A verdade : demanda da razão e horizonte da fé : aproximação ao pensamento de Joseph Ratzinger/Bento XVI

Numa época em que o relativismo continua presente no pensar e agir do homem, a procura da Verdade, como horizonte da fé, através da Razão, ocupa no percurso de Ratzinger/Bento XVI um lugar primordial. Ao recusarmos um cientificismo, por si só estéril, e ao darmos espaço a uma razoabilidade fecunda, abrimos caminho para compreender o Mistério d’Aquele que, tendo Encarnado na história, é a Verdade.At a time when relativism is still present in the thinking and acting of man, the search for Truth, as the horizon of faith, through Reason, has a prime place in the path of Ratzinger / Benedict XVI. By refusing sterile scientism alone, and by making room for a fruitful reasonableness, we make way to understand the mystery of the One who, having incarnated in history, is the Truth Himself

O discernimento : um contributo da Igreja para a formação pessoal e social dos jovens : proposta de valorização da UL 3 : Projeto de Vida do 9º Ano

O presente relatório é realizado no âmbito da Prática de Ensino Supervisionada e procura analisar a Unidade Letiva 3 do nono ano: “Projeto de Vida” sugerindo uma valorização da mesma com a introdução do conceito de discernimento. Procuramos fazer uma análise da unidade letiva a partir do pensamento de Pedro d’Orey da Cunha e da particularidade da disciplina em ser confessional, procurando que a mesma possa ir ao encontro de todos.This report is carried out within the scope of the Supervised Teaching Practice and seeks to analyze the Unit 3 of the ninth year: “Life Project”, suggesting an appreciation of it with the introduction of the concept of discernment. We seek to make an analysis of the teaching unit based on the thought of Pedro d’Orey da Cunha and the particularity of the discipline in being confessional, seeking that the discipline can reach everyone

Forças sociais na produção da História: a visão de mundo de Robert Cox

A preocupação com os acontecimentos em escala global é uma intrigante característica do presente momento histórico.Com a reestruturação do sistema internacional ao fim da I Guerra Mundial, os teóricos das ciências sociais deram início ao debate internacionalista, já fortemente marcado pela primazia do Estado pós-Westfaliano. O primeiro grande debate deu-se em torno da oposição entre as perspectivas realista e liberal, a primeira tendo o EstadoNação como objeto de atenção e a segunda, o indivíduo. O segundo debate, de natureza epistemológica, opôs analistas tradicionalistas e behavioristas, que se questionavam acerca de como os dados utilizados nas ciências sociais poderiam ser produzidos e coletados (MESSARI; NOGUEIRA, 2005. p. 5). A discussão entre as teorias internacionalistas mainstream estagnou em um ponto que se convencionou chamar Síntese Neo-Neo: neorrealistas e neoliberais (MESSARI; NOGUEIRA, 2005. pp. 4-7). Segundo seus críticos ambas as perspectivas estavam conscritas ao paradigma positivista, que seria uma limitação às ciências sociais

Host Card Emulation with Tokenisation: Security Risk Assessment

Host Card Emulation (HCE) is an architecture that provides virtual representation of contactless cards, enabling transactional communication for mobile devices with Near-Field Communication (NFC) support without the need of Secure Element (SE) hardware. Performing the card emulation mainly by software, usually in wallet-like applications which store payment tokens for enabling transactions, creates several risks that need to be properly evaluated in order to be able to materialise a risk-based implementation. This paper describes the HCEt and proposes the identification and assessment of its risks through a survey conducted to specialists in the subject matter, analysing the model from the point of view of a wallet application on a mobile device that stores payment tokens to be able to perform contactless transactions. Despite the increasing complexity and specialisation of software, hardware, and the respective technical cyberattacks we conclude that the human nature remains the easiest to exploit, with greater gains

Esclerose Lateral Amiotrófica em uma índia brasileira Xikrin-Kayapó

Federal University of São Paulo Department of Neurology and NeurosurgeryFederal University of São Paulo Service of EndocrinologyUNIFESP, Department of Neurology and NeurosurgeryUNIFESP, Service of EndocrinologySciEL

Data based modeling of a large scale water delivery system

Trabalho apresentado em 12th Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control, 2016, Guimarães, Portugalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Diversity of Lepidoptera (Insecta) recorded in a forest nursery of Nordeste County on São Miguel Island (Azores)

BACKGROUND: The diversity of moth species (Insecta, Lepidoptera) recorded in the forest nursery of Nordeste County on São Miguel Island (Azores) is given. Adults were sampled between March and December 2019 using three methods: (i) light trap to catch Noctuidae species, (ii) open-sided delta trap baited with a synthetic female sex pheromone lure to attract Epiphyas postvittana (Walker) males and (iii) entomological net to collect microlepidopteran moths. This contribution focuses mainly on the diversity of moths present in one forest nursery of Nordeste County of São Miguel Island (Azores), especially on the species associated with endemic and native plant species. It also contributes to better plan strategies for integrated protection and conservation measures, since nurseries host a great diversity of plants from the Laurel Forest, which may attract many lepidopteran species. NEW INFORMATION: A total of 10160 adults belonging to 33 lepidopteran species were recorded and listed by families, including: Argyresthiidae, one species (3%), Crambidae, four species (12%), Erebidae, one species (3%), Geometridae, five species (15%), Noctuidae, 18 species (55%), Sphingidae, one species (3%), Tineidae, one species (3%) and Tortricidae, two species (6%). The families Noctuidae, Geometridae and Crambidae were the most diverse. Those with the highest abundance of adults were the Noctuidae family, followed by the Geometridae, Crambidae, Tortricidae and Tineidae. The number of caught adults was consistently higher during spring and summer, decreasing sharply in late autumn. For 13 species caught in the light trap, the adult sex ratio was favourable to females. An analysis of the colonisation status, feeding and primary hosts of these endemic, native or exotic moth species contributes to our understanding of the factors that may lead to their establishment in Laurel Forest environments and to what extent there is a need to monitor and control them mainly with biological control agents.This research was supported by the Official Forestry Services from the Regional Government of the Azores, through the research project MoCIL "Monitorizacao e Controlo Integrado de Lepidopteros em Viveiros Florestais (Nordeste e Furnas) na ilha de Sao Miguel - Acores", in direct collaboration with the Forestry Engineers Carina Nobrega and Catarina Quintela, by FCT - Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, I.P., under the project UIDP/05292/2020 and UIDB/05292/2020 and by AZORESBIOPORTAL PORBIOTA (ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000072) (2019-2022).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Diversity of Lepidoptera recorded in a forest nursery of Nordeste county on São Miguel Island (Azores)

The diversity of moth species (Insecta, Lepidoptera) recorded in the forest nursery of Nordeste county on São Miguel island (Azores) is given. Adults were sampled between March and December 2019 using three methods: (i) light trap to caught Noctuidae species, (ii) open-sided delta trap baited with a synthetic female sex pheromone lure to attract Epiphyas postvittana males and (iii) entomological net to identify microlepidopteran moths. A total of 10160 adults belonging to 33 lepidopteran species were recorded and listed by families, including: Argyresthiidae 1 (3%), Crambidae 4 (12%), Erebidae 1 (3%), Geometridae 5 (15%), Noctuidae 18 (55%), Sphingidae 1 (3%), Tineidae 1 (3%), and Tortricidae 2 (6%). The families Noctuidae, Geometridae and Crambidae were the most diverse. Those with the highest abundance of adults was the Noctuidae family followed by the Crambidae, Trotricidae and Tineidae. The number of caught adults was consistently higher during spring and summer, decreasing sharply in late fall. For 14 species caught in the light trap the adult sex ratio was favorable to females, except for Xestia c-nigrum which was favorable to males. An analysis of the colonization status, feeding and primary hosts of these endemic, native or exotic moth species suggests that plants reared in forest nurseries, being attacked by such insects, facilitates our understanding of the diversity of lepidopterans that establish in Laurel Forest environments and to what extent there is a need to monitor and control them mainly with biological control agents.Regional Founds, through Official Forestry Services from Regional Government of the Azores, within the research project MoCIL “Monitorização e Controlo Integrado de Lepidópteros em Viveiros Florestais (Nordeste e Furnas) na ilha de São Miguel - Açores” FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., under the project UIDP/05292/2020 and UIDB/05292/2020. AZORESBIOPORTAL–PORBIOTA (ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000072) (2019-2022).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Cocaine use disorder in females is associated with altered social decision-making: a study with the prisoner's dilemma and the ultimatum game

BACKGROUND Chronic cocaine use is associated with cognitive deficits, including poor performance on neuropsychological tasks of memory, executive functions, theory of mind and decision-making. However, the relationship between cocaine use disorder and social decision-making remains unclear. This is particularly relevant given the fact that many cocaine abusers present impairments in social functioning. In this sense, game theory paradigms have been helping to comprehend the behavior of psychiatric patients when they directly engage in social situations, which may better approximate many of their real-life choices. METHODS The present study investigated social decision-making in individuals with or without cocaine use disorder, examining their behavior in the Prisoner's Dilemma and in the Ultimatum Game. Thus, 129 females diagnosed with cocaine use disorder and 55 females with no history of substance abuse were recruited and performed both social decision-making tasks. Additional assessments included information about demographics, patterns of substance consumption and executive function performance. RESULTS Females with cocaine use disorder opted more often to not defect in the Prisoner's Dilemma, while in the Ultimatum Game they frequently chose to accept the first and unfair offer as responders. These effects were more pronounced within females with long-term history of cocaine use. Associations between cocaine use disorder and altered social decision-making were independent from demographic and executive function variables. CONCLUSIONS The influence of cocaine use disorder on social decision-making was detected in both game paradigms, resulting in more cooperative behavior in the Prisoner's Dilemma and higher acceptance rate of unfair offers in the Ultimatum Game. Further studies should focus on investigating these associations to shed light on the putative biopsychosocial factors underlying the observed effects

PSA and anthropometric measurements among Amazon Indians: an evaluation of the Parkatejê community

OBJECTIVE: PSA (prostate-specific antigen) screening for early detection of prostate cancer in a native community is of great epidemiological importance. The study was conducted with the objective of verifying the occurrence of prostate cancer among members of an Amazon community, as well as its possible relationship to acculturation and overweight (body mass index). METHODS: Lifestyle and anthropometric information was collected from a group of 22 men, presumedly over age 50, members of an isolated community of 363 Amazonian Indians - self-denominated Parkatejê and Kykatêjê - from Pará state, in Northern Brazil. In addition to physical and hematological exams, total and free PSA dosages were performed. RESULTS: Total PSA serum levels ranged from 0.35 to 25.8 ng/ml. Three subjects had PSA levels greater than 4.0 ng/ml, and another two had levels between 2.5 and 4.o ng/ml. Prostate biopsies performed on two subjects indicated the presence of prostate adenocarcinoma in one of them and of intraepithelial neoplasia on the other. Overweight (BMI >25 Kg/m²) and waist-to-hip ratio >0,9 were observed in 68.1% and 72% of subjects, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Changes in nutritional habits caused by contact with civilization, such as the substitution of more caloric foods for the traditional game and vegetable fiber are increasing the prevalence of overweight among the community. In view of the association between prostate cancer incidence, high-fat diet, and less physical activity, it can be assumed that further cases of prostate neoplasia will occur in the future, since several community members already have high PSA serum levels.OBJETIVO: O rastreamento com o PSA (antígeno prostático específico) para detecção precoce de câncer de próstata em uma comunidade nativa tem grande importância epidemiológica. Assim, realizou-se estudo com objetivo de verificar a ocorrência do câncer da próstata em uma tribo indígena da Amazônia e uma possível relação entre o aculturamento, a presença de sobrepeso (índice de massa corporal) e o aparecimento da doença. MÉTODOS: Foi realizado um levantamento dos hábitos e medidas antropométricas em 22 homens com idade presumida maior de 50 anos, de uma tribo isolada de 363 índios, autodenominados Parkatejê e Kikatêjê, vivendo na região Amazônica (Pará). Além dos exames físico e hematológicos, foram realizadas dosagens de PSA total e PSA livre. RESULTADO: Os níveis séricos de PSA total variaram de 0,35 a 25,8 ng/ml. Três nativos apresentaram PSA maior que 4,0 ng/ml e outros dois evidenciaram PSA entre 2,5 e 4,0 ng/ml. Biopsia prostática em dois nativos revelou a presença de adenocarcinoma de próstata em um e neoplasia intraepitelial em outro. Sobrepeso com índice de massa corporal >25 Kg/m² e relação cintura-quadril >0,9 foram observados em 68,1% e 72,7% do grupo estudado. CONCLUSÕES: Mudanças nutricionais decorrentes do contato com a civilização, como substituição da caça e fibras vegetais por alimentos mais calóricos, estão aumentando a freqüência de sobrepeso na comunidade indígena. Devido à associação entre incidência de câncer de próstata, dieta gordurosa e menor atividade física, pode-se presumir que o futuro testemunhará mais casos da neoplasia prostática, visto que vários de seus membros já evidenciaram altos níveis séricos de PSA.Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) Escola Paulista de MedicinaUNIFESP, EPMSciEL