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In the present paper, we report the presence of 503 species of moths (343 identified to species, 160 identified to genus) that belong to 371 genera under 42 families. The study was conducted at Kavvai River basin, northern Kerala, India for three years from 2015 to 2017. Traditional light trapping method was employed to collect the moths during the night. Among the families reported, Erebidae was the most dominant family followed by Crambidae, Geometridae, Noctuidae, and Pyraliade. The study highlights the significance of the riverbasin in conserving rich diversity of invertebrates.

A Educação do Campo configura-se em uma modalidade educacional e política pública específica que atende as populações campesinas habitantes dos mais diversos territórios do Brasil. Entretanto, um dos principais desafios que interfere nesta modalidade é a questão do currículo educacional implementado nas instituições de ensino. Dessa forma, objetivo desta pesquisa consiste em compreender e analisar as principais abordagens sobre as perspectivas, apontamentos e reflexões acerca do currículo escolar no contexto da Educação do Campo em escolas brasileiras. Diante disso, para delinear este estudo utilizou-se abordagens qualitativas, e como procedimento metodológico adotou-se o estudo bibliográfico e documental. Os resultados apontam que a Educação do Campo conquistou inúmeras reivindicações e pautas no âmbito legislativo. Contudo, estudiosos da área demonstram que na maioria das escolas do campo é implementado um currículo educacional na perspectiva urbanocêntrica, que não considera a realidade e as especificidades dos povos que habitam os territórios das águas, das matas, das florestas, das estradas e dos ramais, além disso, a implementação deste currículo gera diversas problemáticas aos alunos. Portanto, torna-se necessário a elaboração de currículos que considerem a realidade desses sujeitos, e implementação de formações continuadas aos professores para que eles possam fazer adaptações curriculares.

The coronavirus pandemic challenged smart cities to encourage citizens towards the social distance, as well as to optimize health and policing resources allocation. Mobile apps have played an unprecedented role during this pandemic to enable citizens to participate and interact with social issues while raising concerns about privacy and surveillance. In a partnership of the Natal smart city initiative of the university and the public ministry, we deployed the “To de Olho” (TdO) platform for integrating different sectors of society against coronavirus spreading in the state of RN, Brazil. In less than four months, TdO reached more than 20,000 users with several user roles, functionalities and a strictly defined privacy policy. Location data allows TdO to notify users when they have possible suspicious contact with an infected person or have gone through virus hot zones. The platform also helps city health officials to select people for infectious testing, according to user information on symptoms, comorbid diseases, contact with infected people, risk status and QR health code. Our integration with private institutions enables employers to know which employees have tested positive to protect work environments. We discuss the partnerships involved with TdO’s deployment and compare our context with related apps around the world, suggesting that public scrutiny, government investments and integration with active applications in the city are essential to achieving massive use. Further, we evaluate the feedback of active users (N=175), analyzing the positive points and advising improvements for future work on participatory applications during an epidemic.

This article describes the primary and secondary controls of voltage source inverters that are part of a custom-made AC microgrid for testing control strategies. The conceptual and physical structure of the microgrid is described. A cascade voltage-current control and a state feedback control are implemented for inverters with LCL output filters. Also, the conventional droop controls are implemented for power sharing. Simulation and experimentation results are presented of voltage, current and load sharing controls between two inverters of the microgrid, which validate these control strategies for teaching of microgrid control strategies.

Moyamoya disease (MMD) is defined by vaso-occlusive changes at the internal carotid and cerebral arteries, leading to proliferation of an abnormal vascular network at the base of the brain. The disease is manifested by ischemic, hemorrhagic strokes or transient ischemic attacks. Pregnant and puerperal MMD patients may be at a higher risk of developing new strokes as well as during the peripartum period. The aim of the current study is to report a case of an obstetric MMD patient. A 22 year-old term female patient was diagnosed with MMD after having a stroke at 2 years of age, resulting in hemiparesis and paresthesia of the left upper and left lower limbs. Intravenous general anesthesia was performed with continuous remifentanil and propofol infusions. Hemodynamic alterations did not occur before childbirth. After childbirth, hypotension occurred and was reversed with metaraminol. We chose general anesthesia for better control of hypotension, in addition to prevention of hyperventilation, which produces hypocapnia and decreases cerebral blood flow. Disadvantages of general anesthesia include hemodynamic response to airway manipulation leading to alterations in cerebral blood flow and perfusion, difficulty in diagnosing neurologic alterations intraoperatively and impossibility of skin-o-skin contact at birth.

El presente trabajo de tesis para optar el título profesional de Ingeniero Civil, se ha desarrollado con la finalidad de efectuar un aporte técnico-científico para contribuir a diseñar estructuralmente un complejo deportivo ubicado en el distrito de Nueva Cajamarca, departamento de San Martín, la investigación es de tipo aplicada y se ha diseñado todas las estructuras correspondientes al complejo deportivo planteado arquitectónicamente, el objetivo del presente trabajo es el diseño estructural de un complejo deportivo en el distrito de Nueva Cajamarca, provincia de Rioja, departamento de San Martín, cuyos diseños se realizaron por programas de elementos finitos como son; SAP, ETABS y SAFE. El trabajo se ha desarrollado aplicando sobre el terreno las teorías y normas existentes de topografía, mecánica de suelos y análisis estructural de las diversas estructuras, que han permitido contar con el diseño estructural del complejo deportivo, llegando a contribuir al conocimiento del diseño de estructuras metálicas la cual es muy ventajoso como material estructural comparando con los elementos de concreto armado, ya que utilizando estructuras metálicas optimizamos recursos económicos, como así también el tiempo de construcción. The following work of Thesis to choose the Professional Title of Civil Engineer, has been developed with the purpose of making a technical-scientific contribution to contribute to structurally design a sports complex located in the district of Nueva Cajamarca, department of San Martín, research It is of applied type and has been designed all the structures corresponding to the sports complex raised architecturally, the objective of this work is the structural design of a sports complex in the district of Nueva Cajamarca, province of Rioja, department of San Martín, whose designs are performed by finite element programs such as; SAP, ETABS and SAFE. The work has been developed applying on the ground the existing theories and norms of topography, soil mechanics and structural analysis of the different structures, which have allowed to have the structural design of the sports complex, arriving to contribute to the knowledge of the design of metallic structures which is very advantageous as a structural material compared to reinforced concrete elements, since using metal structures we optimize economic resources, as well as the construction time.

Construction using local soil is encouraged globally to minimize environmental impacts and to promote sustainable construction. However, the reluctance in using soil for construction is mainly due to the lack of strength and durability. This study investigates the influence of Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) as stabilization agent for masonry blocks using lateritic soil, being a predominant soil in South India. Lateritic soil collected from three different locations in Kozhikode district of Kerala, India was used for the study. Engineering properties of stabilized soil blocks made with varying quantities of cement (such as 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10 & 12.5 % by weight of soil) was determined using standard procedures. The results were compared with ordinary laterite blocks and un-stabilized laterite soil blocks. It was observed that the strength of lateritic soil stabilized blocks increases with the quantity of cement content. The dry density, compressive strength and flexural strength increase with cement content, whereas, water absorption decreases with cement content. Weathering resistance was also considerably enhanced with increase in cement content. Based on the performance comparison, the optimum quantity of cement for stabilization of lateritic soil in Kerala was observed as 8 % by weight of soil. Even though laterite blocks in natural form being the popular masonry material in northern Kerala for centuries, its compressive strength was found 30 % lesser than manufactured lateritic soil-cement blocks. This study reveals that the stabilization of lateritic soil using the optimum quantity of cement can replace conventional natural laterite blocks for economic, environmental friendly and sustainable construction initiatives.

A notable characteristic of smart cities is the increase in the amount of available data generated by several devices and computational systems, thus augmenting the challenges related to the development of software that involves the integration of larges volumes of data. In this context, this paper presents a literature review aimed to identify the main strategies used in the development of solutions for data integration, relationship, and representation in smart cities. This study systematically selected and analyzed eleven studies published from 2015 to 2017. The achieved results reveal gaps regarding solutions for the continuous integration of heterogeneous data sources towards supporting application development and decision-making.

This paper deals with needs related to safety in the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), in Natal, and proposes SIGOc - Integrated System for Occurrence Management, a platform that aims to optimize the current operation mode to manage occurrences in the UFRN campuses. SIGOc consists of two mobile applications and a Web system, enabling the university community to report occurrences while supporting the work of campus safety staff for fast occurrence handling. Moreover, the proposed solution seeks to address challenges found in this context on three main fronts, namely managerial, informational, and communicational.

El objetivo de la presente investigación fue conocer los factores relacionados al maltrato infantil en el “Centro Emergencia Mujer” del distrito de Ambo del periodo de enero del 2014 a diciembre del 2015, el diseño fue Ex Post Facto Prospectivo Simple, de tipo descriptivo, se estudió una muestra de 35 niños(as) con edades comprendidas entre 4 y 12 años, la información se recolecto mediante una Hoja de Registro. Los resultados señalan que la mayor frecuencia de maltrato infantil en la muestra, es en niños y niñas de 10 y 11 años respectivamente. Además, existe una influencia del 74,3% de los niños y el 94,3% de niñas cuyos padres solo tienen instrucción primaria. Por otro lado, en el Factor cultural, el 100% de los niños pertenecen a una familia con comportamientos y tradiciones machistas. Del mismo modo, en el factor económico, el 85% y el 91% de niños y niñas respectivamente pertenecen a familias con bajo ingreso económico. Por último, en el factor psicológico, el 92% y el 100% de niños y niñas tienen una familia disfuncional, mientras que el 100% de niños y niñas viven en un hogar con violencia familiar. En conclusión los resultados indican que la violencia en los niños y niñas es determinante y que los factores de mayor relación al maltrato infantil son los culturales, económicos y psicológicos. Tesis

O objetivo desse artigo e discutir o pensamento de Felipe Herrera, comprometido com integracao da America Latina e o como desenvolvimentista no periodo em que esteve a frente como primeiro Presidente do Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID), na decada de 1960. A partir das condicoes historicas, politicas e economicas que se apresentaram, abordando dessa forma as politicas construidas no interior do BID para America latina e as consequencias da disputa que se travou entre o intelectual da integracao e o homem pratico de um organismo internacional, quais foram as herancas e seus desdobramentos frente a ideia de construir um banco do desenvolvimento na regiao. Uma analise a partir de documentos, textos, relatorios e dados estaticos do proprio BID, afim, de avaliar sua heranca para o Banco no processo de integracao regional. Palavras - chave : Integracao Regional; Desenvolvimento; America Latina; Banco Regional. Felipe Herrera and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): a dispute about the direction of developmentalism in Latin America Abstract The objective of this article is to discuss the thinking of Felipe Herrera, who was committed to the integration of Latin America and the developmentalist in the period in which he was the first President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in the 1960s. Historical, political, and economic issues that have arisen, addressing in this way the policies built within the IDB for Latin America and the consequences of the dispute between the integration intellectual and the practical man of an international organization. Unfolding the idea of building a development bank in the region. An analysis of the IDB's own documents, texts, reports and static data, in order to evaluate its inheritance vis-a-vis the Bank in the regional integration process. Keywords : Regional Integration; Development; Latin America; Regional bank. Felipe Herrera y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID): una disputa sobre los rumbos del desenvolvimiento en America Latina Resumen El objetivo de este articulo es discutir el pensamiento de Felipe Herrera, comprometido a la integracion en America Latina y con el desarrollo en el periodo en que dirigio el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) como su primer Presidente, en la decada de 1960. A partir de las condiciones historicas, politicas y economicas que se presentaron, cubriendo asi las politicas construidas dentro del BID para America Latina y las consecuencias de la disputa que se libro entre el intelectual de la integracion y el hombre practico de un organismo internacional, cuales fueron las herencias y su desarrollos ante la idea de construir un banco de desarrollo en la region. Un analisis desde documentos, textos, informes estaticos y datos del propio BID, con el fin de evaluar su herencia para o Banco en el proceso de integracion regional. Palabras clave : la integracion regional; el desarrollo; America Latina; banco regional

CNC PCB Milling and Wood Engraving Machine incorporates the plan and usage of a CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine to make PCB (Printed Circuit Board) and wood etching machine in a solitary set up. Creation of PCB in the present market is intensely costly when manufacture of testing circuits is considered. Along these lines, this CNC PCB Milling machine would be an effective instrument through which circuit can be scratched and penetrated at a reasonable cost. The creation of this CNC machine is to diminish the cost and multifaceted nature of machine. This venture manages the plan of programmed scaled down CNC machine for PCB drawing and processing. The proposed venture would be profoundly practical in contrast with that of customary manufacture hardware.

High dependability, availability and fault-tolerance are open problems in Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Some research suggests the use of exception handling as a powerful mechanism to improve the robustness of SOA. However some works observed that the exception messages and stack traces propagated by exceptions in SOA are not enough to identify the exact cause of an exception and, hence, applying an adequate recovery technique. This paper addresses this gap by proposing an approach to identify exceptions propagated by .NET web services. In this direction, this work: (i) describes an approach to identify exceptions, (ii) implements the approach and (iii) evaluates the proposed approach in a real case study.