Implantação do laboratório de moscas-das-frutas na Empresa Baiana de Desenvolvimento Agrícola.

A fruticultura baiana vem se destacando como um dos mais importantes segmentos da agropecuária. Entretanto, a ocorrência de pragas é considerada como um dos entraves ao seu desenvolvimento, e em especial à exportação de frutas ao mercado externo.PDF. 151_11

Significance and insights from indigenous communities in Latin America: Cultural and societal factors and challenges in UNESCO Global Geoparks

[ENG] UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGps) are territories deeply committed to promoting sustainable development through close partnership with local communities. This commitment extends to the appreciation and preservation of both the natural (biotic and abiotic) and cultural (tangible and intangible) heritage. Special emphasis is placed on the practices and rituals associated with the cosmovision of these societies, highlighting their unique and intrinsic relationship with the dynamics of the Planet. This chapter presents various examples of this reality within Latin American UGGps, delving into the similarities and differences among these territories to showcase best practices in preserving and strengthening local cultural and social aspects. At the same time, it acknowledges the difficulties and challenges inherent in such endeavors. The overarching goal is to contribute to the promotion of social cohesion, ethics, respect for cultural diversity, and human creativity, fostering connections within communities and individuals.[ESP] Los Geoparques Mundiales de la UNESCO (UGGps) son territorios profundamente comprometidos con la promoción del desarrollo sostenible a través de una estrecha colaboración con las comunidades locales. Este compromiso se extiende a la valoración y preservación tanto del patrimonio natural (biótico y abiótico) como del cultural (tangible e intangible). Se pone especial énfasis en las prácticas y rituales asociados con la cosmovisión de estas sociedades, destacando su relación única e intrínseca con las dinámicas del planeta. Este capítulo presenta varios ejemplos de esta realidad en los UGGps de América Latina, profundizando en las similitudes y diferencias entre estos territorios para mostrar las mejores prácticas en la preservación y fortalecimiento de los aspectos culturales y sociales locales. Al mismo tiempo, se reconocen las dificultades y desafíos inherentes a tales esfuerzos. El objetivo principal es contribuir a la promoción de la cohesión social, la ética, el respeto por la diversidad cultural y la creatividad humana, fomentando conexiones dentro de las comunidades y entre los individuos

TDAH e dor crônica: uma revisão sistemática da literatura / TDAH and chronic pain: a systematic review of the literature

Introdução: O transtorno de déficit de atenção/hiperatividade (TDAH) é uma síndrome psiquiátrica de alta prevalência em crianças e adolescentes, mas também presente na fase adulta, sendo que nesta fase é altamente negligenciada pela sociedade. A TDAH apresenta critérios clínicos operacionais bem estabelecidos pela comunidade psiquiátrica tendo seu diagnostico formalizado pela comunidade, assim como o tratamento medicamentoso e terapêutico. Estudos recentes mostram a maior suscetibilidade de pacientes portadores de TDAH a desenvolverem dores crônicas, devido a um mecanismo de ação semelhante no organismo humano nas duas doenças. Objetivo: Analisar a relação entre TDAH e variáveis de dores córnicas. Metodologia: Resumo expandido do tipo revisão sistemática, com artigos publicados nos últimos 14 anos. Utilizou o PubMed e a Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde com os descritores “(ADHD OR Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) AND (Pain OR chronic pain)”. Resultados e Discussão: Após a leitura dos artigos pré-selecionados foi identificado uma relação intrínseca entre pacientes portadores TDAH e dores cronicas, estando essa relação vinculada a desregulação do neurotransmissor dopamina nestes pacientes. Conclusão: A TDAH é uma doença muito subdiagnosticada levando diverso pacientes a não terem o tratamento adequado e como consequência intensificação os problemas físicos e psiquiátricos que acompanham a TDAH, como as dores córnicas

Highlights from the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Observatory is the world's largest cosmic ray observatory. Our current exposure reaches nearly 40,000 km$^2$ str and provides us with an unprecedented quality data set. The performance and stability of the detectors and their enhancements are described. Data analyses have led to a number of major breakthroughs. Among these we discuss the energy spectrum and the searches for large-scale anisotropies. We present analyses of our X$_{max}$ data and show how it can be interpreted in terms of mass composition. We also describe some new analyses that extract mass sensitive parameters from the 100% duty cycle SD data. A coherent interpretation of all these recent results opens new directions. The consequences regarding the cosmic ray composition and the properties of UHECR sources are briefly discussed.Comment: 9 pages, 12 figures, talk given at the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Rio de Janeiro 201

A search for point sources of EeV photons

Measurements of air showers made using the hybrid technique developed with the fluorescence and surface detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory allow a sensitive search for point sources of EeV photons anywhere in the exposed sky. A multivariate analysis reduces the background of hadronic cosmic rays. The search is sensitive to a declination band from -85{\deg} to +20{\deg}, in an energy range from 10^17.3 eV to 10^18.5 eV. No photon point source has been detected. An upper limit on the photon flux has been derived for every direction. The mean value of the energy flux limit that results from this, assuming a photon spectral index of -2, is 0.06 eV cm^-2 s^-1, and no celestial direction exceeds 0.25 eV cm^-2 s^-1. These upper limits constrain scenarios in which EeV cosmic ray protons are emitted by non-transient sources in the Galaxy.Comment: 28 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journa

Reconstruction of inclined air showers detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory

We describe the method devised to reconstruct inclined cosmic-ray air showers with zenith angles greater than $60^\circ$ detected with the surface array of the Pierre Auger Observatory. The measured signals at the ground level are fitted to muon density distributions predicted with atmospheric cascade models to obtain the relative shower size as an overall normalization parameter. The method is evaluated using simulated showers to test its performance. The energy of the cosmic rays is calibrated using a sub-sample of events reconstructed with both the fluorescence and surface array techniques. The reconstruction method described here provides the basis of complementary analyses including an independent measurement of the energy spectrum of ultra-high energy cosmic rays using very inclined events collected by the Pierre Auger Observatory.Comment: 27 pages, 19 figures, accepted for publication in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP

Calibration of the Logarithmic-Periodic Dipole Antenna (LPDA) Radio Stations at the Pierre Auger Observatory using an Octocopter

An in-situ calibration of a logarithmic periodic dipole antenna with a frequency coverage of 30 MHz to 80 MHz is performed. Such antennas are part of a radio station system used for detection of cosmic ray induced air showers at the Engineering Radio Array of the Pierre Auger Observatory, the so-called Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA). The directional and frequency characteristics of the broadband antenna are investigated using a remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) carrying a small transmitting antenna. The antenna sensitivity is described by the vector effective length relating the measured voltage with the electric-field components perpendicular to the incoming signal direction. The horizontal and meridional components are determined with an overall uncertainty of 7.4^{+0.9}_{-0.3} % and 10.3^{+2.8}_{-1.7} % respectively. The measurement is used to correct a simulated response of the frequency and directional response of the antenna. In addition, the influence of the ground conductivity and permittivity on the antenna response is simulated. Both have a negligible influence given the ground conditions measured at the detector site. The overall uncertainties of the vector effective length components result in an uncertainty of 8.8^{+2.1}_{-1.3} % in the square root of the energy fluence for incoming signal directions with zenith angles smaller than 60{\deg}.Comment: Published version. Updated online abstract only. Manuscript is unchanged with respect to v2. 39 pages, 15 figures, 2 table

Multi-resolution anisotropy studies of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays detected at the Pierre Auger Observatory

We report a multi-resolution search for anisotropies in the arrival directions of cosmic rays detected at the Pierre Auger Observatory with local zenith angles up to $80^\circ$ and energies in excess of 4 EeV ($4 \times 10^{18}$ eV). This search is conducted by measuring the angular power spectrum and performing a needlet wavelet analysis in two independent energy ranges. Both analyses are complementary since the angular power spectrum achieves a better performance in identifying large-scale patterns while the needlet wavelet analysis, considering the parameters used in this work, presents a higher efficiency in detecting smaller-scale anisotropies, potentially providing directional information on any observed anisotropies. No deviation from isotropy is observed on any angular scale in the energy range between 4 and 8 EeV. Above 8 EeV, an indication for a dipole moment is captured; while no other deviation from isotropy is observed for moments beyond the dipole one. The corresponding $p$-values obtained after accounting for searches blindly performed at several angular scales, are $1.3 \times 10^{-5}$ in the case of the angular power spectrum, and $2.5 \times 10^{-3}$ in the case of the needlet analysis. While these results are consistent with previous reports making use of the same data set, they provide extensions of the previous works through the thorough scans of the angular scales.Comment: Published version. Added journal reference and DOI. Added Report Numbe