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

Facial grimacing como pista para o diagnóstico de gangliosidose GM1 tipo 3

Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia Ambulatório de Neurologia GeralUNIFESP, Depto. de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia Ambulatório de Neurologia GeralSciEL

Errors in kinematic distances and our image of the Milky Way Galaxy

Errors in the kinematic distances, under the assumption of circular gas orbits, were estimated by performing synthetic observations of a model disk galaxy. It was found that the error is < 0.5 kpc for most of the disk when the measured rotation curve was used, but larger if the real rotation curve is applied. In both cases, the error is significantly larger at the positions of the spiral arms. The error structure is such that, when kinematic distances are used to develope a picture of the large scale density distribution, the most significant features of the numerical model are significantly distorted or absent, while spurious structure appears. By considering the full velocity field in the calculation of the kinematic distances, most of the original density structures can be recovered.Comment: Accepted for publication in A

Quantifying Quantum Correlations in Fermionic Systems using Witness Operators

We present a method to quantify quantum correlations in arbitrary systems of indistinguishable fermions using witness operators. The method associates the problem of finding the optimal entan- glement witness of a state with a class of problems known as semidefinite programs (SDPs), which can be solved efficiently with arbitrary accuracy. Based on these optimal witnesses, we introduce a measure of quantum correlations which has an interpretation analogous to the Generalized Robust- ness of entanglement. We also extend the notion of quantum discord to the case of indistinguishable fermions, and propose a geometric quantifier, which is compared to our entanglement measure. Our numerical results show a remarkable equivalence between the proposed Generalized Robustness and the Schliemann concurrence, which are equal for pure states. For mixed states, the Schliemann con- currence presents itself as an upper bound for the Generalized Robustness. The quantum discord is also found to be an upper bound for the entanglement.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures, Accepted for publication in Quantum Information Processin

Aumento da vida útil pós colheita de pedúnculos de cajueiro anão precoce pela redução da temperatura de armazenamento.

Conduziu-se este estudo, realizado no Laboratório de Fisiologia e Tecnologia Pós-Colheita da Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical em Fortaleza (CE), com o objetivo de aumentar o tempo de conservação pós-colheita de pedúnculos dos clones CCP 76 e END 183 de cajueiro anão precoce por meio da redução da temperatura de armazenamento. Foi adotado um fatorial em delineamento inteiramente casualizado, cujos fatores foram os clones e o tempo de armazenamento (0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 e 30 dias), avaliados em três repetições. Os frutos, colhidos manualmente, no início da manhã, no Município de Beberibe, Ceará, foram acondicionados em caixas plásticas ainda no campo e transportados para o laboratório onde, acondicionados em bandejas de isopor, foram armazenados a 3,4 ± 0,6ºC e umidade relativa de 85 ± 11%, sob atmosfera modificada. Os parâmetros avaliados foram perda de massa, aparência, cor da película, firmeza da polpa, sólidos solúveis totais, pH, acidez total titulável, SST/ATT, ácido ascórbico, açúcares solúveis totais, antocianinas totais e fenólicos. Os resultados mostraram que os pedúnculos do clone CCP 76 têm vida útil pós-colheita de 18 dias, enquanto o END 183, de 28 dias, ambos com reduzida perda de massa, firmeza e antocianinas totais

Optically Thick Radio Cores of Narrow-Waist Bipolar Nebulae

We report our search for optically thick radio cores in sixteen narrow-waist bipolar nebulae. Optically thick cores are a characteristic signature of collimated ionized winds. Eleven northern nebulae were observed with the Very Large Array (VLA) at 1.3 cm and 0.7 cm, and five southern nebulae were observed with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) at 6 cm and 3.6 cm. Two northern objects, 19W32 and M 1-91, and three southern objects, He 2-25, He 2-84 and Mz 3, were found to exhibit a compact radio core with a rising spectrum consistent with an ionized jet. Such jets have been seen in M 2-9 and may be responsible for shaping bipolar structure in planetary nebulae.Comment: 29 pages, accepted for publication in Ap

Dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibition upregulates GLUT4 translocation and expression in heart and skeletal muscle of spontaneously hypertensive rats

The purpose of the current study was to test the hypothesis that the dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV) inhibitor sitagliptin, which exerts anti-hyperglycemic and anti-hypertensive effects, upregulates GLUT4 translocation, protein levels, and/or mRNA expression in heart and skeletal muscle of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). Ten days of treatment with sitagliptin (40 mg/kg twice daily) decreased plasma DPPIV activity in both young (Y, 5-week-old) and adult (A, 20-week-old) SHRs to similar extents ( similar to 85%). However, DPPIV inhibition only lowered blood pressure in Y-SHRs (119 +/- 3 vs. 136 +/- 4 mmHg). GLUT4 translocation, total protein levels and mRNA expression were decreased in the heart, soleus and gastrocnemius muscle of SHRs compared to age-matched Wistar Kyoto (WKY) normotensive rats. These differences were much more pronounced between A-SHRs and A-WKY rats than between Y-SHRs and Y-WKY rats. in Y-SHRs, sitagliptin normalized GLUT4 expression in the heart, soleus and gastrocnemius. in A-SHRs, sitagliptin increased GLUT4 expression to levels that were even higher than those of A-WKY rats. Sitagliptin enhanced the circulating levels of the DPPIV substrate glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) in SHRs. in addition, stimulation of the GLP-1 receptor in cardiomyocytes isolated from SHRs increased the protein level of GLUT4 by 154 +/- 13%. Collectively, these results indicate that DPPIV inhibition upregulates GLUT4 in heart and skeletal muscle of SHRs. the underlying mechanism of sitagliptin-induced upregulation of GLUT4 in SHRs may be, at least partially, attributed to GLP-1. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Fac Med ABC, Dept Morphol & Physiol, São Paulo, BrazilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Med, São Paulo, BrazilUniv São Paulo Med Sch, Inst Heart, Lab Genet & Mol Cardiol, BR-05403900 São Paulo, BrazilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Med, São Paulo, BrazilFAPESP: 2007/52945-8CNPq: 480775/2007-9Web of Scienc

Previsão de indicadores econômicos individuais na pecuária leiteira.

O presente trabalho objetivou a obtenção de um modelo preditivo e didático capaz de representar a influência dos indicadores de desempenho da produção leiteira nos aspectos econômicos da atividade.SBIAGRO

Reprodução e engorda do pirarucu: levantamento de processos produtivos e tecnologias.

Dados gerais das pisciculturas de reprodução e engorda. Propriedades de reprodução: número médio de reprodutores e idade; origem dos reprodutores por bacias hidrográficas; estruturas de cultivo, densidade de estocagem e casais formados; manejo alimentar de reprodutores; monitoramento da qualidade da água e fertilização dos viveiros e barragens; manejos no acasalamento e comportamento reprodutivo; caracterização de ninhos; período reprodutivo e idade na primeira reprodução; manejo e sanidade dos reprodutores; captura dos alevinos; alevinagem; treinamento alimentar; sanidade dos alevinos; pré-comercialização e comercialização dos alevinos; transporte e destinação dos alevinos. Propriedades de engorda: aquisição de alevinos; estruturas de cultivo; preparação dos viveiros; fase de recria; manejo alimentar na recria; fase de engorda; manejo alimentar na engorda; biometrias; mortalidades e sanidade; monitoramento da qualidade da água; assistência técnica, abate e comercialização.bitstream/item/144252/1/CNPASA-2015-lv.pd