Estrutura de comunidade e variabilidade genetica de ascidias coloniais do entremares rochoso

Orientadores: Luiz Francisco Lembo Duarte, Vera Nisaka SolferiniDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de BiologiaMestradoEcologiaMestre em Ecologi

A identidade do colonizador e riqueza do momento inicial da colonização afetando a estrutura e diversidade de comunidades incrustantes ao longo da sucessão

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP

Como predadores de diferentes tamanhos e o estágio de desenvolvimento no qual a comunidade é predada influenciam a estrutura de comunidades incrustantes marinhas?

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) - Proc. 2013/11286-

Climacteric syndrome in a Northeastern Brazilian city: a household survey

PURPOSE:To assess the prevalence of Climacteric Syndrome (CS) in women from a municipality of Northeastern Brazil which is less developed socioeconomically.METHODS:A prospective household survey was performed in S&#227;o Lu&#237;s, Maranh&#227;o, Brazil with 1,210 climacteric women aged 45 to 60 years. Interviews were applied using previously tested standard questionnaires from April to July 2008. The severity of climacteric symptoms was analyzed by circulatory and psychological indexes and the latter were associated with menopausal status. Multiple correspondence analysis was used to assess the relation among climacteric symptoms.RESULTS:Most patients were 55 to 60 years old (35.3%), mulatto (37.9%), with 9-11 years of schooling (39.8%), with a partner (56%), Catholic (73.9%) and belonged to the socioeconomic class C (51.1%). The prevalence of CS was 85.9%, and hot flashes (56.4%) and sweating (50.4%) were the most prevalent symptoms. The most frequent psychological symptoms were nervousness (45%) and emotional liability (44.8%). The severity of vasomotor and psychological symptoms was significantly higher during the peri and postmenopausal period (p&lt;0.05). Vaginal dryness (62.7%) was the most prevalent urogenital complaint.CONCLUSION:The prevalence of CS was high among women from S&#227;o Lu&#237;s, Maranh&#227;o, Brazil.OBJETIVO:Avaliar a prevalência da Síndrome Climatérica (SC) em mulheres de São Luís, Maranhão, uma das regiões menos desenvolvidas do Nordeste brasileiro.MÉTODOS:Estudo descritivo e exploratório de corte transversal, tipo inquérito populacional domiciliar. Foram selecionadas 1.210 mulheres climatéricas de 45 a 60 anos de idade em São Luís, Maranhão, Brasil. As entrevistas foram aplicadas por meio de questionários, no período de abril a julho de 2008, contendo variáveis sociodemográficas, status menopausal e intensidade dos sintomas climatéricos (índices circulatório e psicológico), sendo que para estes últimos foi realizada a sua associação com os períodos pré e pós-menopausal. A técnica de Análise Correspondência Múltipla (ACM) foi utilizada para avaliar a inter-relação entre os sintomas climatéricos.RESULTADOS:A maioria das pacientes tinha entre 55 a 60 anos (35,3%), era de cor parda (37,9%), com 9 a 11 anos de escolaridade (39,8%), com parceiro (56%), católica (73,9%) e de classe social C (51,1%). A prevalência da SC foi de 85,9%, destacando-se fogachos (56,4%) e sudorese (50,4%) como os sintomas vasomotores mais prevalentes. Os sintomas psicológicos mais frequentes foram nervosismo (45%) e irritabilidade (44,8%). Houve predomínio do ressecamento vaginal (62,7%) como a queixa urogenital mais prevalente. A intensidade dos sintomas vasomotores e psicológicos foi significativamente mais elevada nas fases de peri e pós-menopausa (p<0,05).CONCLUSÃO:A prevalência da SC foi elevada em mulheres dessa cidade do Nordeste do Brasil.16316

A list of land plants of Parque Nacional do Caparaó, Brazil, highlights the presence of sampling gaps within this protected area

Brazilian protected areas are essential for plant conservation in the Atlantic Forest domain, one of the 36 global biodiversity hotspots. A major challenge for improving conservation actions is to know the plant richness, protected by these areas. Online databases offer an accessible way to build plant species lists and to provide relevant information about biodiversity. A list of land plants of “Parque Nacional do Caparaó” (PNC) was previously built using online databases and published on the website "Catálogo de Plantas das Unidades de Conservação do Brasil." Here, we provide and discuss additional information about plant species richness, endemism and conservation in the PNC that could not be included in the List. We documented 1,791 species of land plants as occurring in PNC, of which 63 are cited as threatened (CR, EN or VU) by the Brazilian National Red List, seven as data deficient (DD) and five as priorities for conservation. Fifity-one species were possible new ocurrences for ES and MG states

Differential cross section measurements for the production of a W boson in association with jets in proton–proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV

Measurements are reported of differential cross sections for the production of a W boson, which decays into a muon and a neutrino, in association with jets, as a function of several variables, including the transverse momenta (pT) and pseudorapidities of the four leading jets, the scalar sum of jet transverse momenta (HT), and the difference in azimuthal angle between the directions of each jet and the muon. The data sample of pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV was collected with the CMS detector at the LHC and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb[superscript −1]. The measured cross sections are compared to predictions from Monte Carlo generators, MadGraph + pythia and sherpa, and to next-to-leading-order calculations from BlackHat + sherpa. The differential cross sections are found to be in agreement with the predictions, apart from the pT distributions of the leading jets at high pT values, the distributions of the HT at high-HT and low jet multiplicity, and the distribution of the difference in azimuthal angle between the leading jet and the muon at low values.United States. Dept. of EnergyNational Science Foundation (U.S.)Alfred P. Sloan Foundatio

Juxtaposing BTE and ATE – on the role of the European insurance industry in funding civil litigation

One of the ways in which legal services are financed, and indeed shaped, is through private insurance arrangement. Two contrasting types of legal expenses insurance contracts (LEI) seem to dominate in Europe: before the event (BTE) and after the event (ATE) legal expenses insurance. Notwithstanding institutional differences between different legal systems, BTE and ATE insurance arrangements may be instrumental if government policy is geared towards strengthening a market-oriented system of financing access to justice for individuals and business. At the same time, emphasizing the role of a private industry as a keeper of the gates to justice raises issues of accountability and transparency, not readily reconcilable with demands of competition. Moreover, multiple actors (clients, lawyers, courts, insurers) are involved, causing behavioural dynamics which are not easily predicted or influenced. Against this background, this paper looks into BTE and ATE arrangements by analysing the particularities of BTE and ATE arrangements currently available in some European jurisdictions and by painting a picture of their respective markets and legal contexts. This allows for some reflection on the performance of BTE and ATE providers as both financiers and keepers. Two issues emerge from the analysis that are worthy of some further reflection. Firstly, there is the problematic long-term sustainability of some ATE products. Secondly, the challenges faced by policymakers that would like to nudge consumers into voluntarily taking out BTE LEI

Penilaian Kinerja Keuangan Koperasi di Kabupaten Pelalawan

This paper describe development and financial performance of cooperative in District Pelalawan among 2007 - 2008. Studies on primary and secondary cooperative in 12 sub-districts. Method in this stady use performance measuring of productivity, efficiency, growth, liquidity, and solvability of cooperative. Productivity of cooperative in Pelalawan was highly but efficiency still low. Profit and income were highly, even liquidity of cooperative very high, and solvability was good