La conflictividad social en clave local. Un ejercicio de ponderación sobre los hechos de rebelión en la Mar del Plata actual (Argentina, 2011-2016)

En el artículo propuesto se presenta un avance de la investigación en curso sobre la conflictividad social en las comunidades portuarias del sudeste bonaerense durante el período 2011-2016. Analizamos el caso de la ciudad puerto de Mar del Plata. En primer lugar, se da cuenta de los distintos clivajes emergentes en los hechos de rebelión, dividiéndolos en dos grandes grupos: los hechos impulsados por personificaciones de la relación capital-trabajo y los hechos emprendidos por personificaciones que se producen por fuera de la relación capital-trabajo. En un segundo lugar, se ensaya una ponderación de los conflictos con el objetivo de arriesgar una caracterización e interpretación global de la dinámica conflictual en aquellos años. La base empírica para dicho ejercicio es el registro normalizado que de la conflictividad social se viene realizando en el marco del Seminario de Investigación Sobre el Movimiento de la Sociedad (SISMOS), cuya fuente de información es el diario local La Capital.En l'article proposat es presenta un avanç de la investigacio en curs sobre la conflictivitat social a les comunitats portua ries del sud-est de Buenos Aires durant el perí ode 2011-2016. Hi analitzem el cas de la ciutat port de Mar del Plata. En primer lloc, es dona compte dels diferents clivatges emergents en els fets de rebel·lio , que es divideixen en dos grans grups: els fets impulsats per personificacions de la relacio capital-treball i els fets empresos per personificacions que es produeixen fora de la relacio capital-treball. En segon lloc, s’hi assaja una ponderacio dels conflictes amb l'objectiu d'arriscar una caracteritzacio i interpretacio global de la dina mica conflictual d’aquells anys. La base empí rica per a aquest exercici e s el registre normalitzat que de la conflictivitat social es realitza en el marc del Seminari d’Investigacio Sobre el Moviment de la Societat (SISMOS), la font d'informacio del qual e s el diari local La CapitalIn this article we present a preview of an ongoing investigation on social conflict situations in the port communities of southeast Buenos Aires in the period 2011-2016. We examine the case of the port city of Mar del Plata. Firstly, we present the several cleavages emerging in the conflicts and divide them in two large groups: capital-labour conflicts and conflicts which happen outside the capital-labour relations. In the second place, we attempt an analysis of the conflicts in order to propose a characterization and global interpretation of conflict dynamics in those years. The empirical base of this exercise is the normalized record of social conflict situations that we are preparing within the Research Seminar on the Movement of Society (SISMOS), whose source of information is the local newspaper La CapitalFil: Nieto, Alejandro Agustín. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios Históricos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; ArgentinaFil: Laitano, María Guillermina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios Históricos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; ArgentinaFil: Rabino, Nicolás. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios Históricos; ArgentinaFil: Nogueira, Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios Históricos; ArgentinaFil: Nogueira, Luciana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios Históricos; ArgentinaFil: Andreozzi, Lucía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios Históricos; ArgentinaFil: Becher, Pablo Ariel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios Históricos; ArgentinaFil: Fabiani, Luis Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios Históricos; ArgentinaFil: Sánchez, Gabriela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios Históricos; ArgentinaFil: Teijón, Ivana Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios Históricos; ArgentinaFil: Marioli, Eliana Margarita. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios Históricos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; ArgentinaFil: Pironi, Emmanuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios Históricos; ArgentinaFil: Okada, Camila. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios Históricos; Argentin

Proteasome inhibition and ROS generation by 4-nerolidylcatechol induces melanoma cell death

Induction of apoptotic cell death in response to chemotherapy and other external stimuli has proved extremely difficult in melanoma, leading to tumor progression, metastasis formation and resistance to therapy. A promising approach for cancer chemotherapy is the inhibition of proteasomal activity, as the half-life of the majority of cellular proteins is under proteasomal control and inhibitors have been shown to induce cell death programs in a wide variety of tumor cell types. 4-Nerolidylcatechol (4-NC) is a potent antioxidant whose cytotoxic potential has already been demonstrated in melanoma tumor cell lines. Furthermore, 4-NC was able to induce the accumulation of ubiquitinated proteins, including classic targets of this process such as Mcl-1. As shown for other proteasomal inhibitors in melanoma, the cytotoxic action of 4-NC is time-dependent upon the pro-apoptotic protein Noxa, which is able to bind and neutralize Mcl-1. We demonstrate the role of 4-NC as a potent inducer of ROS and p53. The use of an artificial skin model containing melanoma also provided evidence that 4-NC prevented melanoma proliferation in a 3D model that more closely resembles normal human skin.FAPESP [2006/50479-7, 2006/60930-8, 2008/58817-4, 2009/54816-6 2010/50157-5]FAPESPCNPqCNPqINCT_if (CNPq)INCT-if CNPqCAPESCAPESPRP-USPPRPUS

Fertilização e desenvolvimento embrionário: morfometria e análise estereomicroscópica dos ovos dos híbridos de surubins (pintado, Pseudoplatystoma corruscans x cachara, Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum) = Fertilization and embrionary development: morphometry and stereomicroscopic analysis of hybrids’ eggs from surubins (pintado, Pseudoplatystoma corruscans and cachara, Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum)

O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a morfometria dos ovos dos híbridos sob estereomicroscópio. Foi realizada a reprodução induzida em exemplares de fêmeas de pintado (P. corruscans) e de machos de cachara (P. fasciatum) do Cepta - Ibama, Pirassununga, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. As amostras foram coletadas no momento da extrusão, durante a fertilização, nos tempos 10 e 30 segundos, 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 15, 20, 30 e 45 minutos, 1 hora, a cada 15 minutos até completar 2 horas e depois a cada hora até a eclosão da larva. Ovócitos e ovos foram observados quanto à morfologia externa, fotografados e 30 amostras de cada momento foram medidas em estereomicroscópio. Os ovócitos, no momento da extrusão, eos ovos apresentaram formato esférico e coloração amarelada. As características observadas foram: amplo espaço perivitelínico, somitos, presença da vesícula. As principais fases do desenvolvimento embrionário como célula-ovo (blastodisco), 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 e 64 blastômeros, mórula, blástula, gástrula e eclosão da larva também foram verificadas.This study aimed to analyze the morphometry of hybrids’ eggs under stereomicroscopy. The induced reproduction was carried out in specimens of pintado’s females (P. corruscans) and cachara’smales (P. fasciatum) from Cepta - Ibama, Pirassununga, state of São Paulo, Brazil. Samples were collected in extrusion moment, during the fertilization, in times of 10 and 30 seconds, 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 15, 20, 30 and 45 minutes, 1 hour, at every 15 minutes until completing 2hours, and afterwards, at every hour until the larval hatching. Oocytes and eggs’ external morphology were observed, photographed and 30 samples from each moment were measured in stereomicroscopy. Oocytes, in the time of extrusion, and the eggs presented aspherical form and yellowish color. Characteristics such as wide perivitelinic space, somites, presence of optical vesicle and the main phases of embryonic development as egg-cell (blastodisc), 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 and 64 blastomeres, morula, blastula, gastrula, epibolymovements, formation and larvae hatching were verified

Fertilização e desenvolvimento embrionário: Morfometria e análise estereomicroscópica dos ovos dos híbridos de surubins (pintado, Pseudoplatystoma corruscans x cachara, Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum)

This study aimed to analyze the morphometry of hybrids' eggs under stereomicroscopy. The induced reproduction was carried out in specimens of pintado's females (P. corruscans) and cachara's males (P. fasciatum) from Cepta - Ibama, Pirassununga, state of São Paulo, Brazil. Samples were collected in extrusion moment, during the fertilization, in times of 10 and 30 seconds, 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 15, 20, 30 and 45 minutes, 1 hour, at every 15 minutes until completing 2 hours, and afterwards, at every hour until the larval hatching. Oocytes and eggs' external morphology were observed, photographed and 30 samples from each moment were measured in stereomicroscopy. Oocytes, in the time of extrusion, and the eggs presented a spherical form and yellowish color. Characteristics such as wide perivitelinic space, somites, presence of optical vesicle and the main phases of embryonic development as egg-cell (blastodisc), 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 and 64 blastomeres, morula, blastula, gastrula, epiboly movements, formation and larvae hatching were verified

Observation of the embryonic development in Pseudoplatystoma coruscans (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) under light and scanning electron microscopy

Pseudoplatystoma coruscans is a very popular species for tropical fish culture as it has boneless meat of delicate taste and firm texture. Few studies on fish reproductive biology refer to the morphological features of eggs. The goal, therefore, of this present work was to perform a structural and ultrastructural analysis of fertilization and embryonic development in R coruscans. The incubation period, from fertilization to hatching, lasts 13 h at 28/29 degrees C and 18 h at 27 degrees C. The oocytes had a mean diameter of 0.95 mm and hatched larvae were 2.55 mm in diameter. Analysing their development, we observed round, yellow oocytes that bore a double chorion membrane and a single micropyle. At 10 s after fertilization, several spermatozoa were detected attached to the oocyte surface. After I min of development, a fertilization cone that obstructed the micropyle could be observed. Segmentation started between 20 and 30 min after fertilization, when the egg cell was then formed. The first cleavage occurred between 30 and 45 min after fertilization, prior to reaching the morula stage (75 and 90 min after fertilization). The epiboly movement started at 120 and 180 min after fertilization and ended at 360 and 480 min after fertilization. Differentiation between cephalic and caudal region was detected after 420 and 600 min after fertilization and larvae hatched between 780 and 1080 min after fertilization. Seven main embryonic development stages were identified: egg cell, cleavage, morula, blastula, gastrula, segmentation with differentiation between cephalic and caudal regions, and hatching.Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP

How does El Niño Southern Oscillation affect rice-producing environments in central Colombia?

International audienceThe rice industry plays an important role in the agricultural economy of Colombia and its success dependents largely on weather conditions. Rice farmers, policymakers and other stakeholders thus need to understand and manage the risks associated with climate variability, including those related to El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) - the most important source of variability affecting Colombian climates. The objectives of this study were to (1) assess the ENSO influence on the spatio-temporal variability of agro-climatic conditions (crop water requirements, dry and wet spells, and heatwaves) and rice yield across the central producing region of Colombia; and (2) identify the main agro-climatic factors driving crop yield variability. Results showed that rice irrigation water requirements under positive ENSO phases (El Nino) increased by up to 14% compared to the long-term average. These increases were associated with less total precipitation, more dry days and longer dry spells, together with a greater number of day-and-night heatwave episodes. During negative phases (La Nina), on the other hand, irrigation requirements decreased by 16% with respect to the long-term average due to longer and more frequent wet spells, and more total precipitation. Analyses of simulated yields indicated that El Nino years reduce crop yield in about 86% of the study region, while La Nina affects 62% of the region positively. The number of heat nights (i.e. nights with minimum temperature > 23 degrees C) during the growing season was the most important agro-climatic factor causing yield losses during ENSO events. Our results represent an important step towards understanding the interaction between climate variability and rice production in Colombia, which is useful for improving climate risk management at local levels