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Heleobia deserticola Collado, 2015, sp. nov.
No full textSpecies Heleobia deserticola sp. nov. Holotype. (MZUC 43067, Fig. 1 A). Collected by G.A. Collado from Aguada de Chorrillos, Chile (28 November 2011). Holotype measurements: SL 4.41 mm, SW 2.10 mm, AL 2.00 mm, AW 1.21 mm. Paratypes. (MZUC 43068–43077, Fig. 1 B – K). Snails from Aguada de Chorrillos, Chile, collected with the holotype by G.A. Collado. Morphometric data of the paratypes (n = 10): SL: 4.01 ± 0.31 (3.40 – 4.40); SW: 1.99 ± 0.13 (1.80 – 2.20); AL: 1.76 ± 0.19 (1.40 – 2.00); AW: 1.22 ± 0.15 (1.00 – 1.40); SW/SL: 0.50 ± 0.02 (0.46 – 0.53); AL/SL: 0.44 ± 0.04 (0.35 – 0.47); AW/AL: 0.07 ± 0.08 (0.61 – 0.86). Description. Shell small, elongate – conic, thin, transparent, smooth, suture depth, closed umbilicus (imperforate). Adults with 6 to 7 convex whorls. Aperture ovate, outer lip thin. Operculum corneous, ovate, flat, thin, light brown, paucispiral (Fig. 1 L). Foot, mantle and tentacles gray, head black, snout white, visceral sac yellow to light brown. Penis elongated, white – grayish; proximal portion with a wide base, with 5 – 6 cup – shaped apocrine glands on the border (Fig. 1 M – O); distal portion tapers to an elongated conical tip. One or two additional aprocrine glands are located in the convex side of the penis. Reproductive biology. This species is gonochoric, with direct development. Several individuals sampled in Aguada de Chorrillos bore single egg capsules attached to the shells with an embryo or a juvenile snail inside, depending on the stage of development (Fig. 1 P, Q). Type locality. Aguada de Chorrillos, a small spring located at the Pacific coast in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile (Fig. 2 A, B), 5 m above sea level. The site is located several kilometers north of the mouth of the Copiapó River, which is separated from it by an arid desert. The water of the spring arises from the walls of a canyon about 10 m high that form pools (Fig. 2 B) at the bottom of the ravine which eventually drains to the sea. Distribution and habitat. The snails were collected from the small puddles of water (c. 10 cm depth) on soft substrate in the spring Aguada de Chorrillos. In November 2011 individuals of all size ranges from this locality were sampled. Etymology. The name is a compound noun meaning desert dweller; it is derived from the area of origin of the new species. Remarks. Heleobia deserticola sp. nov. can be distinguished from the other species of the genus by its particular penis morphology (Fig. 1 M – O), including the wide portion of the base of the organ, several apocrine glands located around of the complete margin of the base and the additional aprocrine glands located in the convex side of the central portion of the organ. All these characters as a whole differentiate this species from other species of the group whose penis morphology is known (e.g. Hubendick 1955; Gaillard & de Castellanos 1976; Hershler & Thompson 1992; Collado et al. 2011; Ovando & De Francesco 2011; Collado 2012; Collado et al. 2013). The sister group of this species is an undescribed population from Carrera Pinto, northern Chile (Collado et al. 2013), a spring separated from Aguada de Chorrillos by over 100 km of arid desert. I did not treat these populations as conspecific because of differences in shell and penis morphology (Fig. 1 R, S). The shell of the snails from Carrera Pinto has a band in the growing whorls not present in Heleobia deserticola sp. nov. while the penis has aprocrine glands only on the convex side of the base. The snails from Aguada de Chorrillos and Carrera Pinto belong to the clade including Heleobia transitoria (Biese, 1947), and a population from Quebrada El León in the Atacama Desert. These snails are not very close to Heleobia opachensis (Biese, 1947), Heleobia loaensis (Biese, 1947), Heleobia chimbaensis (Biese, 1944), Heleobia ascotanensis (Courty, 1907) and Heleobia atacamensis (Philippi, 1860) (Collado et al. 2013) described from northern Chile. Comparison with the other Heleobia species. Heleobia deserticola sp. nov. fits well the morphological characteristics of the shell and penis of the genus as defined by Hershler & Thompson (1992), with the male copulatory organ possessing aprocrine glands. Additionally, the new species was also placed in the genus Heleobia based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis (Collado et al. 2013). Of the nominal species of Heleobia from northern Chile, Heleobia deserticola sp. nov. is the third representative described from the coast of the Atacama Desert after H. chimbaensis and H. transitoria. The shell of the new species is little differentiated morphologically from other regional congeners [see Collado et al. (2011), Collado (2012), Collado et al. (2013) for comparative purposes]. The closed umbilicus of the new species resembles that of H. atacamensis, H. loaensis, H. opachensis and H. transitoria. Heleobia deserticola sp. nov. has direct development, similar to the reproductive strategy employed by H. chimbaensis, Heleobia parchappii (d’Orbigny, 1835), Heleobia miaulis (Marcus & Marcus, 1965) and Heleobia guaranitica (Doering, 1885) (Marcus & Marcus 1965; Gaillard 1973; Cazzaniga 1982; Collado & Méndez 2011); other species of Heleobia have indirect development (see Collado & Méndez 2011). The black pigmentation of the head of H. deserticola sp. nov. differs from that of Heleobia neveui (Bavay, 1904) because the latter species in general is less pigmented (Hubendick 1955). The gray pigmentation of the tentacles of H. deserticola sp. nov. differs from that of Heleobia compacta (Haas, 1955), Heleobia cumingii (d’Orbigny, 1835) and Heleobia aperta (Haas, 1955) from Lake Titicaca, which are almost black over all these structures (Hubendick 1955). Heleobia is divided into two groups on the basis of the size (Biese 1944, 1947). The group of Heleobia hatcheri (Pilsbry, 1911), which contains small species, with 4–5 shell whorls, and the group of H. parchappii, which contains larger forms, with 5–8 whorls. The new species belongs to the second group; adult individuals can reach up to seven whorls. Heleobia deserticola sp. nov. is only known from the spring of Aguada de Chorrillos (Collado et al. 2013; present study). This oasis is an extremely small restricted habitat, surrounded by an arid desert and facing the sea. In northern Chile, several localities with populations of Heleobia are subjected to anthropogenic pressures, pollution or water scarcity (Collado 2012). Recently, two species of Heleobia in the Atacama Desert, H. atacamensis and H. chimbaensis were declared Critically Endangered and Vulnerable, respectively (Collado 2013 a, b), according to the list of the threatened species of the Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, República de Chile. It is clear that some biological and population parameters need to be estimated by monitoring Heleobia deserticola sp. nov. because any alteration to the biotope could affect the population of these snails in Aguada de Chorrillos. There are currently no conservation measures for this particular place.Published as part of Collado, Gonzalo A., 2015, A new freshwater snail (Caenogastropoda: Cochliopidae) from the Atacama Desert, northern Chile, pp. 445-449 in Zootaxa 3925 (3) on pages 445-446, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/24227
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health plan 2013-2023
No full textIn 2008 Australian Governments committed to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on an incredibly important task - to achieve equality in health status and life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians by the year 2031. The commitment – in the form of the Close the Gap Statement of Intent – creates the platform for this National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan, which has been developed in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their representatives.
This Health Plan provides a long-term, evidence-based policy framework as part of the overarching Council of Australian Governments’ (COAG) approach to Closing the Gap in Indigenous disadvantage, which has been set out in the National Indigenous Reform Agreement (NIRA) signed in 2008. The NIRA has established a framework of national targets and policy building blocks. Two of the Closing the Gap targets, to halve the gap in child mortality by 2018 and close the life expectancy gap by 2031, go directly to health outcomes, while others address social determinants of health such as education and employment.
The Health Plan builds on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. It adopts a strengths-based approach to ensure policies and programs improve health, social and emotional wellbeing, and resilience and promote positive health behaviours. It emphasises the centrality of culture in the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and the rights of individuals to a safe, healthy and empowered life. The Health Plan also builds on existing strategies and planning approaches to improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health,
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: Australian Capital Territory
No full textThis report provides the latest information on how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are faring according to a range of indicators on health status, determinants or health and health system performance.Executive summaryThe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2012 report for the Australian Capital Territory finds areas of improvement in the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the territory, including:a significant increase in health assessments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 55 years and over recorded through Medicare since the introduction of the National Partnership Agreement on Closing the Gap in Indigenous Health Outcomes in July 2009corresponding increases in allied health-care services claimed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through Medicare since 1 July 2009. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have higher rates of general practitioner management plans and team care arrangements than non-Indigenous Australiansimmunisation coverage rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are close to those for other Australian children by age 5some improvements in literacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in Year 3 and 5 between 2009 and 2011apparent retention rates from Year 7 to Year 10 and from Year 11 to Year 12 are higher for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Australian Capital Territory than for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people nationally.Areas of concern include:high rates of smoking during pregnancy (51% total)around half of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 18 and over reported drinking alcohol at short-term risky/high-risk levels in the past 12 months, which was higher than the proportion for non-Indigenous people and for Indigenous people nationallyalmost two-thirds (63%) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 18 and over in the Australian Capital Territory have a disability or long-term health condition, which is higher than the proportion for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people nationally (41%)breast cancer screening rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are lower than for other women
Análise de torres de transmissão submetidas a cargas dinâmicas
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil.Torres de transmissão de energia são de grande importância para o abastecimento elétrico de um país, pois são elas que suportam os cabos que transmitem a energia. A ruptura ou mesmo a danificação destas estruturas pode ter conseqüências significativas para a economia local. No Brasil o principal carregamento que incide sobre uma linha de transmissão de energia é causado pela ação do vento. A norma brasileira NBR 6123 tem um mapa de isopletas do vento, com a indicação da velocidade média para um período de recorrência de 50 anos a uma altura de 10 metros do solo. Como usualmente o período fundamental da estrutura de torres de transmissão é inferior a 1 s, a maioria das normas permite que seu dimensionamento seja realizado para cargas estáticas equivalentes, obtidas a partir da velocidade média do vento e alguns parâmetros adicionais, função da localização geográfica da torre, sua altura e a área efetiva de incidência do vento. No entanto não são raros os eventos de colapso de torres de transmissão de energia no Brasil, e além disso, a ocorrência de fortes rajadas e ciclones vêm aumentando no país nos últimos anos. Justificase assim a necessidade de uma verificação mais apurada do projeto de torres de transmissão, neste caso sob a ação dinâmica do vento. Escolheu-se para este trabalho uma torre de transmissão típica, situada no sul do Brasil. A estrutura da torre é modelada por elementos de pórtico 3D, sendo consideradas rígidas as ligações das barras principais e rotuladas as ligações de barras secundárias. As análises dinâmicas da ação do vento são realizadas no domínio do tempo, sendo a componente turbulenta do vento obtida a partir dos espectros de Davenport e Kaimal e série de Fourier. Outro caso de carregamento considerado neste tipo de torre é a carga que simula a ruptura de um ou mais cabos de energia, que são fixados à torre para manter suas catenárias com as alturas de segurança nos vãos adjacentes. A ruptura de um cabo em um dos lados da torre pode ser simulada aplicando-se uma força no suporte, no lado contrário. Esta força pode ser aplicada estática ou dinamicamente e pode ser decomposta em duas parcelas: uma devida ao peso do cabo e a outra a tração no cabo, utilizada para o seu correto posicionamento na linha de transmissão. Admite-se nas análises que a torre tem comportamento elástico-linear, e utiliza-se o método da superposição modal para resolver as equações de movimento da estrutura. Conclusões e recomendações são apresentadas no final do trabalho
The use of lower or higher than recommended doses of folic acid supplements during pregnancy is associated with child attentional dysfunction at 4-5 years of age in the INMA project
No full textUE (FP7-ENV-2011) [282957, HEALTH.2010. 2.4.5-1]; Spanish Institute of Health Carlos III-Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [Red INMA G03/176, CB06/02/0041, FIS-FEDER: PI03/1615, PI04/1509, PI04/1112, PI04/1931, PI05/1079, PI05/1052, PI06/1213...] (...)Compañ Gabucio, L.M., García de la Hera, M., Torres Collado, L., Fernández-Somoano, A., Tardón, A., Guxens, M., Vrijheid, M., Rebagliato, M., Murcia, M., Ibarluzea, J., Martí, I., Vioque, J
TORRES, Aureliano L.
No full textCorrespondence between Mr. Aureliano L. Torres, Gen. Alvaro Obregón, and Mr. Fernando Torreblanca concerning the leasing of farming land, arrangement of an interview, and the shipping of a gift from Mr. Aureliano L. Torres to Gen. Alvaro Obregón. / Correspondencia entre el Sr. Aureliano L. Torres, el Gral. Alvaro Obregón y el Sr. Fernando Torreblanca, relativa a la renta de unos terrenos agrícolas; concertación de una entrevista y envío de un regalo del Sr. Aureliano L. Torres al Gral. Alvaro Obregón
TORRES, Aureliano L.
No full textCorrespondence between Mr. Aureliano L. Torres, Gen. Alvaro Obregón, and Mr. Fernando Torreblanca concerning the leasing of farming land, arrangement of an interview, and the shipping of a gift from Mr. Aureliano L. Torres to Gen. Alvaro Obregón. / Correspondencia entre el Sr. Aureliano L. Torres, el Gral. Alvaro Obregón y el Sr. Fernando Torreblanca, relativa a la renta de unos terrenos agrícolas; concertación de una entrevista y envío de un regalo del Sr. Aureliano L. Torres al Gral. Alvaro Obregón
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer framework 2015
No full textOverview
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cancer Framework (the Framework) provides high-level guidance and direction for the many individuals, communities, organisations and governments whose combined efforts are required to address disparities and improve cancer outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
This Framework is designed to complement and enhance national, jurisdictional, regional and local efforts to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer outcomes, including cancer plans and related policies, frameworks and action plans. It sets out priority areas for action, and allows the flexibility for jurisdictions, communities and organisations to address those priorities in ways that suit their local context and local needs.
This Framework encompasses the full continuum of cancer control, including cancer prevention, screening and early detection, diagnosis and treatment, palliative care and survivorship; and the policy, systems, research and infrastructure that surround these service areas
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art economies project: literature review
No full textExecutive summary: This literature review surveys writing about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and craft sector of remote Australia. The review has been compiled as a foundational text for the ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Economies’ research project being undertaken by the CRC for Remote Economic Participation (CRC-REP). The Art Economies Project (AEP) is a unique opportunity to investigate, analyse and enhance key points of exchange within the sector, many of which are poorly understood, under-researched and characterised by different kinds of fragility or instability.The sector is a significant contributor to the cultural and social life of Australia and simultaneously creates important enterprise and employment opportunities for remote-area Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Broadly, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are more likely to be employed in visual arts and crafts occupations as their main job (52%) than non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (9.7%) (Commonwealth of Australia 2012), and investments in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts centres generate positive financial returns to artists, calculated at a ratio of approximately 1:5 (Commonwealth of Australia 2007a).This review is linked to the primary zones in which AEP research will take place, presenting the current understanding and gaps in each of the six areas of interest: the scope and scale of the sector; the business of remote-area art centres; artists and art business outside of art centres; marketing and consumer dynamics; remote area human resources; and e-commerce and licensing.Publications describing the aesthetic, social, cultural and economic dynamics of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art economy have been generated by a broad range of people, from economists to anthropologists, art historians to art dealers. This diversity creates challenges in assembling an encompassing literature review. Despite the range of material, however, it is also clear that there are sizeable and important gaps in knowledge about the art economy. These gaps range from understanding the size of, and financial flows within, the sector through to the barriers for remote enterprise and the opportunities for (and obstacles within) new marketing and business models. In contrast to the knowledge gaps about the commercial forces at work is a considerable body of research into the social and cultural worlds of remote area art and artists.Recent years have seen a major contraction in the art economy. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reports a 52.1% reduction in sales in remote art centres (Commonwealth of Australia 2012:2) since 2007, which accords with other anecdotal industry information as to the fragility within the sector. Understanding this fragility and the potential for expanding the success of the art economy, lie at the nucleus of the AEP’s research work.Authors:Tim Acker: Curtin University Dr Lisa Stefanoff: University of South Australia; Dr Alice Woodhead: Southern Cross Universit
Youth wellness and Torres Strait Islander girls: Challenges facing teachers in the Torres Strait
No full textAustralians have spent decades researching the health status of Indigenous Australians: Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders. Latest health status reviews of Indigenous Australians still acknowledge their position as the 'unhealthiest' group of people in Australia, indicating that past interventionist, pedagogic and health promotion strategies have not vastly improved their situation. \ud
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Much of the research into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health has indicated the importance of appropriate health education as a strategy for improving wellness. This paper focuses upon a particularly vulnerable youth population: Torres Strait Islander girls. Their exposure to health education learning experiences through mainstream high school curricula has been critiqued with a view to highlighting the challenges facing high school health education teachers in their pedagogic practice. Strategies for providing useful, relevant and culturally appropriate learning experiences for Torres Strait Islander girls are presented as a means for redressing the challenges in improving the health and wellness of Torres Strait Islander youth.\ud
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Case study methodology, following critically ethnographic traditions, was chosen as the most appropriate means to investigate Torres Strait Islander girls' exposure to health education learning experiences and the pedagogic practice of their teachers. The case study method enabled the research questions to be answered with respect to strict Torres Strait Islander community research protocols that were fundamental to the successful completion of this project
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