Intervenção psicológica em terminalidade e morte: relato de experiência

O presente artigo objetivou analisar e refletir sobre a atuação do psicólogo em situações de morte no contexto hospitalar, bem como sobre o processo de terminalidade e despedida para as pessoas enfermas e seus familiares. Utilizou-se relato de experiência profissional através de estudo de caso. Os resultados evidenciaram reconfiguração das relações familiares nos diferentes papéis e funções, na perspectiva de maior autonomia. O ritual de despedida constitui-se em vivência possibilitadora de mudanças e resgates das relações familiares, bem como de elaboração do processo de luto, tanto para o sujeito doente e família quanto para a equipe de saúde

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time, and attempts to address it require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space. While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes, vast areas of the tropics remain understudied. In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world's most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity, but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepresented in biodiversity databases. To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications 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, 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

Tabanidae (Diptera) da Ilha de Maracá e Serra Pacaraima, Roraima, Brasil, com descrição de duas espécies novas.

43 espécies e 3 variedades (sensu Fairchild) de mutucas (Diptera: Tabanidae) foram coletadas na Ilha de Maracá e na Serra de Pacaraima, Roraima, Brasil, fronteira com a Venezuela. Fidena schildi (Hine). Esenbeckia prasiniventris (Macquart) e Tabanus unimacula (Kroeber) são registradas pela primeira vez no Brasil e duas espécies novas são descritas: Catachlorops bindai e Stypomnisa vidali. O macho de Tabanus sannio Fairchild é descrito. Alguns dados ecológicos são apresentados

Checklist das espécies de mutucas (Diptera, Tabanidae) do estado do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil

It is presented a list of horseflies species from the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. It is listed 73 species and three subspecies, allocated in 21 genera, five tribes and three subfamilies, with their distribution records. © 2017, Fundacao Zoobotanica do Rio Grande do Sul. All rights reserved