Helenismo versus judaísmo: Limites e tensões do corpus paulinus

Ao realizarmos uma análise dos escritos paulinos sob os aspectos dasua forma e conteúdo, percebemos, de forma clara, a influência daformação judaica no pensamento do apóstolo Paulo, sobretudo suautilização da Haggadá na explicação dos fatos históricos e da Halakhána interpretação dos textos ligados à lei judaica. Paralelo a essa questão,evidenciamos alguns limites e tensões provocados por essa influênciajudaica em relação à contribuição da cultura helênica na teologia paulina.Portanto, os elementos judaicos juntamente com as influências helênicasrepresentam uma força decisiva na modelagem da doutrina e naconstrução do que conhecemos como Corpus Paulinus

Novos desafios do fazer teológico para um novo contexto social

Neste artigo, procuramos trabalhar, em nível de ensaio, os novos desdobramentosdo fazer teológico e os desafios que lhe são impostos dentro do nossocontexto histórico atual. O texto se propõe fazer uma leitura, a partir das ciênciassociais, do novo papel da teologia e/ou teólogos que procuram apresentar umavisão equilibrada e contextualizada à atualidade, imprimindo, assim, o seu caráterrelevante na interpretação do cenário sócio-religioso da contemporaneidade

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 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

Impact of COVID-19 on cardiovascular testing in the United States versus the rest of the world

Objectives: This study sought to quantify and compare the decline in volumes of cardiovascular procedures between the United States and non-US institutions during the early phase of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the care of many non-COVID-19 illnesses. Reductions in diagnostic cardiovascular testing around the world have led to concerns over the implications of reduced testing for cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality. Methods: Data were submitted to the INCAPS-COVID (International Atomic Energy Agency Non-Invasive Cardiology Protocols Study of COVID-19), a multinational registry comprising 909 institutions in 108 countries (including 155 facilities in 40 U.S. states), assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on volumes of diagnostic cardiovascular procedures. Data were obtained for April 2020 and compared with volumes of baseline procedures from March 2019. We compared laboratory characteristics, practices, and procedure volumes between U.S. and non-U.S. facilities and between U.S. geographic regions and identified factors associated with volume reduction in the United States. Results: Reductions in the volumes of procedures in the United States were similar to those in non-U.S. facilities (68% vs. 63%, respectively; p = 0.237), although U.S. facilities reported greater reductions in invasive coronary angiography (69% vs. 53%, respectively; p < 0.001). Significantly more U.S. facilities reported increased use of telehealth and patient screening measures than non-U.S. facilities, such as temperature checks, symptom screenings, and COVID-19 testing. Reductions in volumes of procedures differed between U.S. regions, with larger declines observed in the Northeast (76%) and Midwest (74%) than in the South (62%) and West (44%). Prevalence of COVID-19, staff redeployments, outpatient centers, and urban centers were associated with greater reductions in volume in U.S. facilities in a multivariable analysis. Conclusions: We observed marked reductions in U.S. cardiovascular testing in the early phase of the pandemic and significant variability between U.S. regions. The association between reductions of volumes and COVID-19 prevalence in the United States highlighted the need for proactive efforts to maintain access to cardiovascular testing in areas most affected by outbreaks of COVID-19 infection

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

Irrigation levels and genotypes on banana tree fruits quality and yield

v. 41, n. 2, p. 155-162, abr./jun. 2011.Submitted by Marlene Santos ([email protected]) on 2013-12-19T16:38:58Z No. of bitstreams: 1 9041-55103-2-PB.pdf: 258748 bytes, checksum: b45c0af564e0787a1346aec87c0c9282 (MD5)Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Alves Ferreira ([email protected]) on 2014-02-10T10:51:40Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 9041-55103-2-PB.pdf: 258748 bytes, checksum: b45c0af564e0787a1346aec87c0c9282 (MD5)Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Alves Ferreira ([email protected]) on 2014-02-10T11:14:15Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 9041-55103-2-PB.pdf: 258748 bytes, checksum: b45c0af564e0787a1346aec87c0c9282 (MD5)Made available in DSpace on 2014-02-10T11:14:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 9041-55103-2-PB.pdf: 258748 bytes, checksum: b45c0af564e0787a1346aec87c0c9282 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-06-30Programa de Apoio à Publicação de Periódicos Científicos- PROAPUPECBrazil is the fourth biggest banana producer. However, its social function is more important than the economic one. In this study, the productive features of banana tree genotypes, under different irrigation levels, and the sensorial characteristic for taste of ripe fruits were evaluated. The experiment was carried out from January 2004 to July 2005, with the following genotypes: false FHIA 18, Grand Naine, Prata, and Thap Maeo. After resting for two days in a cold chamber, the fruits were evaluated in the third, fourth and fifth days, for determining the preferred sample. The four genotypes presented significant results to irrigation. The water levels effect was verified in the weight of the bunch, rachis, and hands, and in the total number of fruits, bunch length and number of hands. The weight of the bunch and hands, and the total number of fruits, in the false FHIA 18, Grand Naine, and Thap Maeo genotypes, presented similar responses, except for the weight of bunch and hands, in Thap Maeo. The effect of the water levels among the genotypes occurred on most variables, except for the weight and the number of fruits of the second hand and diameter of the central fruit. False FHIA 18 presented more variables influenced by the irrigation levels and, for Prata, the only influence occurred in the number of hands. The irrigation positively influenced the productive characteristics of the false FHIA 18, Grand Naine, and Thap Maeo banana trees, which showed to be promising for the Brazilian savannah region. Consumers prefer the Prata and Grand Naine genotypes.O Brasil ocupa a quarta posição no ranking dos países produtores de banana. Contudo, maior que sua importância econômica, é sua função social. Neste estudo, foram avaliadas as características produtivas de genótipos de bananeira, sob diferentes lâminas de irrigação, e a característica sensorial de sabor de frutos maduros. O experimento foi conduzido de janeiro de 2004 a julho de 2005, com os genótipos falsa FHIA 18, Grande Naine, Prata e Thap Maeo. Após dois dias de descanso em câmara fria, os frutos foram avaliados no terceiro, quarto e quinto dias, para determinação da amostra preferida. Os quatro genótipos apresentaram respostas significativas à irrigação. O efeito das lâminas foi verificado na massa do cacho, da ráquis e das pencas, e no número total de frutos, comprimento do cacho e número de pencas. A massa do cacho e das pencas e o número total de frutos, nos genótipos falsa FHIA 18, Grande Naine e Thap Maeo, apresentaram resposta semelhante, exceto para a massa do cacho e das pencas, em Thap Maeo. O efeito das lâminas dentro de genótipos ocorreu para as demais variáveis, exceto para a massa e o número de frutos da segunda penca e diâmetro do fruto central. Falsa FHIA 18 teve mais variáveis influenciadas pelas lâminas de irrigação, enquanto, para Prata, somente ocorreu influência na variável número de pencas. A irrigação influenciou positivamente as características produtivas das bananeiras falsa FHIA 18, Grande Naine e Thap Maeo, que se mostraram promissoras para a região do Cerrado. Os genótipos Prata e Grande Naine são os preferidos pelos consumidores

IRRIGATION LEVELS AND GENOTYPES ON BANANA TREE FRUITS QUALITY AND YIELD LÂMINAS DE IRRIGAÇÃO E GENÓTIPOS NA PRODUÇÃO E QUALIDADE DE FRUTOS DE BANANEIRA

Brazil is the fourth biggest banana producer. However, its social function is more important than the economic one. In this study, the productive features of banana tree genotypes, under different irrigation levels, and the sensorial characteristic for taste of ripe fruits were evaluated. The experiment was carried out from January 2004 to July 2005, with the following genotypes: false FHIA 18, Grand Naine, Prata, and Thap Maeo. After resting for two days in a cold chamber, the fruits were evaluated in the third, fourth and fifth days, for determining the preferred sample. The four genotypes presented significant results to irrigation. The water levels effect was verified in the weight of the bunch, rachis, and hands, and in the total number of fruits, bunch length and number of hands. The weight of the bunch and hands, and the total number of fruits, in the false FHIA 18, Grand Naine, and Thap Maeo genotypes, presented similar responses, except for the weight of bunch and hands, in Thap Maeo.  The effect of the water levels among the genotypes occurred on most variables, except for the weight and the number of fruits of the second hand and diameter of the central fruit. False FHIA 18 presented more variables influenced by the irrigation levels and, for Prata, the only influence occurred in the number of hands. The irrigation positively influenced the productive characteristics of the false FHIA 18, Grand Naine, and Thap Maeo banana trees, which showed to be promising for the Brazilian savannah region. Consumers prefer the Prata and Grand Naine genotypes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;KEY-WORDS: Musa sp.; Grand Naine; false FHIA 18; Thap Maeo.&lt;p style="text-align: justify !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;O Brasil ocupa a quarta posição no ranking dos países produtores de banana. Contudo, maior que sua importância econômica, é sua função social. Neste estudo, foram avaliadas as características produtivas de genótipos de bananeira, sob diferentes lâminas de irrigação, e a característica sensorial de sabor de frutos maduros. O experimento foi conduzido de janeiro de 2004 a julho de 2005, com os genótipos falsa FHIA 18, Grande Naine, Prata e Thap Maeo. Após dois dias de descanso em câmara fria, os frutos foram avaliados no terceiro, quarto e quinto dias, para determinação da amostra preferida. Os quatro genótipos apresentaram respostas significativas à irrigação. O efeito das lâminas foi verificado na massa do cacho, da ráquis e das pencas, e no número total de frutos, comprimento do cacho e número de pencas. A massa do cacho e das pencas e o número total de frutos, nos genótipos falsa FHIA 18, Grande Naine e Thap Maeo, apresentaram resposta semelhante, exceto para a massa do cacho e das pencas, em Thap Maeo. O efeito das lâminas dentro de genótipos ocorreu para as demais variáveis, exceto para a massa e o número de frutos da segunda penca e diâmetro do fruto central. Falsa FHIA 18 teve mais variáveis influenciadas pelas lâminas de irrigação, enquanto, para Prata, somente ocorreu influência na variável número de pencas. A irrigação influenciou positivamente as características produtivas das bananeiras falsa FHIA 18, Grande Naine e Thap Maeo, que se mostraram promissoras para a região do Cerrado. Os genótipos Prata e Grande Naine são os preferidos pelos consumidores.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="western"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Musa sp.; Grande Naine; Falsa FHIA 18; Thap Maeo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt

Plastic pollution on the world's coral reefs

Coral reefs are losing the capacity to sustain their biological functions. In addition to other well-known stressors, such as climatic change and overfishing1, plastic pollution is an emerging threat to coral reefs, spreading throughout reef food webs2, and increasing disease transmission and structural damage to reef organisms3. Although recognized as a global concern4, the distribution and quantity of plastics trapped in the world's coral reefs remains uncertain3. Here we survey 84 shallow and deep coral ecosystems at 25 locations across the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian ocean basins for anthropogenic macrodebris (pollution by human-generated objects larger than 5 centimetres, including plastics), performing 1,231 transects. Our results show anthropogenic debris in 77 out of the 84 reefs surveyed, including in some of Earth's most remote and near-pristine reefs, such as in uninhabited central Pacific atolls. Macroplastics represent 88% of the anthropogenic debris, and, like other debris types, peak in deeper reefs (mesophotic zones at 30-150 metres depth), with fishing activities as the main source of plastics in most areas. These findings contrast with the global pattern observed in other nearshore marine ecosystems, where macroplastic densities decrease with depth and are dominated by consumer items5. As the world moves towards a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution6, understanding its distribution and drivers provides key information to help to design the strategies needed to address this ubiquitous threat