Percursos de migrantes sírios em Brasília: os sentidos produzidos sobre o conceito de cidade

This paper proposes to understand how Syrian immigrants living in the city of Brasília translate the concept of city from their own urban experiences. The city, or better, the cities (plural, as argued in this paper) have multiple interpretations and meanings. This dynamic of meanings has been a fundamental factor for the production of knowledge in the field of urban studies in the social sciences and humanities. Several theories have sought to provide answers to the challenges that the city object presents. In this line, we propose an analysis based on theoretical debates dear to Urban Sociology, incorporating concepts such as invisible cities and imagined cities, as well as the idea of imaginary itineraries recreated from urban experiences.O presente artigo propõe compreender como imigrantes sírios, vivendo na cidade de Brasília, traduzem o conceito de cidade com base em suas próprias experiências e vivências urbanas. A cidade, ou melhor, as cidades (no plural, tal como se argumenta neste texto) apresentam múltiplas interpretações e significados. Essa dinâmica das significações tem sido fator fundamental para a produção de conhecimento no campo dos estudos urbanos nas ciências sociais e nas ciências humanas. Diversas teorias têm buscado dar respostas aos desafios que o objeto cidade apresenta. Nessa linha, se propõe uma análise fundamentada em debates teóricos caros à Sociologia Urbana, incorporando conceitos como cidades invisíveis e cidades imaginadas, assim como a ideia de itinerários imaginários recriados a partir das vivências urbanas

A “BIOLOGIZAÇÃO” NO PROCESSO DE CONSOLIDAÇÃO DAS CIÊNCIAS SOCIAIS: : REFLEXÕES SOBRE A ECOLOGIA HUMANA DA ESCOLA DE CHICAGO

As ciências sociais e humanas, juntamente com as disciplinas que as compõem, percorrem um longo caminho na busca pelo reconhecimento do “fazer científico”. A história nos mostra o escorregadio caminho a qual cientistas sociais enveredaram-se para delimitar o que seria o campo de estudo das ciências sociais e das ciências humanas. Enquanto as ciências da natureza e exatas tem seus postulados facilmente, as ciências sociais são constantemente desafiadas a se provarem enquanto ciências sob paradigmas alheios. Ao longo da jornada, ramificações, tendências e teorias surgem na busca pela compreensão do comportamento humano. Nesta lista de desdobramentos da teoria social, surge os Estudos de Ecologia Humana, que configura-se como mais um esforço de cientistas sociais para interpretar a conduta do ser-humano. A partir de uma revisão sistemática da literatura, o presente artigo busca refletir sobre as tentativas de aproximação das ciências sociais à biologia como resposta as constantes cobranças pelo ideal proposto de cientificidade, compreendendo o local dos Estudos de Ecologia Humana da Escola de Sociologia de Chicago na institucionalização do debate

GloFAS – global ensemble streamflow forecasting and flood early warning

Anticipation and preparedness for large-scale flood events have a key role in mitigating their impact and optimizing the strategic planning of water resources. Although several developed countries have well-established systems for river monitoring and flood early warning, figures of population affected every year by floods in developing countries are unsettling. This paper presents the Global Flood Awareness System, which has been set up to provide an overview on upcoming floods in large world river basins. The Global Flood Awareness System is based on distributed hydrological simulation of numerical ensemble weather predictions with global coverage. Streamflow forecasts are compared statistically to climatological simulations to detect probabilistic exceedance of warning thresholds. In this article, the system setup is described, together with an evaluation of its performance over a two-year test period and a qualitative analysis of a case study for the Pakistan flood, in summer 2010. It is shown that hazardous events in large river basins can be skilfully detected with a forecast horizon of up to 1 month. In addition, results suggest that an accurate simulation of initial model conditions and an improved parameterization of the hydrological model are key components to reproduce accurately the streamflow variability in the many different runoff regimes of the Earth.JRC.H.7-Climate Risk Managemen

Comportamento químico e físico da madeira natural e termorretificada de clones de eucalipto

Eucalyptus is a species of the most cultivated in the national scope, whose wood is widely used in the manufacture of furniture and other derived products. However, it is subjected to variations due to changes in moisture and other factors. To minimize such variations, some treatments were studied in a non-environmentally aggressive manner. This work analyzed the physical and chemical properties of wood of hybrid clones of Eucalyptus urograndis, “in natura” and thermally modified at temperatures of 140, 160, 180, 200 and 220°C, with 8.5 years of age, planted in Buri-SP, Brazil. The physical characterization was performed according to Brito, Garcia and Bortoletto (2006) and Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (1997), and the chemical characterization according to Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (1999). Through statistical analysis of factorial regression with significance of 5%, the clone factor did not cause interference in the analyzed properties; the variation that occurred was due to the temperature used; the hemicellulose was the main chemical property affected by the temperature; the most interesting treatments were those performed up to 180°C, since they did not compromise much the chemical properties of the wood and, consequently, would not affect so much their physical and mechanical properties.O eucalipto é uma espécie das mais cultivadas no âmbito nacional, cuja madeira é amplamente utilizada na fabricação de móveis e outros produtos derivados. Entretanto, ela está sujeita a variações por conta de mudanças na umidade e outros fatores. Para minimizar tais variações, estudaram-se alguns tratamentos de forma pouco agressiva ao meio ambiente. Assim, este trabalho analisou as propriedades físicas e químicas da madeira de clones híbridos de Eucalyptus urograndis, in natura e termicamente modificada nas temperaturas de 140, 160, 180, 200 e 220°C, com 8,5 anos de idade, plantados em Buri-SP, Brasil. A caracterização física foi realizada segundo Brito, Garcia e Bortoletto (2006) e normas da Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (1997), e a caracterização química segundo as normas Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (1999). Através de análises estatísticas de regressão fatorial com significância de 5%, o fator clone não causou interferência nas propriedades analisadas; a variação que ocorreu foi por conta da temperatura utilizada; a hemicelulose foi a principal propriedade química afetada por conta da temperatura; os tratamentos mais interessantes foram os realizados até 180°C, uma vez que não comprometeram muito as propriedades químicas da madeira e, consequentemente, não afetariam tanto suas propriedades físicas e mecânicas

SDSS-III: Massive Spectroscopic Surveys of the Distant Universe, the Milky Way Galaxy, and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems

Building on the legacy of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-I and II), SDSS-III is a program of four spectroscopic surveys on three scientific themes: dark energy and cosmological parameters, the history and structure of the Milky Way, and the population of giant planets around other stars. In keeping with SDSS tradition, SDSS-III will provide regular public releases of all its data, beginning with SDSS DR8 (which occurred in Jan 2011). This paper presents an overview of the four SDSS-III surveys. BOSS will measure redshifts of 1.5 million massive galaxies and Lya forest spectra of 150,000 quasars, using the BAO feature of large scale structure to obtain percent-level determinations of the distance scale and Hubble expansion rate at z<0.7 and at z~2.5. SEGUE-2, which is now completed, measured medium-resolution (R=1800) optical spectra of 118,000 stars in a variety of target categories, probing chemical evolution, stellar kinematics and substructure, and the mass profile of the dark matter halo from the solar neighborhood to distances of 100 kpc. APOGEE will obtain high-resolution (R~30,000), high signal-to-noise (S/N>100 per resolution element), H-band (1.51-1.70 micron) spectra of 10^5 evolved, late-type stars, measuring separate abundances for ~15 elements per star and creating the first high-precision spectroscopic survey of all Galactic stellar populations (bulge, bar, disks, halo) with a uniform set of stellar tracers and spectral diagnostics. MARVELS will monitor radial velocities of more than 8000 FGK stars with the sensitivity and cadence (10-40 m/s, ~24 visits per star) needed to detect giant planets with periods up to two years, providing an unprecedented data set for understanding the formation and dynamical evolution of giant planet systems. (Abridged)Comment: Revised to version published in The Astronomical Journa

The Changing Landscape for Stroke\ua0Prevention in AF: Findings From the GLORIA-AF Registry Phase 2

Background GLORIA-AF (Global Registry on Long-Term Oral Antithrombotic Treatment in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation) is a prospective, global registry program describing antithrombotic treatment patterns in patients with newly diagnosed nonvalvular atrial fibrillation at risk of stroke. Phase 2 began when dabigatran, the first non\u2013vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant (NOAC), became available. Objectives This study sought to describe phase 2 baseline data and compare these with the pre-NOAC era collected during phase&nbsp;1. Methods During phase 2, 15,641 consenting patients were enrolled (November 2011 to December 2014); 15,092 were eligible. This pre-specified cross-sectional analysis describes eligible patients\u2019 baseline characteristics. Atrial fibrillation&nbsp;disease characteristics, medical outcomes, and concomitant diseases and medications were collected. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results Of the total patients, 45.5% were female; median age was 71 (interquartile range: 64, 78) years. Patients were from Europe (47.1%), North America (22.5%), Asia (20.3%), Latin America (6.0%), and the Middle East/Africa (4.0%). Most had high stroke risk (CHA2DS2-VASc [Congestive heart failure, Hypertension, Age&nbsp; 6575 years, Diabetes mellitus, previous Stroke, Vascular disease, Age 65 to 74 years, Sex category] score&nbsp; 652; 86.1%); 13.9% had moderate risk (CHA2DS2-VASc&nbsp;= 1). Overall, 79.9% received oral anticoagulants, of whom 47.6% received NOAC and 32.3% vitamin K antagonists (VKA); 12.1% received antiplatelet agents; 7.8% received no antithrombotic treatment. For comparison, the proportion of phase 1 patients (of N&nbsp;= 1,063 all eligible) prescribed VKA was 32.8%, acetylsalicylic acid 41.7%, and no therapy 20.2%. In Europe in phase 2, treatment with NOAC was more common than VKA (52.3% and 37.8%, respectively); 6.0% of patients received antiplatelet treatment; and 3.8% received no antithrombotic treatment. In North America, 52.1%, 26.2%, and 14.0% of patients received NOAC, VKA, and antiplatelet drugs, respectively; 7.5% received no antithrombotic treatment. NOAC use was less common in Asia (27.7%), where 27.5% of patients received VKA, 25.0% antiplatelet drugs, and 19.8% no antithrombotic treatment. Conclusions The baseline data from GLORIA-AF phase 2 demonstrate that in newly diagnosed nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients, NOAC have been highly adopted into practice, becoming more frequently prescribed than VKA in&nbsp;Europe and North America. Worldwide, however, a large proportion of patients remain undertreated, particularly in&nbsp;Asia&nbsp;and North America. (Global Registry on Long-Term Oral Antithrombotic Treatment in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation [GLORIA-AF]; NCT01468701

Dependência psicológica de Benzodiazepínicos: Psychological dependence on Benzodiazepines

O crescente&nbsp;aumento do seu uso&nbsp;no&nbsp;começo&nbsp;do século XXI, os ansiolíticos&nbsp;vêm&nbsp;se tornando a&nbsp;“porta de fuga” para nova e&nbsp;também&nbsp;velha geração. Geração&nbsp;essa,&nbsp;que cada vez mais vem&nbsp;sendo consumida&nbsp;por distúrbios de ansiedade, insônia e quadros depressivos&nbsp;de forma exponencial. (Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto – 2019).&nbsp;Este trabalho, avalia o uso e possível dependência psicológica dos benzodiazepínicos, a partir de um levantamento&nbsp;bibliográfico de forma&nbsp;sistemática de&nbsp;pesquisas&nbsp;dentro da literatura científica acerca do assunto.&nbsp

Rationale, study design, and analysis plan of the Alveolar Recruitment for ARDS Trial (ART): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Background: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is associated with high in-hospital mortality. Alveolar recruitment followed by ventilation at optimal titrated PEEP may reduce ventilator-induced lung injury and improve oxygenation in patients with ARDS, but the effects on mortality and other clinical outcomes remain unknown. This article reports the rationale, study design, and analysis plan of the Alveolar Recruitment for ARDS Trial (ART). Methods/Design: ART is a pragmatic, multicenter, randomized (concealed), controlled trial, which aims to determine if maximum stepwise alveolar recruitment associated with PEEP titration is able to increase 28-day survival in patients with ARDS compared to conventional treatment (ARDSNet strategy). We will enroll adult patients with ARDS of less than 72 h duration. The intervention group will receive an alveolar recruitment maneuver, with stepwise increases of PEEP achieving 45 cmH(2)O and peak pressure of 60 cmH2O, followed by ventilation with optimal PEEP titrated according to the static compliance of the respiratory system. In the control group, mechanical ventilation will follow a conventional protocol (ARDSNet). In both groups, we will use controlled volume mode with low tidal volumes (4 to 6 mL/kg of predicted body weight) and targeting plateau pressure &lt;= 30 cmH2O. The primary outcome is 28-day survival, and the secondary outcomes are: length of ICU stay; length of hospital stay; pneumothorax requiring chest tube during first 7 days; barotrauma during first 7 days; mechanical ventilation-free days from days 1 to 28; ICU, in-hospital, and 6-month survival. ART is an event-guided trial planned to last until 520 events (deaths within 28 days) are observed. These events allow detection of a hazard ratio of 0.75, with 90% power and two-tailed type I error of 5%. All analysis will follow the intention-to-treat principle. Discussion: If the ART strategy with maximum recruitment and PEEP titration improves 28-day survival, this will represent a notable advance to the care of ARDS patients. Conversely, if the ART strategy is similar or inferior to the current evidence-based strategy (ARDSNet), this should also change current practice as many institutions routinely employ recruitment maneuvers and set PEEP levels according to some titration method.Hospital do Coracao (HCor) as part of the Program 'Hospitais de Excelencia a Servico do SUS (PROADI-SUS)'Brazilian Ministry of Healt