18 research outputs found

    Teoria pol?tica feminista sul-global : perspectivas do feminismo transnacional para uma transposi??o epistemol?gica rumo ? alteridade e ? igualdade substancial.

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    Partindo da teoria tridimensional da paridade de participa??o, busca-se realizar uma cr?tica de como sua constru??o pode reproduzir segrega??o etnoc?ntrica, vez que fundamentalmente Norte-Global. Assim, a revisita??o ? cr?tica de Mohanty, ao propor uma transposi??o te?rico-cognitiva end?gena, isto ?, produzida pelo Sul-Global, ? privilegiada. Para tanto, metalinguisticamente, busca-se apresentar as vicissitudes e idiossincrasias hist?ricas do feminismo Sul-Global e a prospec??o do feminismo transnacional nesse cen?rio, propondo, assim, uma quarta dimens?o te?rica para o fen?meno. O estudo pode contribuir para sugerir possibilidades comunicativas e colaborativas ao feminismo Global, fomentando propostas de pol?ticas p?blicas e tutelas jur?dicas mais efetivas, fidedignas e aut?nticas.Starting from the three-dimensional theory of parity participation, it?s sought to realize a critique about how its construction can reproduce ethnocentric segregation, rather than fundamentally North-Global. Thus, revisiting Mohanty's critique, by proposing an endogenous theoretical-cognitive transposition, that?s, produced by the South-Global, is privileged. However, metalinguistically, it seeks to present the vicissitudes and historical idiosyncrasies of South-Global feminism and the prospecting of transnational feminism in this scenario, proposing a fourth theoretical dimension to the phenomenon. The study can contribute to suggest communicative and collaborative possibilities to Global feminism, fomenting proposals of more effective, reliable and authentic legal protections

    Efficiency of different solvents in the extraction of bioactive compounds from Plinia cauliflora and Syzygium cumini fruits as evaluated by paper spray mass spectrometry

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    Jabuticaba (Plinia cauliflora) and jambolan (Syzygium cumini) fruits are rich in phenolic compounds with antioxidant properties, mostly concentrated in the peel, pulp, and seeds. Among the techniques for identifying these constituents, paper spray mass spectrometry (PS-MS) stands out as a method of ambient ionization of samples for the direct analysis of raw materials. This study aimed to determine the chemical profiles of the peel, pulp, and seeds of jabuticaba and jambolan fruits, as well as to assess the efficiency of using different solvents (water and methanol) in obtaining metabolite fingerprints of different parts of the fruits. Overall, 63 compounds were tentatively identified in the aqueous and methanolic extracts of jabuticaba and jambolan, 28 being in the positive ionization mode and 35 in the negative ionization mode. Flavonoids (40%), followed by benzoic acid derivatives (13%), fatty acids (13%), carotenoids (6%), phenylpropanoids (6%), and tannins (5%) were the groups of substances found in greater numbers, producing different fingerprints according to the parts of the fruit and the different extracting solvents used. Therefore, compounds present in jabuticaba and jambolan reinforce the nutritional and bioactive potential attributed to these fruits, due to the potentially positive effects performed by these metabolites in human health and nutrition.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

    Data standardization of plant–pollinator interactions

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    Background: Animal pollination is an important ecosystem function and service, ensuring both the integrity of natural systems and human well-being. Although many knowledge shortfalls remain, some high-quality data sets on biological interactions are now available. The development and adoption of standards for biodiversity data and metadata has promoted great advances in biological data sharing and aggregation, supporting large-scale studies and science-based public policies. However, these standards are currently not suitable to fully support interaction data sharing. Results: Here we present a vocabulary of terms and a data model for sharing plant–pollinator interactions data based on the Darwin Core standard. The vocabulary introduces 48 new terms targeting several aspects of plant–pollinator interactions and can be used to capture information from different approaches and scales. Additionally, we provide solutions for data serialization using RDF, XML, and DwC-Archives and recommendations of existing controlled vocabularies for some of the terms. Our contribution supports open access to standardized data on plant–pollinator interactions. Conclusions: The adoption of the vocabulary would facilitate data sharing to support studies ranging from the spatial and temporal distribution of interactions to the taxonomic, phenological, functional, and phylogenetic aspects of plant–pollinator interactions. We expect to fill data and knowledge gaps, thus further enabling scientific research on the ecology and evolution of plant–pollinator communities, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, and the development of public policies. The proposed data model is flexible and can be adapted for sharing other types of interactions data by developing discipline-specific vocabularies of termsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

    Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

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    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

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    Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

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    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

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    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

    The option for using, authorization of production and supplying of synthetic fosfoetanolamine.

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    O trabalho visa a tra?ar uma vis?o geral e reflexiva sobre as demandas judiciais para a garantia da efetiva??o do direito ? sa?de, atrav?s da produ??o e fornecimento indiscriminado de fosfoetanolamina sint?tica ou ?p?lula contra o c?ncer?. Pretende-se, por meio de pesquisa bibliogr?fica ampla, discutir, hipot?tico-dedutivamente, a efetividade protetiva do Poder Judici?rio perante sujeitos vulner?veis por quest?es de sa?de, particularmente no que respeita ao uso de medicamentos, sob par?metros que excedem as orienta??es de seguran?a, acur?cia e efic?cia origin?rias, definidas quando de seu registro no ?rg?o competente. Logo, abordagens sobre autonomia decis?ria e exig?ncias t?cnico-cient?ficas para a aprova??o de medicamentos, dentro de padr?es ?ticos e or?ament?rios, s?o imprescind?veis. A import?ncia do trabalho ? peculiar, vez que ancorado no desenvolvimento humano, seja no campo da economia ou da sa?de e qualidade de vida. Os achados apontam, pela confronta??o dos interesses relevantes envolvidos, a necessidade de avalia??o detida da tutela jur?dica permissiva para aferir se h? cumprimento da meta prote??o ? vulnerabilidade, em raz?o da enfermidade. Afinal, pode-se, ao rev?s, acentuar a situa??o de inobserv?ncia do direito fundamental ? sa?de individual e coletiva.This work aims to provide a general and reflexive overview of the judicial demands for ensuring the realization of the right to health through the production and indiscriminate supply of synthetic phosphoethanolamine or ?cancer pill?. The purpose of this study, through a large bibliographical research, is to discuss, hypothetically-deductively, the effectiveness of the Judiciary in protecting people and groups that are vulnerable due to health problems, particularly those related to the use of medicines, which are subject to parameters that exceed the safety, accuracy and efficacy defined when they are registered with the agency responsible for protecting and promoting public health. Therefore, approaches on decision-making autonomy and technical-scientific requirements for drug approval, within ethical and budgetary standards, are essential. The importance of this work is peculiar, since it is linked to the goal of human development, whether in the field of economy or health and quality of life. The findings point out, through the confrontation of the relevant entitlements involved, the need for an evaluation of the permissive legal guardianship to assess whether the goal of illness vulnerability protection is met. After all, such tolerant judgement can, on the contrary, accentuate the situation of non-observance of the fundamental right to individual and collective health

    The economic importance of Euterpe Oleracea Mart. (açaí), for the Arióca Pruanã/Oeiras do Pará extraction reserve

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    Brazil is among the countries responsible for supplying the açaí market in the world, and this fruit is used in the production of numerous products used for the most different purposes. Açaí, like other Amazonian products, has been gaining notoriety in the international economy not only for its Amazon benefits, but for the economic alternative of producing new market niches for large industries. Pará is the largest producer of açaí at the national level, with a turnover of more than R$460 million year. In the state, the largest production of the fruit is in the municipalities of Limoeiro do Ajuru (42 thousand tons) and Oeiras do Pará (26.5 thousand tons). In this sense, this research aimed to analyze the importance of açaí cultivation for farmers who live in the Arióca Pruanã extractive reserve, and what are the economic benefits that the sale of this fruit brings to the municipality's economy. The present research had as methodological framework the exploratory field investigation carried out in the extractive reserve Arióca Pruanã, at the points of collection of the fruit of the middlemen, as well as an interview with the community located in the reserve that maintains its way of life, from management to commercialization, becoming a fundamental part of the dynamic chain of production and distribution of açaí. The survey was conducted from June to August 2021. A questionnaire was developed and applied to 20 producers and 15 middlemen representing two different classes of individuals working in this trade: 20 to farmers and 15 to middlemen. The research identified that there are 2 main categories of agents that sell açaí within the reserve and that the açaí marketed comes from the floodplain areas surrounding the reserve. And that both the Oeiras and the Arióca rivers have potential for mass production of açaí. One of the main problems that weakens this production is the lack of technical assistance and projects aimed at family farming
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