A coleção de mosquitos de Antonio Gonçalves Peryassú do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro: registro de memória de um patrimônio desaparecido / The Antonio Gonçalves Peryassú mosquito collection at the Museu Nacional, in Rio de Janeiro: retrieving the memory of lost heritage

Resumo As coleções e pesquisas feitas nas primeiras décadas do século XX, no Rio de Janeiro, foram fundamentais para o estudo da sistemática e da história natural dos mosquitos no Brasil. Um personagem de destaque nesse cenário foi Antonio Gonçalves Peryassú. Analisamos o histórico de uma coleção por ele organizada no Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, entre 1918 e 1922.

Abstract Collections formed and studies conducted in the early decades of the twentieth century in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were crucial for the study of the systematization and natural history of mosquitoes in Brazil. One key figure in this context was Antonio Gonçalves Peryassú. The history of a collection he organized at Museu Nacional [National Museum] in Rio de Janeiro between 1918 and 1922 is analyzed.

Antigüedades prehispánicas peruanas en la creación de una "prehistoria" chilena: el caso de la colección Sáenz / Peruvian pre-Hispanic antiquities in the creation of a Chilean "prehistory: " the case of the Sáenz collection

Resumen En 1895, Nicolás Sáenz propuso al gobierno chileno la venta de una colección de objetos "incaicos" traídos desde Lima; adquisición aprobada en 1897. Pese a las dificultades ocasionadas por la Guerra del Pacífico, el Museo Nacional (Chile) continuó adquiriendo antigüedades peruanas, siguiendo una tradición de estudios comparados de cultura material. Dentro del marco del evolucionismo social, estas antigüedades servían como medida de civilización, con la cual contrastar la cultura material de los pueblos prehispánicos de Chile. Este artículo analiza la adquisición de la colección Sáenz, como un punto cúlmine de un proceso de tránsito hacia a una arqueología enfocada en las nuevas adquisiciones territoriales post guerra del Pacífico.

Abstract In 1895, Nicolás Sáenz proposed to the Chilean government to purchase a collection of "Inca" objects brought from Lima. This acquisition was approved in 1897. Despite the difficulties caused by the War of the Pacific, the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Chile) continued to acquire Peruvian antiquities, following a tradition of comparative studies of material culture. Within the framework of social evolutionism, these antiquities were a measure of civilization, a reference from which to evaluate the material culture of the pre-Hispanic peoples of Chile. This article analyzes the acquisition of the Sáenz collection as the culmination of a process of transition towards an archeology that focused on the new post-war territorial acquisitions in the Pacific.

COC/Fiocruz disponibiliza novos fundos e coleções online

Com temáticas que vão de insetos à vida em aldeias yanomamis, de divulgação científica a arquitetura, passando por helmintos, doença de Chagas e malária, uma variedade de arquivos de personalidades da saúde pública brasileira está agora disponível para consulta online na Base Arch, a base de dados do acervo arquivístico da Casa de Oswaldo Cruz (COC/Fiocruz). Ao consultar a Base Arch, o usuário terá acesso à descrição arquivística dos fundos e coleções, que traz informações a respeito das dimensões, suporte, área de conteúdo e estrutura dos documentos, além de orientações sobre suas condições de acesso e uso.

Awareness On Health And Safety Among Municipal Workers On Solid Waste Collections: A Case Study In Malaysia

@#Solid waste collection has been a major challenge for local council Municipal workers in urban areas where the population is growing rapidly and the need for local councils to ensure they provide service to clear solid waste in a timely manner without disrupting the existing system. This case study is a review of awareness of health and safety among municipal workers on solid waste collection. The study is an examination of such awareness in Malaysia which involves the Petaling Jaya City Council in the state of Selangor. We review the operating system of the Petaling Jaya City Council and the risks which are being exposed to the municipal workers in their daily operations. Health and Safety of municipal workers in the areas of public health, safety, and industrial hygiene has been a concern for a long time. In most cases the majority of municipal workers exposed are from the contractual aspect of outsourced labour. It is important to understand how large the area of a solid waste is and to identify, evaluate, and eliminate or control risks and hazards across the operation zone of the municipal workers which involves environmental and occupational demands. The data we find provides the latest perspectives on topics of widespread concern such contractors management, ergonomic safety, confined space, motor vehicle safety, machinery safety, fall hazard safety, electrical safety and emergency response. Management of legal requirements is also discovered to be important to ensure any organization conducting business is not in violation of any law, and if there is a change of process how is this being addressed. Finally, we look at the control measures needed to support a operation on a large scale where it will not endanger the health and safety of municipal workers when they are involved in solid waste management. The recommendation we have based on the review are to ensure there is a holistic approach and systems in place to address all the concerns that will be faced by the local municipal council in their daily operations and responsibilities at every level of the organization. Conclusion: Research material and data related to this area is limited and we hope future holistic research can be conducted to future enhance the study of health and safety effecting the municipal workers. Health and Safety management system and procedures are the key elements in ensuring a successful organization.

Colecciones Históricas

Incluye una lista de referencias bibliograficas sobre la investigación en historia de la salud, incluyéndose diarios de campo, informes de viaje, memorias, entre otros, publicados on line en texto completo. La colección histórica en HPCS opera regionalmente y su portal oferece acceso a los documentos de la colección de textos completos en HPCS.

Asthma Control in Cities of Developing Countries: Results of a Five-City Survey

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Silva Coutinho: uma trajetória profissional e sua contribuição às coleções geológicas do Museu Nacional / Silva Coutinho: his career and his contributions to the geological collections of the Museu Nacional in Rio de Janeiro

A trajetória profissional de João Martins da Silva Coutinho relaciona-se à história do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro), para cujas coleções, principalmente geológicas, ele contribuiu com informações científicas e remessa de material. No cenário científico brasileiro, participou de grandes comissões de caráter exploratório na segunda metade do século XIX, especialmente na Amazônia e no Nordeste. Coletou e enviou amostras para análise no Museu Nacional, estabelecendo profunda relação com a instituição e seus funcionários. Apresentam-se essas contribuições por meio da análise de documentos e da recuperação das coleções geológicas por ele remetidas e ainda presentes no acervo da instituição.

The career of João Martins da Silva Coutinho is linked to the history of the Museu Nacional in Rio de Janeiro to whose collections (especially geological) he contributed scientific information and material. On the Brazilian scientific stage, Silva Coutinho took part in major exploratory commissions in the latter half of the nineteenth century, mainly in the Amazon and in the Northeast. He collected and sent samples to the Museu Nacional for analysis, establishing deep ties with the institution and its staff. The article presents his contributions through an analysis of these documents and an examination of the geological collections that he sent to the institution and that remain part of its holdings.

Most Influential Medical Publications of the Last 20 Years (1990-2012): a Collection from Journals with the Highest Impact Factor

As the performance of the clinical medicine relies on evidence-based facts as well as particular landmark researches; this collection of influential medical articles that changed and/or guided most current recommendations used in the daily basis of clinical medicine gives the top spotlight of new trends of management and treatment. The compilation is made from a search into MEDLINE; PubMed; DynaMed; CINAHL; and Academic Search Premier as well as systematically from reference lists of studies and relevant reviews. The inclusion criterion was based on the impact factor of publishing journals that were mostly renowned magazines; which expresses a measurement of the frequency that an article has been cited during a period of time. 478 articles classified according to specialties and sub-specialties were collected from 103 medical journals published approximately in a period of 20 years (1990-2012). In fact; referral materials (Books et Encyclopedias; on-line links; etc) sustained the selecting process that; although we assume exhaustive in the methodology used; but exiguous considered how challengeable and quickly-progressing clinical researches are; gave the most eventful recent researches that had influenced the clinical Medicine. However; opinions expressed within articles compiled are not necessary gold standards or landmarking facts; though they open the perspective on multiple interchangeable evidence-based factors that guide the universal tendency upon the medical management. Thus; regarded how fast medical researches and new facts progress; we recommend checking furthermore on diagnostic and treatment new approaches

Cholini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) housed in the Invertebrate Collection of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil / Cholini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Molytinae) depositados na Coleção de Invertebrados do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia

In Brazilian Amazonia, Cholini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Molytinae) is represented by 53 species distributed in seven genera: Ameris Dejean, 1821; Cholus Germar, 1824; Homalinotus Sahlberg, 1823; Lobaspis Chevrolat, 1881; Odontoderes Sahlberg, 1823; Ozopherus Pascoe, 1872 and Rhinastus Schoenherr, 1825. This work documents the species of Cholini housed in the Invertebrate Collection of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil and gives the geographical and biological data associated with them. A total of 186 Cholini specimens were identified as belonging to 14 species (13 from Brazilian Amazonia) and five genera (Cholus, Homalinotus, Odontoderes, Ozopherus and Rhinastus). Only 24 percent of the Cholini species reported from Brazilian Amazonia are actually represented in the INPA collection, underscoring the need for a more systematical collecting based on available biological information. The known geographical distribution was expanded for the following species: Cholus granifer (Chevrolat, 1881) for Brazil; C. pantherinus (Olivier, 1790) for Manaus (Amazonas); Cholus parallelogrammus (Germar, 1824) for Piraquara (Paraná); Homalinotus depressus (Linnaeus, 1758) for lago Janauacá (Amazonas) and rio Tocantins (Pará); H. humeralis (Gyllenhal, 1836) for Novo Airão, Coari (Amazonas) and Porto Velho (Rondônia); H. nodipennis (Chevrolat, 1878) for Carauari, Lábrea (Amazonas) and Ariquemes (Rondônia); H. validus (Olivier, 1790) for rio Araguaia (Brasil), Manaus (Amazonas), rio Tocantins (Pará), Porto Velho and BR 364, Km 130 (Rondônia); Odontoderes carinatus (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) for Manaus (Amazonas); O. spinicollis (Boheman, 1836) for rio Uraricoera (Roraima); and Ozopherus muricatus Pascoe, 1872 for lago Janauacá (Amazonas). Homalinotus humeralis is reported for the first time from "urucuri" palm, Attalea phalerata Mart. ex Spreng.

Na Amazônia brasileira, Cholini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Molytinae) é representada por 53 espécies, distribuídas em sete gêneros: Ameris Dejean, 1821; Cholus Germar, 1824; Homalinotus Sahlberg, 1823; Lobaspis Chevrolat, 1881; Odontoderes Sahlberg, 1823; Ozopherus Pascoe, 1872 e Rhinastus Schoenherr, 1825. Este trabalho documenta as espécies de Cholini depositadas na Coleção de Invertebrados do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brasil, além de apresentar a distribuição geográfica e informações sobre a biologia dessas espécies. Foram identificados 186 espécimes de Cholini, pertencentes a 14 espécies (13 da Amazônia brasileira) e cinco gêneros (Cholus, Homalinotus, Odontoderes, Ozopherus e Rhinastus). Somente 24 por cento das espécies de Cholini registradas para a Amazônia brasileira estão representadas na coleção do INPA, ressaltando a necessidade de um esforço de coleta sistemático baseado na informação biológica disponível. Foi ampliada a distribuição geográfica conhecida das seguintes espécies: Cholus granifer (Chevrolat, 1881) para Brasil; C. pantherinus (Olivier, 1790) para Manaus (Amazonas); Cholus parallelogrammus (Germar, 1824) para Piraquara (Paraná); Homalinotus depressus (Linnaeus, 1758) para lago Janauacá (Amazonas) e rio Tocantins (Pará); H. humeralis (Gyllenhal, 1836) para Novo Airão, Coari (Amazonas) e Porto Velho (Rondônia); H. nodipennis (Chevrolat, 1878) para Carauari, Lábrea (Amazonas) e Ariquemes (Rondônia); H. validus (Olivier, 1790) para rio Araguaia (Brasil), Manaus (Amazonas), rio Tocantins (Pará), Porto Velho e BR 364, Km 130 (Rondônia); Odontoderes carinatus (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) para Manaus (Amazonas); O. spinicollis (Boheman, 1836) para rio Uraricoera (Roraima) e Ozopherus muricatus Pascoe, 1872 para lago Janauacá (Amazonas). Homalinotus humeralis é associado pela primeira vez com a palmeira urucuri Attalea phalerata Mart. ex Spreng.

El Museo de Historia Provincial como templo histórico / The Provincial Museum of History as a historical temple

Esta investigación se realizó en el Museo Provincial de Historia de la ciudad de Pinar de Río, con el objetivo de conocer la trascendencia histórica del Museo de Historia Provincial de Pinar del Río. Se dio a conocer la historia del museo y su importancia en la enseñanza y en el aprendizaje de la misma, específicamente en los estudiantes de medicina de segundo a cuarto año. Como resultados de esta investigación sale a relucir que el museo en la actualidad ha sido poco utilizado, este factor se debe a la poca motivación de los estudiantes y del poco tiempo con que cuentan. En este trabajo haremos una breve reseña de la historia del museo Templo de las Musas...(AU)

This research paper was carried out in the Provincial Museum of History in Pinar del Rio. The history of the museum and its importance to the teaching and learning process of the subject, specifically to the students of medicine enroll in second and fourth academic years. The results of this research brought up that at present the museum is rarely used; this factor was due to the lack of motivation of the medical students to visit the museum and the shortness of time the medical students have. In this paper a brief review is given about the history of the museum (The temple of Muses)...(AU)

Early experience with outpatient tube drainage for management of pleural collections

BACKGROUND: Increasing cases of pleural effusion leads to pressure on bed spaces and a stretch of the limited facilities available for intervention in our centre. This therefore prompted a search for acceptable alternative way of treatment. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the use of ambulatory drainage system for chronic infectious and malignant pleural effusion on outpatient basis. METHODS: Eight of 113 routinely performed closed tube thoracostomies drainage were converted to ambulatory drainage system at the time of patients' discharge to follow-up clinic. This was after the catheter care had been thoroughly explained to the patients and their relatives. RESULTS: Eight patients (seven males and one female) had ambulatory outpatient tube management. Their mean age was 44.9 ± 18years with a range of 22­70 years. Histologically confirmed causes of the effusion were; metastatic adenocarcinoma in two(25%) of the cases; chronic non-specific inflammation in another two(25%) and tuberculous empyema thoracis in three(37.5%) one of whom had TB/HIV co-infection and one(12.5%) of chronic bacterial parapneumonic empyema. One case each of metastatic adenocarcinoma and chronic nonspecific suppuration had failed chemical pleurodesis before the outpatient drainage procedure. Half of the cases (including tuberculous and non-tuberculous) were successfully weaned off their catheters. Minor complications such as pain, discomfort, minimal stoma bleeding, and peri-catheter leak were recorded. Rapid fluid re-accumulation prevented weaning in two (25%) of the cases. CONCLUSION: Out-patient chest tube drainage is effective for the management of both malignant and suppurative pleural effusion. This approach would reduce the ever increasing cost of hospital care for this group of patients. WAJM 2009; 28(6): 364­367

Coleção entomológica do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz: resgate de acervo científico-histórico disperso pelo Massacre de Manguinhos / The entomology collection at Instituto Oswaldo Cruz: restoring a historical scientific collection scattered by the Manguinhos Massacre

Uma das mais ricas, antigas e diversificadas coleções entomológicas da América Latina, que alberga relevante parcela de nossa biodiversidade, foi drasticamente penalizada durante o episódio que ficou conhecido como o Massacre de Manguinhos, no qual dez eminentes pesquisadores tiveram seus direitos políticos cassados. Esta nota relata uma ínfima parcela da tragédia que desmantelou parte desse acervo e como 8.554 exemplares valiosos da ordem Diptera, pertencentes a 35 famílias, incluindo 99 exemplares-tipos, foram reincorporados à Coleção Entomológica do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, em suas posições originais nos armários de aço, após 35 anos. Esta reincorporação representa o primeiro resgate científico-histórico desse acervo, após o período da ditadura militar no Brasil.

One of the oldest, most varied and widest-ranging entomology collections in Latin America, containing a significant portion of Brazil's biodiversity, was severely damaged during an episode which came to be known as the Manguinhos Massacre, when ten eminent researchers had their political rights suspended. This note tells of how a particular episode in the tragedy caused part of this collection to be broken up, and how 8,554 valuable specimens of the order Diptera, from 35 families, including 99 type specimens, have been reintroduced to Instituto Oswaldo Cruz's Entomology Collection in their original positions in the steel cabinets 35 years on. This reintroduction represents the first effort to restore this collection both historically and scientifically since Brazil's military dictatorship.

Pierídeos (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) da Coleção de Invertebrados do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, INPA / Pierid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, INPA

As espécies de Pieridae da Coleção de Invertebrados do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia foram inventariadas. São registrados 279 indivíduos de 17 espécies e 10 gêneros, todos coletados na Amazônia brasileira.

The species of Pieridae of the collection of Invertebrates of the National Institute for Amazonian Research were inventoried. It was registered 279 individuals of 17 species and 10 genera, all collected in the Brazilian Amazonia.

List of type-specimens of Isoptera (Insecta) in the collection of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, State of Pará, Brazil

The collection of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG), in the city of Belém, State of Pará, Brazil, has 65 samples of type-specimens of Isoptera, representing 26 species (21 holotypes and 5 paratypes) of 18 genera. This paper lists the number of specimens of each caste in each type series, type localities with geographical coordinates, collectors, and dates of collection.

A Coleção do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG), na cidade de Belém, Estado do Pará, Brasil, possui 65 amostras que são exemplares-tipos de Isoptera, representando 26 espécies (21 holótipos e 5 parátipos) pertencentes a 18 gêneros. Este trabalho lista o número de espécimes de cada casta em cada série-tipo, localidade tipo com as coordenadas geográficas, coletor e dados da coleta.

Catálogo de linhagens: coleção de culturas do gênero Bacillus e gêneros correlatos / Catalogue of strains: collection of cultures of the genus Bacillus and related genera

A atual Coleção de Culturas do Gênero Bacillus e Gêneros Correlatos, acrônimo CCGB, surgiu em 1979 quando iniciou suas atividades colecionando espécies de Bacillus com propriedades amilolíticas, proteolíticas e antibióticas, isoladas do ambiente de acordo com programa específico do LFB.

Catálogo de linhagens: coleção de culturas do gênero Bacillus e gêneros correlatos

A atual Coleção de Culturas do Gênero Bacillus e Gêneros Correlatos, acrônimo CCGB, surgiu em 1979 quando iniciou suas atividades colecionando espécies de Bacillus com propriedades amilolíticas, proteolíticas e antibióticas, isoladas do ambiente de acordo com programa específico do LFB

Elaboración de un manual ilustrado de 30 plantas medicinales de la región del Yeguare, Honduras, C A / Elaboration of an illustrated manual of 30 medicinal plants of the Yeguare region, Honduras, CA

En Honduras pocas instituciones han estudiado el uso medicinal de las plantas silvestres y cultivadas recopilando el conocimiento popular. Este estudio se realizó en tres municipios de la región del Yeguare. Ya que hasta el momento no había sido analizada la flora medicinal y porque existe la necesidad de proteger el bosque y las especies medicinales asociadas a él. Partiendo del conocimiento que tienen las comunidades acerca de los usos y propiedades de las plantas silvestres o cultivadas, se decidió escribir un manual de plantas medicinales de la zona, que cubriera las enfermedades más comunes y las plantas utilizadas en las comunidades para estos males. Se hicieron dos talleres y cuatro visitas de campo con parteras, guardianes de salud, curanderos y personas conocedoras de las plantas, ellos recolectaron especímenes y detallaron el nombre de la planta, usos, modo de empleo, parte empleada y dosis para usarlas en remedios caseros. Se recopilaron 150 plantas en total, pero se seleccionaron sólo las 30 que fueron nombradas con mayor frecuencia. Se hicieron dos validaciones, una en las comunidades comparando los usos de las plantas y otra en la base de datos de la Universidad Autónoma de Honduras (UNAR), comparando las propiedades de las plantas del estudio. Con ésta se llegó a un 90% de semejanza con la base de datos. El manual contribuyó a la base de datos del Departamento de Histología Vegetal de la UNAH con una especie nueva encontrada en Ocota~ Yuscarán, J.lachaeriwn salvadorense (Donn. Sm.) uña de gato y con una colección botánica. Este manual cubre las afecciones más comunes encontradas en las comunidades. Es importante estudiar la domesticación de las especies y estudios de factibilidad económica de estas especies.