The modeling of new technological domains in UML

UML is a language for visualizing, specifying, constructing, and documenting the artifacts of a software-intensive system. UML supports the typical software modeling problems. However, due to the diversity of software development domains, there may be occasions when the model will require elements or notations not provided by standard UML. This project proposes the definition of new UML profiles. Among different types of applications that these new UML profiles will support, are those based on agent technology and aspectoriented software development.Eje: Ingeniería de SoftwareRed de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI

Repertórios linguísticos de interdisciplinaridade em revistas brasileiras da área de psicologia

O objetivo deste artigo é discutir os modos de coordenação de repertórios linguísticos sobre interdisciplinaridade para divulgação do conhecimento científico. Parte de breve contextualização histórica sobre interdisciplinaridade e sobre as maneiras como as disciplinas são organizadas para fins de gestão no Brasil e busca responder à pergunta: Como operam essas formas de ordenar, controlar e coordenar saberes interdisciplinares na divulgação científica? A análise dos modos de coordenar a interdisciplinaridade na divulgação dos conhecimentos teve por base as propostas editoriais das revistas da área da Psicologia, classificadas no Qualis como A1, A2 e B1. Conclui-se que as revistas performam interdisciplinaridades distintas, pois utilizam formas diversas de associar saberes: por temas, áreas e teorias ou referenciais teóricos. Finalizamos com uma reflexão a respeito de como se desenvolvem essas formas de coordenar saberes para a divulgação de conhecimentos para o público.El objetivo de ese texto es discutir las maneras de coordinación de los repertorios de interdisciplinariedad para la difusión del conocimiento científico. Empieza con una breve contextualización histórica sobre interdisciplinaridad y sobre la organización de las disciplinas con fines de gestión en Brasil. Intenta contestar la siguiente pregunta: ¿Cómo operan estas formas de ordenar, controlar y coordinar los conocimientos para la divulgación científica interdisciplinaria? El análisis de las formas de coordinación interdisciplinaria en la divulgación del conocimiento se basó en las propuestas editoriales de las revistas clasificadas como A1, A2 y B1 en el Qualis del área de Psicología. Se concluye que las revistas desempeñan interdisciplinaridades diferentes al utilizar formas diversas de relacionar conocimientos: por temas, campos relacionados, teorías o marcos teóricos. Finalizamos con una reflexión sobre las implicaciones de estas formas de conocimiento para coordinar la difusión del conocimiento al público en general.This paper is about manners in which linguistic repertoires of interdisciplinarity for dissemination of scientific knowledge are coordinated. It starts with a contextualization about interdisciplinarity and ways in which disciplines are organized for administrative purposes in Brazil. It seeks to answer the question: how these forms of ordering, controlling and coordinating interdisciplinary operate in the dissemination of scientific knowledge? The analysis of the ways of coordinating interdisciplinarity in scientific dissemination was based on the editorial proposals of journals classified as A1, A2 and B1 in the Qualis of the area of Psychology. The conclusion of this analysis is that scientific journals enact interdisciplinarity in different manners because they use various forms of association based on themes, related areas, and theories or theoretical frameworks. We conclude the analysis with a discussion of the implications of the various manners of coordinating knowledge for the dissemination of information for the public at large

LOCAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF A HISTORICAL BUILDING INTO A HOTEL: case of the Corupá Seminary/SC

As part of the built historical and cultural heritage of Corupá/SC, the structure of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Seminary [Seminário Sagrado Coração de Jesus] has great tourism potential directly linked to nature, leisure, history and religion. This study investigates the support of the local community for the development of tourism in the city of Corupá and the possibility of turning the historical Seminary building into a hotel. To achieve this objective, a quantitative methodology was used to measure the residents' views on the positive and negative impacts of tourism, and on the introduction of a new hotel in the town. Among the main results, it was found that the local community has a desire to participate, contribute, and give their opinions about project, as they believe that tourism has positive impacts. They also believe that the current structure of the Corupá Seminary, which is lying dormant, is a waste, and that a building that is part of the cultural and historical heritage should not have its use restricted

Spatio-temporal expression patterns of Arabidopsis thaliana and Medicago truncatula defensin-like genes

Plant genomes contain several hundred defensin-like (DEFL) genes that encode short cysteine-rich proteins resembling defensins, which are well known antimicrobial polypeptides. Little is known about the expression patterns or functions of many DEFLs because most were discovered recently and hence are not well represented on standard microarrays. We designed a custom Affymetrix chip consisting of probe sets for 317 and 684 DEFLs from Arabidopsis thaliana and Medicago truncatula, respectively for cataloging DEFL expression in a variety of plant organs at different developmental stages and during symbiotic and pathogenic associations. The microarray analysis provided evidence for the transcription of 71% and 90% of the DEFLs identified in Arabidopsis and Medicago, respectively, including many of the recently annotated DEFL genes that previously lacked expression information. Both model plants contain a subset of DEFLs specifically expressed in seeds or fruits. A few DEFLs, including some plant defensins, were significantly up-regulated in Arabidopsis leaves inoculated with Alternaria brassicicola or Pseudomonas syringae pathogens. Among these, some were dependent on jasmonic acid signaling or were associated with specific types of immune responses. There were notable differences in DEFL gene expression patterns between Arabidopsis and Medicago, as the majority of Arabidopsis DEFLs were expressed in inflorescences, while only a few exhibited root-enhanced expression. By contrast, Medicago DEFLs were most prominently expressed in nitrogen-fixing root nodules. Thus, our data document salient differences in DEFL temporal and spatial expression between Arabidopsis and Medicago, suggesting distinct signaling routes and distinct roles for these proteins in the two plant species

The modeling of new technological domains in UML

UML is a language for visualizing, specifying, constructing, and documenting the artifacts of a software-intensive system. UML supports the typical software modeling problems. However, due to the diversity of software development domains, there may be occasions when the model will require elements or notations not provided by standard UML. This project proposes the definition of new UML profiles. Among different types of applications that these new UML profiles will support, are those based on agent technology and aspectoriented software development.Eje: Ingeniería de SoftwareRed de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI

An extension of ArgoUML for the incorporation of profiles

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a language for visualizing, specifying, constructing, and documenting the artifacts of a software-intensive system. UML supports the most typical software modeling problems; however, due to the diversity of software development domains, there may be occasions when the model requires elements or notations not provided by standard UML. This paper presents an extension to UML by defining new profiles for different application domains: one for agent-oriented systems and another for aspect-oriented development. The ArgoUML tool has been extended to support the definition of new profiles for the modeling of different application domains, including those mentioned.Eje: I - Workshop de Ingeniería de Software y Base de DatosRed de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI

Caracterização genética do gene da hemaglutinina em vírus da cinomose canina de cães naturalmente infectados no Brasil

Canine distemper is one of the major infectious diseases in dogs and wild animals, resulting in high morbidity and mortality. The H gene has the greatest genetic variability among the genes encoded by the canine distemper virus (CDV) genome, and it has been used to characterise field samples, allowing the identification of specific lineages. Variation in the H gene can allow the virus to evade recognition by vaccine-induced antibodies, resulting in vaccine failure. The purpose of this study was to characterise H gene in CDV strains from naturally infected dogs in the state of São Paulo. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that Brazilian CDV strains were genetically related to the circulating CDV strains in Uruguay, Argentina, and Europe. We found no evidence of South America 2 and 3 CDV lineages circulating in Brazilian dogs. The degree of genetic divergence between wild Brazilian CDV strains and vaccine strains may suggest the possibility of vaccine failures and consequently the occurrence of canine distemper outbreaks.A cinomose canina é uma das principais doenças infecciosas em cães e animais selvagens, resultando em alta morbidade e mortalidade. O gene H tem uma das maiores variabilidades genéticas entre os genes codificados pelo vírus da cinomose canina (CDV), e tem sido utilizado para caracterizar as estirpes de CDV, permitindo a identificação de linhagens específicas. A variação no gene H pode permitir que o vírus evite o reconhecimento por anticorpos induzidos pela vacina, resultando em falha vacinal. O objetivo deste estudo foi caracterizar o gene H em estirpes de CDV de cães infectados naturalmente no estado de São Paulo. A análise filogenética revelou que as estirpes de CDV brasileiras estão geneticamente relacionadas as estirpes circulantes no Uruguai, na Argentina e na Europa. Não foi encontrada nenhuma evidência da circulação no estado de São Paulo das linhagens América do Sul 2 e 3. O grau de divergência genética entre linhagens selvagens de CDV brasileiras e as estirpes vacinais podem sugerir a possibilidade de falhas vacinais e consequentemente a ocorrência de surtos de cinomose canina

Avaliação das provas de soroaglutinação rápida, soroaglutinação lenta, antígeno acidificado e 2-mercaptoetanol no diagnóstico da brucelose bovina

Avaliaram-se comparativamente as provas de soroaglutinação rápida, soroaglutinação em tubo, 2-mercaptoetanol e antígeno tamponado acidificado no diagnóstico da brucelose bovina. Todas as provas apresentaram boa concordância quando considerada a interpretação preconizada pelo Ministério da Agricultura do Brasil. As provas do antígeno tamponado acidificado e do 2-mercaptoetanol apresentaram alta concordância. Neste sentido, o presente estudo propõe o uso da prova do antígeno tamponado acidificado como triagem para o diagnóstico da brucelose bovina.Bovine serums were evaluated by the plate agglutination, tube agglutination, buffered plate antigen and 2-Mercaptoethanol tests for bovine brucellosis diagnosis. All presented a good concordance when considering the official Ministry of Agriculture interpretation. High concordance was verified for the buffered plate antigen and 2-Mercapthoetanol tests. This study suggests the use of the buffered plate antigen test as a screening test for bovine brucellosis diagnosis

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of children hospitalized due to influenza A and B in the south of Europe, 2010-2016

Influenza produces annual epidemics that affect 5-15% of the world population. Complications and hospitalizations are more frequent in childhood. This study describes and analyses the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of children hospitalized due to confirmed influenza in influenza surveillance sentinel hospitals in Catalonia. Retrospective descriptive study conducted in six influenza seasons (2010-2011 to 2015-2016) in persons aged 0-17 years diagnosed with laboratory-confirmed influenza requiring hospitalization. 291 cases were notified to the health authorities: 79.4% were due to the influenza A virus and 20.6% to the B virus. The most common subtype was H1N1 with 57.6% of cases: 52.6% were male, 56.7% were aged <2 years, and 24.4% were aged <1 year. 62.2% of cases had pneumonia, 26.8% acute respiratory distress syndrome and 11.7% bacterial pneumonia. 5.8% of cases were vaccinated and 21.3% required intensive care unit admission, of whom 54.8% were aged <2 years. There were 3 deaths, all with influenza A infection. Influenza A cases were younger than influenza B cases (OR 3.22; 95% CI: 1.73-6.00). Conclusion: Children aged <2 years are especially vulnerable to the A H1N1 virus, including those without pre-existing chronic disease. These results are relevant for the planning of vaccination programs to improve maternal and child health