARV4 is a new member of the Parvoviridae family not closely related to any of the known human parvoviruses. Viremia seems to be a hallmark of PARV4 infection and viral DNA persistence has been demonstrated in a few tissues. Till now, PARV4 has not been associated with any disease and its prevalence in human population has not been clearly established. This study was aimed to assess the tissue distribution and the ability to persist of PARV4 in comparison to parvovirus B19 (B19V).</p> <p>Results</p> <p>PARV4 and B19V DNA detection was carried out in various tissues of individuals without suspect of acute viral infection, by a real time PCR and a nested PCR, targeting the ORF2 and the ORF1 respectively. Low amount of PARV4 DNA was found frequently (>40%) in heart and liver of adults individuals, less frequently in lungs and kidneys (23,5 and 18% respectively) and was rare in bone marrow, skin and synovium samples (5,5%, 4% and 5%, respectively). By comparison, B19V DNA sequences were present in the same tissues with a higher frequency (significantly higher in myocardium, skin and bone marrow) except than in liver where the frequency was the same of PARV4 DNA and in plasma samples where B19V frequency was significantly lower than that of PARV4</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The particular tropism of PARV4 for liver and heart, here emerged, suggests to focus further studies on these tissues as possible target for viral replication and on the possible role of PARV4 infection in liver and heart diseases. Neither bone marrow nor kidney seem to be a common target of viral replication.</p

Apresentação: Promovendo Diálogos... Encouraging Dialogues...

Apresentação: promovendo diálogos...82214-21

Wind power sector development in Brazil

The article addresses the development of the Brazilian wind energy sector, regarding the attraction of energy generating companies to the main manufacturers for the production of components in the country. A brief summary of the demands of the manufacturers, some of the problems faced by the sector and its perspectives is given. The incentives provided by the government, such as the promotion of auctions for the purchase and sale of wind energy, stimulating demand, and the BNDES financial support line for wind energy generation, in the case of equipment produced in Brazil, are highlighted. The success of the combination of these efforts can be verified by the increased participation of wind energy in the country’s energy matrix, in which the main international players today have manufacturing facilities. An additional aspect resulting from this development was the “deconcentration” of investments in low human development index (HDI) sites, particularly in the Northeast, which will produce positive and negative impacts.Este artigo aborda o desenvolvimento do setor de energia eólica brasileiro, no que se refere à atração de empresas geradoras de energia quanto aos principais fabricantes para a produção de componentes no país. Faz-se uma breve síntese das demandas dos fabricantes, alguns dos problemas enfrentados pelo setor e suas perspectivas. Ressaltam-se os incentivos providos pelo governo, como a promoção de leilões de compra e venda de energia eólica, estimulando a demanda, e a linha de apoio financeiro do BNDES para a geração de energia eólica, no caso dos equipamentos produzidos no Brasil. O sucesso da conjunção desses esforços pode ser verificado pelo aumento da participação da energia eólica na matriz energética do país, na qual os principais players internacionais hoje possuem instalações fabris. Um aspecto adicional resultante desse desenvolvimento foi a desconcentração dos investimentos em locais de baixo índice de desenvolvimento humano (IDH), em particular no Nordeste, que produzirá impactos positivos e negativos

Simulating the High Energy Gamma-ray sky seen by the GLAST Large Area Telescope

This paper presents the simulation of the GLAST high energy gamma-ray telescope. The simulation package, written in C++, is based on the Geant4 toolkit, and it is integrated into a general framework used to process events. A detailed simulation of the electronic signals inside Silicon detectors has been provided and it is used for the particle tracking, which is handled by a dedicated software. A unique repository for the geometrical description of the detector has been realized using the XML language and a C++ library to access this information has been designed and implemented. A new event display based on the HepRep protocol was implemented. The full simulation was used to simulate a full week of GLAST high energy gamma-ray observations. This paper outlines the contribution developed by the Italian GLAST software group.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, to be published in the Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium ''Frontiers of Fundamental and Computational Physics'' (FFP6), Udine (Italy), Sep. 26-29, 200