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Introdução / Antônio Rafael Barbosa e Brígida Renoldi -- O PCC : da organização à ética / Karina Biondi -- "A famosa boca do Paranapanema" : outras gestões do uso de crack / Taniele Rui -- Categorias em tráfico : o caso dos mercados de droga portugueses de pequena escala / Manuela Ivone Cunha -- Transando pasta base/paco : novas transações e nova pobreza nos contextos de uso de drogas em populações marginalizadas de Buenos Aires / Maria Epele (tradução de Marcos Veríssimo) -- Vai, levanta a mão! : a criminalidade vista a partir dos bailes funk em favelas do Rio de Janeiro / Carolina Christoph Grillo e Natasha Elbas Neri -- A favela é uma arma : considerações antropológicas sobre campos em fuga / Leonardo Sá -- Táxis na fronteira : disputas pelo espaço da rua em Corumbá/Ladário (Brasil)-Puerto Quijarro/Puerto Suarez (Bolívia) / Gustavo Villela Lima da Costa -- Adictos ou infratores? : as estratégias de um grupo de consumidores de drogas frente às práticas policiais e judiciárias em Buenos Aires / Florencia Corbelle (tradução de Marcos Veríssimo) -- Baseados na Lei ou legalizar o baseado : a atuação do Ministério Público na proibição do movimento social Marcha da Maconha e a formação de redes de militância pró cannabis / Mauro Leno Silvestrin

Este artigo pretende enfocar a paisagem do percurso da "Orla Conde" que margeia o renovado porto da cidade do Rio de Janeiro. A partir da observação participante, análises de discursos, retóricas publicitárias e imagéticas, nos permitimos analisar a enorme distância entre conceitos usados no contexto das reformas urbanas empreendidas e o que de fato há para se experienciar na paisagem circundante. Tal percurso tem como ponto de chegada uma recém inaugurada roda-gigante, cujo slogan publicitário nos convida para apreciar "a melhor vista da felicidade". Nosso recurso analítico é a descrição e a prática do percurso proposto e, ao fazê-lo, nos interrogamos sobre as possibilidades de flanar e de se encantar no espaço linear que propõe o trajeto fixo, apoiado numa linha projetual que não nos convida a desvios nem encruzilhadas e que nos conduz para um artefato de fantasia e de entretenimento direcionado apenas para o consumo visual da paisagem.

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo principal comparar os indicadores IDH e ISMA para avaliação dos municípios da Região Norte Araguaia. A pesquisa bibliográfica buscou primeiramente destacar os elementos teóricos de desenvolvimento sustentável e endógeno. Na sequência, fez-se a pesquisa histórica com resgate da colonização do Estado e da mesorregião Nordeste de Mato Grosso segundo recorte espacial do IMEA que no trabalho denominaremos de e Norte Araguaia em que o levantamento indica que os planos de ocupação e projetos de colonização deixarão externalidades ambientais negativas para a região e estado. Como terceira etapa tem-se a pesquisa descritiva quali-quantitativa, onde se consolida dados socioeconômicos e ambientais da região Norte Araguaia. E, por fim, a pesquisa buscou extrair os principais resultados aplicando o Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano IDH e Índice de Sustentabilidade dos Municípios da Amazônia – ISMA, onde os resultados obtidos da comparação do dois indicadores apontaram que devido a sua metodologia o IDH não é capaz de revelar o verdadeiro grau de desenvolvimento da região, já a análise do ISMA apontou para a existência de uma necessidade de ajustes nas políticas institucionais e econômicas para melhorar o desempenho de sustentabilidade, que segundo a metodologia do mesmo apontou que dezenove municípios da região classificaram-se com baixo desenvolvimento sustentável, dois médios e um com índice muito baixo de sustentabilidade.

The action of the bovine placental lactogen (bPL) hormone on maternal metabolism is still poorly known. Some markers, such as the acute phase protein paraoxonase (PON1), are used as indicators of liver function and help to determine the metabolic condition during the transition period in dairy cows. The aim of this study was to evaluate the activity of paraoxonase (PON1) in the serum of peripartum dairy cows with different levels of bPL. Based on the plasma bPL concentration, 18 cows were divided equally into three groups: LOW ( < 2,68 ng bPL mL-1), MEDIUM (2,68–2,80 ng bPL mL-1), and HIGH ( > 2,80 ng bPL mL-1). The experiment was conducted between 21 days prepartum and 28 days postpartum. Serum samples were collected during the experiment for the determination of bPL concentrations and PON1 activity. The bPL concentration was significantly different between the experimental groups (P ? 0,0001) and the days of serum collection (P ? 0,0001). In the prepartum dairy cows, the PON1 levels were different between the groups (P ? 0,05) and the days of serum collection (P ? 0,05). Cows with high bPL concentration had lower serum PON1 activity (P ? 0,05), while cows with low hormone levels had higher enzyme activity (P ? 0,05). In the postpartum period, there was a significant difference between the days of serum collection (P ? 0,0001) and the interaction between groups and collections (P ? 0,01). The group with high concentrations of bPL had lower levels of PON1 (P ? 0,01), while the group with low bPL maintained higher concentrations of PON1 (P ? 0,01). It was concluded that the cows with higher concentrations of bPL in the prepartum period present a reduction in the serum activity of the PON1 enzyme during the peripartum period.

This study evaluated the effect of two commercial forms of recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST; Later® and Fast®; 500 mg) on feed variability, feeding behavior, zootechnical parameters, and milk production of Holstein cows after peak production. Eighteen cows were randomly divided into two groups and treated with injectable of rbST every 14 days for 70 days. Blood samples were collected on day 1, 4, and 7 of each cycle, to assess circulating levels of non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA). Weight and body condition score (BCS) assessments were performed. Milk yields were measured daily using the DelPro™ software (DeLaval®). Feed consumption and feeding behavior was obtained daily using automatic individual feeders (Intergado®). No difference was observed in dry matter intake (DMI) between groups (P=0.07), and no impact was noted on dietary variability (P=0.64). In addition, animals treated with rbST-Fast exhibited more frequent visits to feeders, longer time in consumption, and higher relative DMI (per percentage of live weight) (P<0.01). Animals in the rbST-Fast group produced more milk than those in the rbST-Later group (P=0.03). Furthermore, the weight of the cows was significantly different (P=0.05) between groups. The weight of the rbST-Fast animals was smaller and varied more than thot of the rbST-Later animals (P <0.01). Nonetheless, no difference was noted in BCS (P=0.30) between the groups. The animals in the rbST-Fast group had higher concentrations of NEFA than those in the rbST-Later group (P<0.01). In conclusion, behavioral and metabolic shifts that sustained greater milk production in the cows receiving rbST-Fast. Nonetheless, these shifts are likely linked to lipomobilization and not dietary variability or consumption, as evidenced by the increase in NEFA and greater weight loss in that group.

This study aimed to assess the potential use of increasing levels of murumuru cake (Astrocaryum murumuru var. murumuru, M art.) (MC) in sheep diets as a replacement for Mombasa grass (Panicum maximum Jacq). Metabolic tests were performed with 20 castrated male sheep at Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Belém, Pará, during 26 days. The experiment was arranged in a completely randomized design, with five diets and four replications. MC0: 100% grass; MC10: 10% MC and 90% grass; MC20: 20% MC and 80% grass; MC40: 40% MC and 60% grass; and MC60: 60% MC and 40% grass. The intake and the coefficient of apparent digestibility of dry matter (DMI and CDDM), organic matter (OMI and CDOM), crude protein (CPI and CDCP), neutral detergent fiber (NDFI and CDNDF), acid detergent fiber (ADFI and CDADF), ether extract (EEI and CDEE), cellulose (CELI and CDCEL), hemicellulose (HEMI and CDHEM), and nitrogen balance (NB) of experimental diets were determined. The intake of mineral material (MMI) and lignin (LIGI) were also determined. The DMI, OMI, MMI, CPI, NDFI, and ADFI displayed a decreasing linear effect with the replacement of Mombasa grass by MC in the diet. The EEI and the LIGI presented quadratic effects according to the replacement levels of MC in the diet. The CDDM, CDOM, and CDHEM displayed increasing linear effects, between MC0 and MC60. The CDEE, CDNDF, CDADF, and CDCEL displayed a quadratic effect, with optimum replacement levels of 56.65%, 41%, 31.33%, and 27.46%, respectively. The nitrogen balance presented a negative linear effect in the range of 0% to 60% of murumuru cake. One can conclude that murumuru cake is an alternative to the dietary supplementation of ruminants in replacing the Mombasa grass because it provides an increase in the digestibility of nutrients for sheep. However, a limited replacement level must be implemented, considering that from 27.46%, 31.33%, 41%, and 56.65% replacement, a decline occurs in the CDCEL, CDADF, CDNDF, and CDEE, respectively, although a negative nitrogen balance does not occur.

This study examines rumen-fluid parameters and the biochemical profile of feedlot sheep supplemented with a commercial product composed of yeast culture and enzymatically hydrolyzed yeast during an abrupt change of diet. Eight sheep at 30 months of age, with an average weight of 40.2 ± 3.4 kg, were housed in individual stalls where they received the same diet twice daily, which was formulated according to the National Research Council [NRC] (2007). The animals were divided into two groups, namely, supplemented with Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SG, n = 4) and control (CG, n = 4). The experiment consisted of three periods: the first (seven days) consisted of an acclimation to the roughage-only diet; in the second period (five days), the animals of SG started to receive supplementation; lastly, in the third period (five days), all animals underwent a sudden change of diet, which was characterized by an alteration from 100% roughage to a 50:50 ratio (roughage:concentrate) without prior adaptation. Blood samples were collected to evaluate albumin, aspartate amino transferase, calcium, gamma glutamyl transferase, globulins, glucose, magnesium, potassium, sodium, total plasma proteins and urea. Rumen fluid was harvested to evaluate physical aspects. Supplementation increased the protozoa count; the rate of sedimentation and fluctuation remained within the physiological parameters; and total plasma proteins and globulin decreased. Therefore, the yeast appears to be a promising alternative for reducing the deleterious effects of an abrupt change of diet.