Seminário “Desporto na Europa: Media e Identidade”, Lisbonne

Nas sociedades contemporâneas globalizadas, o desporto, em particular o futebol, tornou-se um meio de excelência na construção de identidades. A forte mediatização dos campeonatos nacionais e competições europeias ou continentais tem contribuído para o reforço do sentido de pertença a comunidades, cidades, regiões, Estados-nação ou Continentes. O Seminário “Desporto na Europa: Media e Identidade” visa justamente aprofundar esta realidade, na data em que se comemora o Dia da Europa

Recent immunocytochemical findings concerning the hypothalamo-hypophyseal axis in vertebrates

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Peptidergic innervation of the andrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)- and growth-hormone (GH)-producing cells in the pars-distalis of the sea bass (Dicentrachus Labrax)

Due to its unique organization, the teleost pituitary is an ideal model in which to investigate the relationship of the nervous system with the pituitary endocrine cells. A light microscope immunocytochemical study of the sea bass pituitary revealed six different neuropeptides in nerve fibers which projected into the pituitary neurohypophysis and bordered the adenohypophysial cells. Double staining showed separate nerve fibers immunoreactive for corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), vasotocin (VT), somatostatin (SRIF), growth hormone-releasing factor (GRF), and neurotensin (NT) in the vicinity of the adrenocorticotropic hormone-releasing cells (ACTH-cells) in the rostral pars distalis (PD). In the proximal PD cholecystokinin (CCK)-, SRIF-, GRF-, and VT-immunoreactive fibers penetrated between the growth hormone-releasing cells (GH-cells). These results suggest a possible role for CCK, GRF, SRIF, and VT in the modulation of GH-cell activity, while the synthesis and/or secretion of the ACTH-cells might be affected by the release of VT, CRF, SRIF, GRF, and NT.status: publishe

Peptidergic innervation of the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)- and growth hormone (GH)-producing cells in the pars distalis of the sea bass (<i>Dicentrarchus labrax</i>)

Due to its unique organization, the teleost pituitary is an ideal model in which to investigate the relationship of the nervous system with the pituitary endocrine cells. A light microscope immunocytochemical study of the sea bass pituitary revealed six different neuropeptides in nerve fibers which projected into the pituitary neurohypophysis and bordered the adenohypophysial cells. Double staining showed separate nerve fibers immunoreactive for corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), vasotocin (VT), somatostatin (SRIF), growth hormone-releasing factor (GRF), and neurotensin (NT) in the vicinity of the adrenocorticotropic hormone-releasing cells (ACTH-cells) in the rostral pars distalis (PD). In the proximal PD cholecystokinin (CCK)-, SRIF-, GRF-, and VT-immunoreactive fibers penetrated between the growth hormone-releasing cells (GH-cells). These results suggest a possible role for CCK, GRF, SRIF, and VT in the modulation of GH-cell activity, while the synthesis and/or secretion of the ACTH-cells might be affected by the release of VT, CRF, SRIF, GRF, and NT

Peptidergic Innervation of the Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) and Growth Hormone (GH) Producing Cells in the Pars Distalis of the Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

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Capabilities in Place: Locating Poverty and Affluence in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Abstract We argue that the capability approach can be very helpful in exploring the links between poverty and place, thereby providing a more accurate understanding of poverty processes. We demonstrate how Sen’s list of ‘conversion factors’ allows one to incorporate but also to go beyond the usual description of the connection between place and well‐being in terms of physical and social infrastructure. More in particular, we give emphasis on the role of place in the conversion of doings into earnings. We then apply the theoretical argument to a representative sample of households in Kinshasa. Although monetary indicators of well‐being and poverty indicate a downward levelling of different regions of the capital city that have been historically quite different, an exploration of the different sources of parametric variation suggests that place does continue to have a significant impact on well‐being.Capability approach, 1‐2‐3 Survey, Kinshasa, Urban poverty,