Sobre o impacto social e sua avaliação em organizações baseadas na favela

Não basta ter boas intenções para realizar intervenções sociais nos territórios de favelas. Neste post, Daniel S. Lacerda discute a importância de avaliar o impacto social em seu contexto, explicando por que as ONGs instaladas em favelas devem garantir que suas ações e objetivos correspondam às demandas do espaço onde atuam

On social impact and its appraisal in favela-based organisations

t is not enough to have good intentions when deploying social interventions in favela territories. In this post, Daniel S. Lacerda discusses the importance of assessing social impact in context, explaining why favela-based NGOs must ensure their actions and objectives respond to the material space where they operate

Transplante alogénico de células estaminais em doentes com síndrome mielodisplásica: análise de acordo com o Índice de Prognóstico Internacional

© Ordem dos MédicosWe determined the outcome of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and secondary acute myeloid leukemia (sAML) after allogeneic stem cell transplantation according to their international prognostic scoring system (IPSS) risk categories at diagnosis. A total of 11 females and 7 males, with a median age of 45 years, were transplanted. With a median follow-up of 60 months, the 6-year actuarial event-free survival (EFS) for Less Advanced (Low and Intermediate-1 risk IPSS) and Advanced (Intermediate-2 and High risk IPSS) MDS was 71.4% and 43.6%, respectively (p=0.002). We did not observe a difference in EFS depending on cytogenetics at diagnosis (good risk 53.8% Vs intermediate and high risk 53.3%, p=ns), neither on the type of conditioning regimen used (myeloablative 50% Vs reduced intensity 52.2%, p=ns). Our results support that IPSS score at diagnosis may be used to predict EFS in patients with MDS undergoing allogeneic SCT.Neste estudo avaliámos o valor preditivo do índice prognóstico internacional (IPSS) na altura do diagnóstico em doentes com síndrome mielodisplásica (SMD) e leucemia mielóide aguda secundária submetidos a transplante alogénico de células estaminais. Foram transplantados um total de 11 mulheres e sete homens, com uma mediana de idades de 45 anos. Com um seguimento mediano de 60 meses, a sobrevivência livre de eventos aos 6 anos nos doentes com doença menos avançada (IPSS Risco Baixo e Intermédio 1) e com doença avançada (IPSS Intermédio 2 e Alto Risco) foi de 71.4% e 43.6%, respectivamente (p=0.002). Não observámos diferenças significativas na sobrevivência livre de eventos de acordo com a análise citogenética na altura do diagnóstico (risco bom 53,8% VS risco intermédio e alto 53,3%, p=ns) nem com o tipo de regime de condicionamento utilizado (mieloablativo 50% VS intensidade reduzida 52,2%, p=ns). Os nossos resultados demonstram que o IPSS na altura do diagnóstico pode ser utilizado para predizer a sobrevivência livre de eventos em doentes com SMD submetidos a transplante alogénico de células estaminaisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

The formation of the solar system

The solar system started to form about 4.56 Gyr ago and despite the long intervening time span, there still exist several clues about its formation. The three major sources for this information are meteorites, the present solar system structure and the planet-forming systems around young stars. In this introduction we give an overview of the current understanding of the solar system formation from all these different research fields. This includes the question of the lifetime of the solar protoplanetary disc, the different stages of planet formation, their duration, and their relative importance. We consider whether meteorite evidence and observations of protoplanetary discs point in the same direction. This will tell us whether our solar system had a typical formation history or an exceptional one. There are also many indications that the solar system formed as part of a star cluster. Here we examine the types of cluster the Sun could have formed in, especially whether its stellar density was at any stage high enough to influence the properties of today's solar system. The likelihood of identifying siblings of the Sun is discussed. Finally, the possible dynamical evolution of the solar system since its formation and its future are considered.Comment: 36 pages, 7 figures, invited review in Physica Script

Bose-Einstein Condensation of S = 1 Ni spin degrees of freedom in NiCl2-4SC(NH2)2

It has recently been suggested that the organic compound NiCl$_2$-4SC(NH$_2$)$_2$ (DTN) exhibits Bose-Einstein Condensation (BEC) of the Ni spin degrees of freedom for fields applied along the tetragonal c-axis. The Ni spins exhibit 3D XY-type antiferromagnetic order above a field-induced quantum critical point at $H_{c1} \sim 2$ T. The Ni spin fluid can be characterized as a system of effective bosons with a hard-core repulsive interaction in which the antiferromagnetic state corresponds to a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of the phase coherent $S = 1$ Ni spin system. We have investigated the the high-field phase diagram and the occurrence of BEC in DTN by means of specific heat and magnetocaloric effect measurements to dilution refrigerator temperatures. Our results indicate that a key prediction of BEC is satisfied; the magnetic field-temperature quantum phase transition line $H_c(T)-H_{c1} \propto T^\alpha$ approaches a power-law at low temperatures, with an exponent $\alpha = 1.47 \pm 0.06$ at the quantum critical point, consistent with the BEC theory prediction of $\alpha = 1.5$.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure

High-magnetic field lattice length changes in URu2Si2

We report high magnetic field (up to 45 T) c-axis thermal expansion and magnetostriction experiments on URu2Si2 single crystals. The sample length change associated with the transition to the hidden order phase becomes increasingly discontinous as the magnetic field is raised above 25 T. The re-entrant ordered phase III is clearly observed in both the thermal expansion and magnetostriction above 36 T, in good agreement with previous results. The sample length is also discontinuous at the boundaries of this phase, mainly at the upper boundary. A change in the sign of the coefficient of thermal-expansion is observed at the metamagnetic transition (B_M = 38 T) which is likely related to the existence of a quantum critical end point.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, to be published in PR