JUVENTUDES E CAMPO DE POSSIBILIDADES: UMA APRESENTAÇÃO

Apresentação Dossiê Juventude e Campo de Possibilidade

Diversidades en el Medio Ambiente: Una Entrevista con Brigitte Baptiste

Con ocasión del 3er Congreso de Historia Ambiental realizado en la Universidad Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) en 2019, nos reunimos con la ecologista queer Colombiana Brigitte Baptiste. Brigitte participó de una Sesión Plenaria con la charla titulada “Dolor en un mundo de transición”. Guiada por preguntas como “¿Qué es la naturaleza y como las personas trans cuestionan la naturaleza?”, “¿Cómo producimos la naturaleza hoy?”, “¿Quién está inventando el mundo de hoy?”, “¿Las nuevas naturalezas son políticamente plausibles?” y “¿Qué especies queremos ser?”, ella nos desafía a pensar en la biodiversidad y el ecosistema de una manera interdisciplinar y queer. Como posición de cuestionamiento de las normalidades, lo queer nos lleva a preguntarnos cuales son los posibles efectos de no conformar cuerpos, organismos, paisajes, identidades. Es aquí donde Brigitte – utilizando el marco de las ciencias naturales y de las ciencias humanas – establece un rico diálogo entre la naturaleza y la teoría queer. En su charla, Brigitte afirmó que la naturaleza es diversa y produce diferencias; protege lo anómalo, que es camino hacia los cambios adaptativos esenciales para la continuidad de la vida.Con ocasión del 3er Congreso de Historia Ambiental realizado en la Universidad Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) en 2019, nos reunimos con la ecologista queer Colombiana Brigitte Baptiste. Brigitte participó de una Sesión Plenaria con la charla titulada “Dolor en un mundo de transición”. Guiada por preguntas como “¿Qué es la naturaleza y como las personas trans cuestionan la naturaleza?”, “¿Cómo producimos la naturaleza hoy?”, “¿Quién está inventando el mundo de hoy?”, “¿Las nuevas naturalezas son políticamente plausibles?” y “¿Qué especies queremos ser?”, ella nos desafía a pensar en la biodiversidad y el ecosistema de una manera interdisciplinar y queer. Como posición de cuestionamiento de las normalidades, lo queer nos lleva a preguntarnos cuales son los posibles efectos de no conformar cuerpos, organismos, paisajes, identidades. Es aquí donde Brigitte – utilizando el marco de las ciencias naturales y de las ciencias humanas – establece un rico diálogo entre la naturaleza y la teoría queer. En su charla, Brigitte afirmó que la naturaleza es diversa y produce diferencias; protege lo anómalo, que es camino hacia los cambios adaptativos esenciales para la continuidad de la vida.Con ocasión del 3er Congreso de Historia Ambiental realizado en la Universidad Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) en 2019, nos reunimos con la ecologista queer Colombiana Brigitte Baptiste. Brigitte participó de una Sesión Plenaria con la charla titulada “Dolor en un mundo de transición”. Guiada por preguntas como “¿Qué es la naturaleza y como las personas trans cuestionan la naturaleza?”, “¿Cómo producimos la naturaleza hoy?”, “¿Quién está inventando el mundo de hoy?”, “¿Las nuevas naturalezas son políticamente plausibles?” y “¿Qué especies queremos ser?”, ella nos desafía a pensar en la biodiversidad y el ecosistema de una manera interdisciplinar y queer. Como posición de cuestionamiento de las normalidades, lo queer nos lleva a preguntarnos cuales son los posibles efectos de no conformar cuerpos, organismos, paisajes, identidades. Es aquí donde Brigitte – utilizando el marco de las ciencias naturales y de las ciencias humanas – establece un rico diálogo entre la naturaleza y la teoría queer. En su charla, Brigitte afirmó que la naturaleza es diversa y produce diferencias; protege lo anómalo, que es camino hacia los cambios adaptativos esenciales para la continuidad de la vida

Fusion of heterogenous sensor data in border surveillance

Wide area surveillance has become of critical importance particularly for border control between countries where vast forested land border areas are to be monitored. In this paper we address the problem of the automatic detection of activity in forbidden areas, namely forested land border areas. In order to avoid false detections, often triggered in dense vegetation with single sensors such as radar, in this paper we present a multi sensor fusion and tracking system using passive infrared detectors in combination with automatic person detection from thermal and visual video camera images. The approach combines weighted maps with a rule engine that associates data from multiple weighted maps. The proposed approach is tested on real data collected by the EU FOLDOUT project in a location representative of a range of forested EU borders. The results show that the proposed approach can eliminate single-sensor false detections and enhance accuracy by up to 50%

Analysis of shared common genetic risk between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and epilepsy

Because hyper-excitability has been shown to be a shared pathophysiological mechanism, we used the latest and largest genome-wide studies in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (n = 36,052) and epilepsy (n = 38,349) to determine genetic overlap between these conditions. First, we showed no significant genetic correlation, also when binned on minor allele frequency. Second, we confirmed the absence of polygenic overlap using genomic risk score analysis. Finally, we did not identify pleiotropic variants in meta-analyses of the 2 diseases. Our findings indicate that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and epilepsy do not share common genetic risk, showing that hyper-excitability in both disorders has distinct origins

Juxtaposing BTE and ATE – on the role of the European insurance industry in funding civil litigation

One of the ways in which legal services are financed, and indeed shaped, is through private insurance arrangement. Two contrasting types of legal expenses insurance contracts (LEI) seem to dominate in Europe: before the event (BTE) and after the event (ATE) legal expenses insurance. Notwithstanding institutional differences between different legal systems, BTE and ATE insurance arrangements may be instrumental if government policy is geared towards strengthening a market-oriented system of financing access to justice for individuals and business. At the same time, emphasizing the role of a private industry as a keeper of the gates to justice raises issues of accountability and transparency, not readily reconcilable with demands of competition. Moreover, multiple actors (clients, lawyers, courts, insurers) are involved, causing behavioural dynamics which are not easily predicted or influenced. Against this background, this paper looks into BTE and ATE arrangements by analysing the particularities of BTE and ATE arrangements currently available in some European jurisdictions and by painting a picture of their respective markets and legal contexts. This allows for some reflection on the performance of BTE and ATE providers as both financiers and keepers. Two issues emerge from the analysis that are worthy of some further reflection. Firstly, there is the problematic long-term sustainability of some ATE products. Secondly, the challenges faced by policymakers that would like to nudge consumers into voluntarily taking out BTE LEI

Search for stop and higgsino production using diphoton Higgs boson decays

Results are presented of a search for a "natural" supersymmetry scenario with gauge mediated symmetry breaking. It is assumed that only the supersymmetric partners of the top-quark (stop) and the Higgs boson (higgsino) are accessible. Events are examined in which there are two photons forming a Higgs boson candidate, and at least two b-quark jets. In 19.7 inverse femtobarns of proton-proton collision data at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV, recorded in the CMS experiment, no evidence of a signal is found and lower limits at the 95% confidence level are set, excluding the stop mass below 360 to 410 GeV, depending on the higgsino mass

Severe early onset preeclampsia: short and long term clinical, psychosocial and biochemical aspects

Preeclampsia is a pregnancy specific disorder commonly defined as de novo hypertension and proteinuria after 20 weeks gestational age. It occurs in approximately 3-5% of pregnancies and it is still a major cause of both foetal and maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide1. As extensive research has not yet elucidated the aetiology of preeclampsia, there are no rational preventive or therapeutic interventions available. The only rational treatment is delivery, which benefits the mother but is not in the interest of the foetus, if remote from term. Early onset preeclampsia (<32 weeks’ gestational age) occurs in less than 1% of pregnancies. It is, however often associated with maternal morbidity as the risk of progression to severe maternal disease is inversely related with gestational age at onset2. Resulting prematurity is therefore the main cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity in patients with severe preeclampsia3. Although the discussion is ongoing, perinatal survival is suggested to be increased in patients with preterm preeclampsia by expectant, non-interventional management. This temporising treatment option to lengthen pregnancy includes the use of antihypertensive medication to control hypertension, magnesium sulphate to prevent eclampsia and corticosteroids to enhance foetal lung maturity4. With optimal maternal haemodynamic status and reassuring foetal condition this results on average in an extension of 2 weeks. Prolongation of these pregnancies is a great challenge for clinicians to balance between potential maternal risks on one the eve hand and possible foetal benefits on the other. Clinical controversies regarding prolongation of preterm preeclamptic pregnancies still exist – also taking into account that preeclampsia is the leading cause of maternal mortality in the Netherlands5 - a debate which is even more pronounced in very preterm pregnancies with questionable foetal viability6-9. Do maternal risks of prolongation of these very early pregnancies outweigh the chances of neonatal survival? Counselling of women with very early onset preeclampsia not only comprises of knowledge of the outcome of those particular pregnancies, but also knowledge of outcomes of future pregnancies of these women is of major clinical importance. This thesis opens with a review of the literature on identifiable risk factors of preeclampsia

Measurement of associated W plus charm production in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV

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