New Records Of Bird Species From Ilha Grande, State Of Rio De Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)We add 32 new records of species to the existing checklist of birds of the coastal island of Ilha Grande, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Notably, seven of these species are endemic to the Atlantic Forest. Sporophila falcirostris is globally Vulnerable and Haematopus palliatus is Near Threatened in Brazil. We also report the second record of Agelaioides badius from Rio de Janeiro state. We also compare our species list with lists of birds of Ilhabela and Anchieta islands. While some of the newly recorded species are probably non-resident to Ilha Grande or represent range expansions, most species occur in Rio de Janeiro throughout the year. Thus, our records may be a consequence of the surveying new sites on the island but also recent colonization. Our study increases the number of bird species known to occur on Ilha Grande from 222 to 254, which is one-third of the species reported from Rio de Janeiro state. We recorded 13 species threatened by extinction at regional, national or global levels. © 2016 Check List and Authors.126CNPq, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico305798/2014-6, FAPERJ, Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de JaneiroE-26/102.837868/2012, FAPERJ, Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de JaneiroUERJ, Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq

Alternative thermal cycling treatment to produce abnormal grain growth in feMnAlNi alloys: study of composition variations and effects on the relative phase stabilities

An alternative method to obtain abnormal grain growth in Fe–Mn–Al–Ni system is presented. A crucible is used to control the cooling speed of the samples from 1200 °C enabling the nucleation of the equilibrium fcc phase. This fcc structure leads to an abnormal grain growth after heating to 1200 °C, temperature at which the bcc phase is stable. In this way, crystals with a mean diameter of 18 mm are obtained after 4 thermal cycles which take approximately 2 h. Additionally, precise composition measurements using neutron activation allowed the detection of a decrease in Mn content after each thermal cycle. Using electrical resistivity measurements, the effect of the variation of Mn content on the relative phase stability between the bcc austenite and the fcc martensite has been observed and is discussed here.Financial support from ANPCyT (PICT-2017-4518), ANPCyT (PICT-2017-2198), CONICET (PIP 2015-112-201501-00521), CONICET (PIP 2017-2019 GI 0634), and Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (06/C516 and 06/C588) is acknowledged. PLR has received funding from 'la Caixa' and 'Caja Navarra' Foundations, under agreement LCF/PR/PR13/51080004

Systematic Analysis of Information Management Challenges within Long-Term Collaborative Networks

Part 15: Virtual Organization Breeding EnvironmentsInternational audienceLong-term strategic networks – the so called Virtual organizations Breeding Environments (VBEs) – support their members with formation of virtual organizations (VOs), aimed to address opportunities in market/society. But, both establishment and management of these networks are challenging. On one hand, VBE aims at guiding its member organizations to accumulate/share their abilities and resources and work together as one strong virtual company. On the other hand, attempts to aggregate their competencies and resources to both identify what they can jointly achieve and to represent them as a single strong entity in the market/society. These in turn require support for strong interaction and interoperability among VBE members, as well as preserving interdependencies among their variety of information. This paper systematically analyses the base requirements and describes foundational criteria for modeling and management of information in VBEs. Particularly, it justifies the need for development of a generic unified VBE ontology-based system, in response to the identified VBE information management challenges. Finally, it specifies the main research problem areas and questions. Forthcoming publications will focus on the next steps of this research and how the raised research questions are addressed by our designed mechanisms and developed systems

Measurement of Entrepreneurial Dynamism Capabilities and Performance in Collaborative Networks

Part 16: Performance Measurement SystemsInternational audienceIn turbulent markets and scenarios that require extremely competitive and innovative organizations, the need to transform the resource base in accordance with the changing markets and technology is apparent. In order to do this, it is necessary to quickly identify and incorporate market opportunities, provide high capacity for learning, innovation and work collaboratively with other organizations in a network – in a collaborative way - to coordinate and transform their resource base. It is based on this information that this work aims to discuss the association between the role of an organization in a collaborative network and the development of dynamic capabilities, in response to environmental pressures and turbulence. Similarly, we seek to identify the impact (the improvement, or not) that generates the dynamics of organizations in a collaborative network. This paper brings two main contributions: the first lists a theoretical framework associating three main constructs: Dynamic Capabilities, Collaborative Networks and Turbulent Environments. The second proposes a conceptual model involving these three main constructs, facing adaptation, resilience and competitiveness of organizations

Achieving Global Biodiversity Goals by 2050 Requires Urgent and Integrated Actions

Human impacts on the Earth’s biosphere are driving the global biodiversity crisis. Governments are preparing to agree on a set of actions intended to halt the loss of biodiversity and put it on a path to recovery by 2050. We provide evidence that the proposed actions can bend the curve for biodiversity, but only if these actions are implemented urgently and in an integrated manner