Ethics and Design in the Brazilian Context

Often driven by practical and immediate requirements, more and more people are incorporating technology into a variety of aspects of their lives, often without reflecting on the consequences of using them. On the other hand, studies on interactive system development that lead to behavioral change have been gaining ground on the agenda of large HCI conferences. This movement brings to the forefront the fundamental issues of ethics in design and technology use. A designer’s intentions, when directing certain actions or behaviors, are not always explicit or desired by the stakeholders affected by the use of the technology. Systems that induce an undesired purchase, or even those that use conditioning strategies to cause a behavioral change are examples of such intentions. The challenge proposed is therefore about the relationship between design and personal freedom in a way that these technology users do not become victims, either passively or submissively, of the effects of its use. This advance allows for the redefinition of the relationship between man and technology, and the application of new forms of designing and developing interactive systems that take into account the ethical aspects of this relationship

Thermal instability of an expanding dusty plasma with equilibrium cooling

We present an analysis of radiation induced instabilities in an expanding plasma with considerable presence of dust particles and equilibrium cooling. We have shown that the equilibrium expansion and cooling destabilize the radiation condensation modes and the presence of dust particles enhances this effect. We have examined our results in the context of ionized, dusty-plasma environments such as those found in planetary nebulae (PNe). We show that due to the non-static equilibrium and finite equilibrium cooling, small-scale localized structures formed out of thermal instability, become transient, which agrees with the observational results. The dust-charge fluctuation is found to heavily suppress these instabilities, though in view of non-availability of convincing experimental data, a definitive conclusion could not be made.Comment: 23 pages, 14 figure

Práticas de agricultura sustentável realizadas em comunidades tradicionais sob área de várzea em Parintins-AM.

Este trabalho caracterizou as práticas utilizadas no manejo dos recursos naturais no ecossistema de várzea do Município de Parintins - AM. Para a coleta de informações do trabalho foram entrevistados oito agricultores de duas comunidades da região do Paraná de Parintins, sendo aplicados questionários semi-estruturados e visitas nas áreas de cultivo. Por meio dos dados e observações foi verificado o uso de várias práticas de agricultura de base sustentável no sistema de produção da agricultura tradicional. Dentre outras práticas, destacam-se: o manejo alternativo de pragas, o plantio consorciado e o manejo da matéria orgânica do solo

Relative contribution of biotic and abiotic factors to the population density of the cassava green mite, Mononychellus tanajoa (Acari: Tetranychidae).

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Stellar parameters for stars of the CoRoT exoplanet field

Aims:To support the computation and evolutionary interpretation of periods associated with the rotational modulation, oscillations, and variability of stars located in the CoRoT fields, we are conducting a spectroscopic survey for stars located in the fields already observed by the satellite. These observations allow us to compute physical and chemical parameters for our stellar sample. Method: Using spectroscopic observations obtained with UVES/VLT and Hydra/Blanco, and based on standard analysis techniques, we computed physical and chemical parameters ($T_{\rm{eff}}$, $\log \,(g)$, $\rm{[Fe/H]}$, $v_{\rm{mic}}$, $v_{\rm{rad}}$, $v \sin \,(i)$, and $A(\rm{Li})$) for a large sample of CoRoT targets. Results: We provide physical and chemical parameters for a sample comprised of 138 CoRoT targets. Our analysis shows the stars in our sample are located in different evolutionary stages, ranging from the main sequence to the red giant branch, and range in spectral type from F to K. The physical and chemical properties for the stellar sample are in agreement with typical values reported for FGK stars. However, we report three stars presenting abnormal lithium behavior in the CoRoT fields. These parameters allow us to properly characterize the intrinsic properties of the stars in these fields. Our results reveal important differences in the distributions of metallicity, $T_{\rm eff}$, and evolutionary status for stars belonging to different CoRoT fields, in agreement with results obtained independently from ground-based photometric surveys. Conclusions: Our spectroscopic catalog, by providing much-needed spectroscopic information for a large sample of CoRoT targets, will be of key importance for the successful accomplishment of several different programs related to the CoRoT mission, thus it will help further boost the scientific return associated with this space mission.Comment: 43 pages, 17 figures, accepted for publication in A&

Avaliação cachos em genótipos de Oenocarpus Mapora karsten.

Oenocarpus mapora Karsten, conhecida por bacabi é uma palmeira perene nativa da Amazônia, cujos frutos são consumidos na Amazônia. Apesar de seus frutos possuírem excelentes características organolépticas, com perspectivas agroindustriais para polpa processada e na produção de azeite, similar ao de oliva ainda é carente de estudos que possam contribuir para seu uso em escala comercial. O objetivo deste trabalho foi utilizar cachos para avaliar genótipos de bacabi. Foram avaliados cachos com frutos em plena maturação de 16 genótipos de bacabi pertencentes ao Banco de Germoplasma de Bacabas (BAG ? Bacabas) da Embrapa Amazônia Oriental. Os cachos foram avaliados por seis caracteres. Os dados obtidos foram analisados por estatística descritiva. Os cachos pesaram, em média, 1,8 kg com 1,1 kg representando frutos, com 49,6 ráquilas, 13,1 cm de comprimento, 464,3 g para peso de cem frutos e 59,2% de rendimento de frutos por cacho. Todos os caracteres exibiram consideráveis variações. Nove genótipos tiveram excelente rendimento de frutos por cacho e dois deles apresentaram frutos pequenos, características desejáveis ao mercado de polpa. Com base no exposto, pode se considerar preliminarmente que os genótipos de bacabi mostram potencialidades.VII ENAAG