Showing papers by "Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso published in 1993"

The snake assemblage of the Pantanal at Poconé, Western Brazil: Faunal composition and ecological summary

Abstract: The faunal composition and ecological features were studied in a snake assemblage in the Pantanal, an open and seasonally flooded area in western Brazil. Twenty six species of snakes in 19 genera and five families, and their use of habitat, substrate, time, and food were recorded. Hydrodynastes gigas and Eunectes notaeus, the two commonest and largest species, explore the widest range of habitats and food resources. Trends in use of substrate, time of activity and food were compared to those known for snake assemblages from two open and two forested areas in the neotropics. The comparisons indicate that features such as vertical distribution may be viewed essentially from an ecological perspective, while trends in food use benefit from the addition of a faunal perspective.

Evolução tectono-sedimentar do Grupo Aguapeí, Proterozóico Médio na porção meridional do Cráton Amazônico: Mato grosso e oriente boliviano

Abstract: The Middle Proterozoic sedimentary basin of southwestern portion of Amazonic Craton, called Aguapei Group in Brazil and Sunsas/Huanchaca in Bolivia mark the final stage of cratonization of this shield around 1,0 Ga, and has a particular interest for the study of gold mineralizations. The integration of available geological data such as their stratigraphic and sedimentological patterns, paleocdrrent indicators and tectonic syn-depositional history permits to delineate a paleogeographic picture dominated by alluvial/coastal plains and shallow marine shelf environment with subsidence axis controlled by weak zones inherited from the basement complex. The tectono-metamorphic history is recorded by the increase of deformation and higher degres of metamorphism to ENE direction with four distinct domains: a. flat lying platform covers; b. gently folded sedimentary pile; c. metasediments with symmetric folds associated with reverse faults; d. metasedimentary belt with folds and reverse faults.

Selenium bioavailability in the regional urban diet of Mato Grosso, Brazil

Abstract: Selenium concentration and bioavailability were assessed in a common Mato Grosso urban regional diet (RUDMT), using 52 Wistar male weanling rats, weighing 56.2 ± 1.4 g. Thirty-two rats were fed a casein diet that was free of selenium, vitamin E and methionine and contained anti-oxidant-free oil for a 30 day period in order to induce a selenium deficiency. The remaining rats were fed on a casein diet, forming control group I, with 0.10μg of selenium per gram of diet. After selenium deficiency had been established, 24 rats were divided into three groups which were fed on three different diets for 25 days: (i) RUDMT group, with 0.02 μg of selenium per gram of diet; (ii) control group II, with 0.10μg of selenium per gram of diet; and (iii) pair-feeding group, with 0.04 μg of selenium per gram of diet. During this latter period, the control group I without depletion continued to be fed on the casein diet with 0.10 μg of selenium per gram of diet. Apparent selenium absorption, selenium concentration and the enz...

Homens, animais e inimigos : simetrias entre mito e rito nos Cinta Larga

Abstract: Este artigo discute a rotacao do eixo cosmologico Tupi comumente centrado nas relacoes verticais entre homens e espiritos tal como pode ser percebido no estudo de mitos e ritos dos Cinta Larga, onde a relacao entre homem e animal assume papel proeminente. As relacoes sociais entre os Cinta Larga sao pensadas por intennedio de um "codigo da animalidade", que pode ser melhor compreendido quando se observa o modo como as festas, que sao eventos de importante significado para estes, articulam a unidade e coesao do grupo

Ficção e história em "a vida verdadeira de domingos xavier"

Abstract: A "Vida Verdadeira de Domingos Xavier" e a primeira novela de Luandino Vieira e foi escrita em 1961, entre dois periodos de prisao do autor, no mesmo ano9 em que, a 4 de Fevereiro, os militares nacionalistas lancaram um ataque armado contra as prisoes de Luanda, para libertar companheiros presos, o que marca o desencadear da luta de libertacao em Angola. Seu fio narrativo desenvolve-se justamente em torno das violencias praticadas nos calaboucos da policia, dos sofrimentos impostos pela dominacao colonial e as formas de resistencia interpostas pela populacao dominada.

O ensino da técnica de curativo e retirada de pontos em incisão cirúrgica através da estratégia de simulação

Abstract: As autoras apresentam um metodo de ensino das tecnicas de curativo e retirada de pontos, atraves da estrategia de simulacao. Descrevem a montagem do dispositivo utilizado, o qual possibilita o desenvolvimento das habilidades psicomotoras necessarias para a realizacao desses procedimentos. Tecem consideracoes sobre a importância e necessidade de intermediar, em ambiente laboratorial, o ensino teorico-pratico das tecnicas de enfermagem.