Leguminosae em savanas do estuário amazônico brasileiro

Predação pós-dispersão de sementes do angico Anadenanthera falcata (Benth.) Speg. (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae) em mata de galeria em Barra do Garças, MT

(Post-dispersal seed predation of Anadenanthera falcata (Benth.) Speg. (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae) in a gallery forest in Barra do Garças, MT, Brazil). Seed predation is one of the bottlenecks for the regeneration of tropical trees. The influence of post-dispersal seed predation of A. falcata on seedling recruitment was studied in a gallery forest in “Parque Estadual da Serra Azul” (PESA) in Barr...

Development of the Brazilian Portuguese Dichotic Sentence List Test Desenvolvimento do teste Listas de Sentenças Dicóticas em Português Brasileiro

Purpose: To develop Brazilian Portuguese Dichotic Sentence List Test, check its applicability and propose an application protocol for auditory processing assessment. Methods: The lists of sentences were taken from the original material, analyzed in detailed and adapted to form the new test. To compose pairs of sentences with as much of the same duration as possible, the duration of each sentenc...

Phonological acquisition of Brazilian Portuguese in children from Rio de Janeiro Aquisição Fonológica do Português Brasileiro em Crianças do Rio de Janeiro

Purpose: To describe the typical course of phonological acquisition in Brazilian Portuguese, in view of clinical usage. Methods: A picture naming test was used to collect speech samples from 480 children (240 female and 240 male) enrolled in public and private schools in the city of Rio de Janeiro, who were divided into five age groups between 3 and 8 years. Three types of analyses were conduct...

Interoperabilidade e Inovação em Rede no Governo Eletrônico Brasileiro: um Estudo de Caso

Do Facebook às Ruas - Comunidades em Interação

In June 2013, Brazil witnessed several manifestations different from anything previously seen, since president Collor’s impeachment. However, there is a big difference: now they are organized in few days. With Facebook, physical and virtual communities spread fast and easily organize demonstations. Popular mobilization for mutual concern issues, supported by technology, allowed the gathering of...